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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



... addition to the conduits described there is a small pipe for steam located below and near the bottom of the bin. The hot air pipes connected with a small furnace and air was forced through them by a Sturtevant No. 6 blower. The steam pipes connected with the boiler of a steam heating system installed to keep the buildings ...
— Concrete Construction - Methods and Costs • Halbert P. Gillette

... time, with the assistance of the blower, which has already been described, the sand began to melt. It was now stirred so that the elements were thoroughly mingled. During the melting period the dross or impurities which came to the top were skimmed off, and when no more of ...
— The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island • Roger Thompson Finlay

... passed that Number 3126 was missing. He had planned his escape craftily. A new shop building was at that time in process of erection, and each day a gang of "trusties" went outside to haul stone. Of course, the safe-blower was not included in this outside gang, but one dark and rainy morning he included himself by the simple process of hog-tying and gagging one of the trusties detailed for the job, exchanging numbered jackets with him, and taking the man's place in the ranks of the stone-loaders, ...
— Branded • Francis Lynde

... and Tom was requested to 'do the service.' Tom, nothing loath, threw aside his official papers, set up a big ledger before him, and commenced his legerdemain, as he called it, pulled out his stops, and began to work away like a weaver, while every now and then he swore at the bellows-blower for not giving him wind enough, whereupon the choristers would kick the bellows-blower to accelerate his flatulency. Well, sir, they were in the middle of the service, and all the blackguards making ...
— Handy Andy, Vol. 2 - A Tale of Irish Life • Samuel Lover

... seeds from the dandelion until none remain, counting each puff as a letter of the alphabet; the letter which ends the blowing is the initial of the name of the person the blower marries. ...
— Current Superstitions - Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk • Various


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