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One who, or that which, blows. |
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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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A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or
fissure in a mine. |
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The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance of
its spouting up a column of water. |
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A small fish of the Atlantic coast (Tetrodon turgidus); the
puffer. |
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A braggart, or loud talker. |
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