Blower

·noun A braggart, or loud talker.

II. Blower ·noun One who, or that which, blows.

III. Blower ·noun A small fish of the Atlantic coast (Tetrodon turgidus); the puffer.

IV. Blower ·noun A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or fissure in a mine.

V. Blower ·noun The whale;

— so called by seamen, from the circumstance of its spouting up a column of water.

VI. Blower ·noun 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.