The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
cetacean, cetacean mammal, blower
(noun) large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals
blower
(noun) a device that produces a current of air
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Blower
An English surname.
• Bowler, Wrobel, bowler, worble
blower (plural blowers)
A person who blows.
Any device that blows.
(slang, chiefly, British, usually preceded by the) Telephone.
(slang, UK, historical) A telephone service providing betting odds and commentary, relayed to customers in a bookmaker's shop via loudspeaker.
A ducted fan, usually part of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning system.
(dated) A braggart, or loud talker.
The whale; so called by seamen, from its habit of spouting up a column of water.
A small fish of the Atlantic coast, Sphoeroides maculatus; the puffer.
• Bowler, Wrobel, bowler, worble
Source: Wiktionary
Blow"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, blows.
2. (Mech.)
Definition: 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.
3. A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or fissure in a mine.
4. The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance of its spouting up a column of water.
5. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A small fish of the Atlantic coast (Tetrodon turgidus); the puffer.
6. A braggart, or loud talker. [Slang] Bartlett.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.