n. 1. One who, or that which, blows. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or fissure in a mine. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance of its spouting up a column of water. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) A small fish of the Atlantic coast (Tetrodon turgidus); the puffer. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A braggart, or loud talker. [ Slang ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. someone skilled creating objects such as bottles, vases, or other decorative or practical items from molten glass, especially one whose occupation is to make objects by blowing and shaping hot glass in its viscous semiliquid state. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ AS. hornblāwere. ] One who, or that which, blows a horn. [ 1913 Webster ]