blower

blower
    n 1: a device that produces a current of air
    2: a fan run by an electric motor [syn: {electric fan},
       {blower}]
    3: large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no
       hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals
       [syn: {cetacean}, {cetacean mammal}, {blower}]
    

Puffer \Puff"er\, n.
   1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant
      commendation.
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   2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold
      at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. --Bouvier.
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   3. (Zool.)
      (a) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the
          species of {Tetrodon} and {Diodon} of the family
          {Tetraodontidae}; -- called also {blower},
          {puff-fish}, {swellfish}, and {globefish}. They are
          highly poisonous due to the presence of glands
          containing a potent toxin, {tetrodotoxin}.
          Nevertheless they are eaten as a delicacy in Japan,
          being prepared by specially licensed chefs who remove
          the poison glands.
      (b) The common, or harbor, porpoise.
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   4. (Dyeing) A kier.
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Blower \Blow"er\, n.
   1. One who, or that which, blows.
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   2. (Mech.) A device for producing a current of air; as:
      (a) A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part
          of a grate or open fire.
      (b) A machine for producing an artificial blast or current
          of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a
          furnace, ventilating a building or shaft, cleansing
          gram, etc.
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   3. A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or
      fissure in a mine.
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   4. The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance
      of its spouting up a column of water.
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   5. (Zool.) A small fish of the Atlantic coast ({Tetrodon
      turgidus}); the puffer.
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   6. A braggart, or loud talker. [Slang] --Bartlett.
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40 Moby Thesaurus words for "blower":
      Captain Bobadil, Gascon, Texan, aerator, air conditioner,
      air cooler, air filter, air passage, bellows, big mouth, blowgun,
      blowhard, blowpipe, blowtube, blusterer, boaster, brag,
      braggadocio, braggart, cooling system, electric fan, exhaust fan,
      fan, fanfaron, flabellum, gasbag, gasconader, hector,
      hot-air artist, miles gloriosus, punkah, rodomontade,
      thermantidote, ventilator, windbag, windcatcher, windjammer,
      windsail, windscoop, windy