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Blower   /blˈoʊər/   Listen
Blower

noun
1.
A device that produces a current of air.
2.
A fan run by an electric motor.  Synonym: electric fan.
3.
Large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals.  Synonyms: cetacean, cetacean mammal.



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"Blower" Quotes from Famous Books



... pieces of Istrian beech wood with his usual industrious regularity. It was the only part of his work which he hated, and when he was obliged to do nothing else, he usually sought consolation in dreaming of a time when he himself should be a master glass-blower and artist whom it would be almost an honour for a young man to serve, even in such a humble way. He did not know how that was to happen, since there were strict laws against teaching the art to foreigners, and also ...
— Marietta - A Maid of Venice • F. Marion Crawford

... now, I challenge you to wrestle me at side-holds, catch-as-you-can and arm's end, the winner of two out of three falls to be acknowledged the best man, and Hugh Heffiner to be the judge. If you refuse to wrestle, I will brand you as a blower and a braggart—a fellow not fit to be accepted in the society of gentlemen. ...
— Frank Merriwell's Races • Burt L. Standish

... three methods: hand-blowing, semi-automatic blowing, and automatic blowing. The first used was the hand method, and tho the introduction of machines is rapidly making the old way a back number, there are still factories where the old-time glass blower reigns supreme. ...
— How To Write Special Feature Articles • Willard Grosvenor Bleyer

... so often, and by such capable observers, to be more inquisitive than man, that I will content myself with establishing an exception. Of these nine persons, five were women, and the remainder held the salaried posts of organist, organ-blower, pew-opener, and parish-clerk. Of the women, one was Tamsin Dearlove. It is noteworthy that Caleb spent ...
— The Astonishing History of Troy Town • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch



Words linked to "Blower" :   fluke, hair drier, aquatic mammal, blow, pod, order Cetacea, electric motor, blow dryer, blowhole, hub, hair dryer, fan blade, device, Cetacea, blow drier, whale, bellows, fan



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