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Definition of blower

blower
Puffer Puff"er, n. 1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation. 2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. --Bouvier. 3. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and Diodon; -- called also blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish.
Blower
Blower Blow"er, n. 1. One who, or that which, blows. 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. 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. (Zo["o]l.) A small fish of the Atlantic coast (Tetrodon turgidus); the puffer. 6. A braggart, or loud talker. [Slang] --Bartlett.

Meaning of blower from wikipedia

- Look up blower in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blower may refer to: Blower (surname) Henry Blofeld (born 1939), British sports journalist Blower, a fish...
- The Roots blower is a positive displacement lobe pump which operates by pumping a fluid with a pair of meshing lobes resembling a set of stretched gears...
- whistle blowers. An 1883 story in Wisconsin's Janesville Gazette called a policeman who used his whistle to alert citizens about a riot a whistle blower, without...
- A snow blower or snowblower or snow thrower is a machine for removing snow from an area where it is problematic, such as a driveway, sidewalk, roadway...
- Blower is a surname, and may refer to: Christine Blower (born 1951), trade unionist Maurice Blower (1894-1982), British composer Michael Blower (born...
- leaf blower, commonly known as a blower, is a device that propels air out of a nozzle to move debris such as leaves and gr**** cuttings. Leaf blowers are...
- Blowers is a surname, and may refer to: Andrew Blowers (born 1975), New Zealand rugby union player Bruce G. Blowers (born 1987), American singer-songwriter...
- Christine Blower, Baroness Blower (born 20 April 1951) is a British schoolteacher and trade unionist who served as the eleventh General Secretary of the...
- designation rather than that of the blower, the actual displacement of the blower is less; for example, a 6–71 blower pumps 339 cu in (5.6 L) per revolution...
- A blower door is a machine used to perform a building air leakage test. It can also be used to measure airflow between building zones, to test ductwork...