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Webster 1913 Edition
Blower
Blow′er
,Noun.
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.
(Zool.)
A small fish of the Atlantic coast (
Tetrodon turgidus
); the puffer. 6.
A braggart, or loud talker.
[Slang]
Bartlett.
Webster 1828 Edition
Blower
BLOWER
,Noun.
1.
A plate of iron for drawing up a fire in a stove chimney.