Hypertext Webster Gateway: "heater"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Heater \Heat"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, heats.
2. Any contrivance or implement, as a furnace, stove, or
other heated body or vessel, etc., used to impart heat to
something, or to contain something to be heated.
{Feed heater}. See under {Feed}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
heater
n 1: device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room [syn: {warmer}]
2: (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung
late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but
smoke" [syn: {fastball}, {smoke}, {hummer}, {bullet}]
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