From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Puffer \Puff"er\, n.
1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant
commendation.
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2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold
at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. --Bouvier.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the
species of {Tetrodon} and {Diodon} of the family
{Tetraodontidae}; -- called also {blower},
{puff-fish}, {swellfish}, and {globefish}. They are
highly poisonous due to the presence of glands
containing a potent toxin, {tetrodotoxin}.
Nevertheless they are eaten as a delicacy in Japan,
being prepared by specially licensed chefs who remove
the poison glands.
(b) The common, or harbor, porpoise.
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4. (Dyeing) A kier.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Blower \Blow"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, blows.
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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.
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3. A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or
fissure in a mine.
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4. The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance
of its spouting up a column of water.
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5. (Zool.) A small fish of the Atlantic coast ({Tetrodon
turgidus}); the puffer.
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6. A braggart, or loud talker. [Slang] --Bartlett.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blower
n 1: a device that produces a current of air
2: a fan run by an electric motor [syn: {electric fan},
{blower}]
3: large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no
hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals
[syn: {cetacean}, {cetacean mammal}, {blower}]
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