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Definition of Blower

1. Noun. A device that produces a current of air.

2. Noun. A fan run by an electric motor.

3. Noun. Large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals.

Definition of Blower

1. n. One who, or that which, blows.

Definition of Blower

1. Noun. A person who blows. ¹

2. Noun. Any device that blows. ¹

3. Noun. (slang dated chiefly British usually preceded by (term the)) Telephone. ¹

4. Noun. A ducted fan, usually part of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning system. ¹

5. Noun. (dated) A braggart, or loud talker. ¹

6. Noun. The whale; so called by seamen, from its habit of spouting up a column of water. ¹

7. Noun. A small fish of the Atlantic coast, ''Tetrodon turgidus''; the puffer. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blower

1. one that blows [n -S] - See also: blows

Medical Definition of Blower

1. 1. One who, or that which, blows. 2. A device for producing a current of air; as: A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. 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. A small fish of the Atlantic coast (Tetrodon turgidus); the puffer. 6. A braggart, or loud talker. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blower

blowbacks blowball blowbuddies blowby blowbys blowdart blowdarts blowdown blowdowns blowdryer

blowdryers blowe blowed blower (current term) blowers blowest bloweth blowfish blowfishes blowflies

blowfly blowfly strike blowgun blowguns blowhard blowhards blowholes

Literary usage of Blower

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Respiration Calorimeter with Appliances for the Direct Determination of Oxygen by Wilbur Olin Atwater, Francis Gano Benedict (1905)
"chamber, and descends into the blower. The passage of 75 liters of air through this size and length of pipe results in a slightly diminished pressure (3 ..."

2. Mechanical Draft: A Practical Treatise by Sturtevant, B.F., Co (1898)
"It is particularly important, in the case of a blower employed for draft production, ... So far as the construction of the Sturtevant blower is concerned, ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1915)
"This furnace uses chiefly New Jersey magnetites and had been in blast seven months on its old engines when the turbo blower was started. ..."

4. The Cupola Furnace: A Practical Treatise on the Construction and Management by Edward Kirk (1903)
"For in such cases, the blower if of a proper size is not responsible for this condition of the cupola, and when in this condition good melting cannot be ..."

5. The Visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552; Hervey, 1558; Cooke, 1570; Raven by Thomas Hawley, William Harvey, Robert Cooke, George Owen, Henry Lilly, William Berry, College of Arms (Great Britain) (1878)
"Both granted to Peter blower, brother of William of London, son of Robert of Suffolk, ... Will'm blower. Peeter blower. Nicholes. fill'm 1 1 ~ 1 2 13 ARMS. ..."

6. Mechanics' and Engineers' Pocket-book of Tables, Rules, and Formulas by Charles Haynes Haswell (1920)
"To Compute Klements of a Fan-blower. v representing velocity of periphery of fan ... Operation of a blower requires about 2.5 per cent, of power of attached ..."

7. The Metallurgy of Iron and Steel: Theoretical and Practical: in All Its by Henry Stafford Osborn (1869)
"This blower is characterized by flat rectangular wings or fans, which nearly fit the sides of the casing. It is apparently a more quiet fan than the ..."

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