BLOWER

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


Etymology

Proper noun

Blower

An English surname.

Anagrams

• Bowler, Wrobel, bowler, worble

Etymology

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• 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



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