2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold
at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. --Bouvier.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the
species of {Tetrodon} and {Diodon}; -- called also
{blower}, {puff-fish}, {swellfish}, and {globefish}.
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.
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. (Zo["o]l.) A small fish of the Atlantic coast ({Tetrodon
turgidus}); the puffer.
6. A braggart, or loud talker. [Slang] --Bartlett.