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blower 1. a low-pressure rotary compressor, esp in a furnace or internal-combustion engine 2. an informal name for a whale blower [′blōยทər] (mechanical engineering) A fan which operates where the resistance to gas flow is predominantly downstream of the fan. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| So the blower got down and went with him, and after a time they saw a man who was standing on one leg, and had unstrapped the other and laid it near him. At some unnatural hour of the morning the dairyman had caused the yawning chimney-corner to be whitened, and the brick hearth reddened, and a blazing yellow damask blower to be hung across the arch in place of the old grimy blue cotton one with a black sprig pattern which had formerly done duty there. A man's word was as good as his gold in the blower. |
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