Meaning of Blower | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person who blows.
2. A surname originating as an occupation.
3. A fissure from which firedamp issues, often in quantity for many years.
4. Any device that blows; often, especially, a furnace component or a supercharger.
5. A ducted fan, usually part of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning system.
6. Telephone.
   Australia, British, Ireland, New-Zealand, slang
7. A telephone service providing betting odds and commentary, relayed to customers in a bookmaker's shop via loudspeaker.
   Australia, British, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, historical, slang
8. A braggart, or loud talker.
   dated
9. The whale; so called from its habit of spouting up a column of water.
10. A small fish of the Atlantic coast, Sphoeroides maculatus; the puffer.
11. A gun.
    US, slang

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Examples

“The great sources of fire-damp in coal mines are blowers or fissures from which currents of this inflammable gas issue⟳ in considerable quantities and for a long series of years”

“The locomotive […] was quietly "blowing off" on one Ross "pop" valve, whilst the rhythmic clanging of the fireman's shovel, the black smoke⟳ pouring from her chimney, and the harsh sound⟳ of the blower told of the proximity of departure time.”

“The three motors on each bogie are force⟳ ventilated from a blower mounted in the adjacent nose-end compartment of the superstructure, the air being led by ducts and flexible bellows connections to the air inlet at the commutator end⟳ of the motor.”

“Get⟳ on the blower and call⟳ headquarters right away!”

“I got off the blower oozing no confidence at all.”

“There hangs something majestic about a man who has borne his part in battles, especially if he is very quiet regarding it when you desire him to unbosom. I am continually lost at the absence of blowing and blowers among these old-young American militaires.”

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