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  1. 1. n. One who, or that which, blows. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or fissure in a mine. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance of its spouting up a column of water. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. A small fish of the Atlantic coast (Tetrodon turgidus); the puffer. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. A braggart, or loud talker. Source: opted
  7. 7. n. a device that produces a current of air Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. a fan run by an electric motor Source: wordnet
  9. 9. n. large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales, dolphins, porpoises, narwhals Source: wordnet
  10. 10. 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. (Zoöl.) A small fish of the Atlantic coast (Tetrodon turgidus); the puffer. 6. A braggart, or loud talker. [Slang] Bartlett. Source: webster
  11. 11. A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal platetemporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. (b)A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air bypressure, as for increasing the draft of a furnace, ventilating abuilding or shaft, cleansing gram, etc. Source: adambom
  12. 12. n:100 n. a device that produces a current of air Source: ecdict

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