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blower
(encz) | blower,dmychadlo Zdeněk Brož |
blower
(encz) | blower,fukar n: Zdeněk Brož |
blower
(encz) | blower,chvastoun n: [slang.] Jiří Dadák |
blower
(encz) | blower,kytovec n: Zdeněk Brož |
blower
(encz) | blower,telefon n: [slang.] [brit.] Jiří Dadák |
blower
(gcide) | Puffer \Puff"er\, n.
1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant
commendation.
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2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold
at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. --Bouvier.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the
species of Tetrodon and Diodon of the family
Tetraodontidae; -- called also blower,
puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish. They are
highly poisonous due to the presence of glands
containing a potent toxin, tetrodotoxin.
Nevertheless they are eaten as a delicacy in Japan,
being prepared by specially licensed chefs who remove
the poison glands.
(b) The common, or harbor, porpoise.
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4. (Dyeing) A kier.
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Blower
(gcide) | Blower \Blow"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, blows.
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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.
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3. A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or
fissure in a mine.
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4. The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance
of its spouting up a column of water.
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5. (Zool.) A small fish of the Atlantic coast ({Tetrodon
turgidus}); the puffer.
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6. A braggart, or loud talker. [Slang] --Bartlett.
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blower
(wn) | blower
n 1: a device that produces a current of air
2: a fan run by an electric motor [syn: electric fan,
blower]
3: large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no
hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals
[syn: cetacean, cetacean mammal, blower] |
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get someone on the blower
(encz) | get someone on the blower,zavolat někomu [fráz.] telefonem Pino |
glassblower
(encz) | glassblower,foukač skla Zdeněk Brožglassblower,sklář Zdeněk Brož |
hand blower
(encz) | hand blower, n: |
hornblower
(encz) | Hornblower, |
snow blower
(encz) | snow blower, n: |
whistle blower
(encz) | whistle blower, n: |
whistle-blower
(encz) | whistle-blower, |
whistleblower
(encz) | whistleblower, n: |
Blower
(gcide) | Puffer \Puff"er\, n.
1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant
commendation.
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2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold
at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. --Bouvier.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the
species of Tetrodon and Diodon of the family
Tetraodontidae; -- called also blower,
puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish. They are
highly poisonous due to the presence of glands
containing a potent toxin, tetrodotoxin.
Nevertheless they are eaten as a delicacy in Japan,
being prepared by specially licensed chefs who remove
the poison glands.
(b) The common, or harbor, porpoise.
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4. (Dyeing) A kier.
[1913 Webster]Blower \Blow"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, blows.
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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.
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3. A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or
fissure in a mine.
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4. The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance
of its spouting up a column of water.
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5. (Zool.) A small fish of the Atlantic coast ({Tetrodon
turgidus}); the puffer.
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6. A braggart, or loud talker. [Slang] --Bartlett.
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Fan blower
(gcide) | Fan \Fan\ (f[a^]n), n. [AS. fann, fr. L. vannus fan, van for
winnowing grain; cf. F. van. Cf. Van a winnowing machine,
Winnow.]
1. An instrument used for producing artificial currents of
air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad
surface; as:
(a) An instrument for cooling the person, made of
feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on
sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when
opened to radiate from the center and assume the
figure of a section of a circle.
(b) (Mach.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing
currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire,
ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the
resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel.
(c) An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the
grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is
separated and blown away.
(d) Something in the form of a fan when spread, as a
peacock's tail, a window, etc.
(e) A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of
a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.
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Clean provender, which hath been winnowed with
the shovel and with the fan. --Is. xxx. 24.
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2. That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan,
as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames,
heightens, or strengthens; as, it served as a fan to the
flame of his passion.
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3. A quintain; -- from its form. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Fan blower, a wheel with vanes fixed on a rotating shaft
inclosed in a case or chamber, to create a blast of air
(fan blast) for forge purposes, or a current for draft and
ventilation; a fanner.
Fan cricket (Zool.), a mole cricket.
Fan light (Arch.), a window over a door; -- so called from
the semicircular form and radiating sash bars of those
windows which are set in the circular heads of arched
doorways.
Fan shell (Zool.), any shell of the family Pectinid[ae].
See Scallop, n., 1.
Fan tracery (Arch.), the decorative tracery on the surface
of fan vaulting.
Fan vaulting (Arch.), an elaborate system of vaulting, in
which the ribs diverge somewhat like the rays of a fan, as
in Henry VII.'s chapel in Westminster Abbey. It is
peculiar to English Gothic.
Fan wheel, the wheel of a fan blower.
Fan window. Same as Fan light (above).
electric fan. a fan having revolving blades for propelling
air, powered by an electric motor.
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glass blower
(gcide) | glassblower \glass"blow*er\, glass blower \glass" blow*er\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.
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glassblower
(gcide) | glassblower \glass"blow*er\, glass blower \glass" blow*er\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.
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Hornblower
(gcide) | Hornblower \Horn"blow`er\, n. [AS. hornbl[=a]were.]
One who, or that which, blows a horn.
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Steam blower
(gcide) | Steam \Steam\ (st[=e]m), n. [OE. stem, steem, vapor, flame, AS.
ste['a]m vapor, smoke, odor; akin to D. stoom steam, perhaps
originally, a pillar, or something rising like a pillar; cf.
Gr. sty`ein to erect, sty^los a pillar, and E. stand.]
1. The elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted
when heated to the boiling point; water in the state of
vapor; gaseous water.
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2. The mist formed by condensed vapor; visible vapor; -- so
called in popular usage.
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3. Any exhalation. "A steam of rich, distilled perfumes."
--Milton.
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Dry steam, steam which does not contain water held in
suspension mechanically; -- sometimes applied to
superheated steam.
Exhaust steam. See under Exhaust.
High steam, or High-pressure steam, steam of which the
pressure greatly exceeds that of the atmosphere.
Low steam, or Low-pressure steam, steam of which the
pressure is less than, equal to, or not greatly above,
that of the atmosphere.
Saturated steam, steam at the temperature of the boiling
point which corresponds to its pressure; -- sometimes also
applied to wet steam.
Superheated steam, steam heated to a temperature higher
than the boiling point corresponding to its pressure. It
can not exist in contact with water, nor contain water,
and resembles a perfect gas; -- called also {surcharged
steam}, anhydrous steam, and steam gas.
Wet steam, steam which contains water held in suspension
mechanically; -- called also misty steam.
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Note: Steam is often used adjectively, and in combination, to
denote, produced by heat, or operated by power, derived
from steam, in distinction from other sources of power;
as in steam boiler or steam-boiler, steam dredger or
steam-dredger, steam engine or steam-engine, steam
heat, steam plow or steam-plow, etc.
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Steam blower.
(a) A blower for producing a draught consisting of a jet
or jets of steam in a chimney or under a fire.
(b) A fan blower driven directly by a steam engine.
Steam boiler, a boiler for producing steam. See Boiler,
3, and Note. In the illustration, the shell a of the
boiler is partly in section, showing the tubes, or flues,
which the hot gases, from the fire beneath the boiler,
enter, after traversing the outside of the shell, and
through which the gases are led to the smoke pipe d, which
delivers them to the chimney; b is the manhole; c the
dome; e the steam pipe; f the feed and blow-off pipe; g
the safety valve; hthe water gauge.
Steam car, a car driven by steam power, or drawn by a
locomotive.
Steam carriage, a carriage upon wheels moved on common
roads by steam.
Steam casing. See Steam jacket, under Jacket.
Steam chest, the box or chamber from which steam is
distributed to the cylinder of a steam engine, steam pump,
etc., and which usually contains one or more valves; --
called also valve chest, and valve box. See Illust. of
Slide valve, under Slide.
Steam chimney, an annular chamber around the chimney of a
boiler furnace, for drying steam.
Steam coil, a coil of pipe, or a collection of connected
pipes, for containing steam; -- used for heating, drying,
etc.
Steam colors (Calico Printing), colors in which the
chemical reaction fixing the coloring matter in the fiber
is produced by steam.
Steam cylinder, the cylinder of a steam engine, which
contains the piston. See Illust. of Slide valve, under
Slide.
Steam dome (Steam Boilers), a chamber upon the top of the
boiler, from which steam is conducted to the engine. See
Illust. of Steam boiler, above.
Steam fire engine, a fire engine consisting of a steam
boiler and engine, and pump which is driven by the engine,
combined and mounted on wheels. It is usually drawn by
horses, but is sometimes made self-propelling.
Steam fitter, a fitter of steam pipes.
Steam fitting, the act or the occupation of a steam fitter;
also, a pipe fitting for steam pipes.
Steam gas. See Superheated steam, above.
Steam gauge, an instrument for indicating the pressure of
the steam in a boiler. The mercurial steam gauge is a
bent tube partially filled with mercury, one end of which
is connected with the boiler while the other is open to
the air, so that the steam by its pressure raises the
mercury in the long limb of the tube to a height
proportioned to that pressure. A more common form,
especially for high pressures, consists of a spring
pressed upon by the steam, and connected with the pointer
of a dial. The spring may be a flattened, bent tube,
closed at one end, which the entering steam tends to
straighten, or it may be a diaphragm of elastic metal, or
a mass of confined air, etc.
Steam gun, a machine or contrivance from which projectiles
may be thrown by the elastic force of steam.
Steam hammer, a hammer for forging, which is worked
directly by steam; especially, a hammer which is guided
vertically and operated by a vertical steam cylinder
located directly over an anvil. In the variety known as
Nasmyth's, the cylinder is fixed, and the hammer is
attached to the piston rod. In that known as Condie's, the
piston is fixed, and the hammer attached to the lower end
of the cylinder.
Steam heater.
(a) A radiator heated by steam.
(b) An apparatus consisting of a steam boiler, radiator,
piping, and fixures for warming a house by steam.
Steam jacket. See under Jacket.
Steam packet, a packet or vessel propelled by steam, and
running periodically between certain ports.
Steam pipe, any pipe for conveying steam; specifically, a
pipe through which steam is supplied to an engine.
Steam plow or Steam plough, a plow, or gang of plows,
moved by a steam engine.
Steam port, an opening for steam to pass through, as from
the steam chest into the cylinder.
Steam power, the force or energy of steam applied to
produce results; power derived from a steam engine.
Steam propeller. See Propeller.
Steam pump, a small pumping engine operated by steam. It is
usually direct-acting.
Steam room (Steam Boilers), the space in the boiler above
the water level, and in the dome, which contains steam.
Steam table, a table on which are dishes heated by steam
for keeping food warm in the carving room of a hotel,
restaurant, etc.
Steam trap, a self-acting device by means of which water
that accumulates in a pipe or vessel containing steam will
be discharged without permitting steam to escape.
Steam tug, a steam vessel used in towing or propelling
ships.
Steam vessel, a vessel propelled by steam; a steamboat or
steamship; a steamer.
Steam whistle, an apparatus attached to a steam boiler, as
of a locomotive, through which steam is rapidly
discharged, producing a loud whistle which serves as a
warning or a signal. The steam issues from a narrow
annular orifice around the upper edge of the lower cup or
hemisphere, striking the thin edge of the bell above it,
and producing sound in the manner of an organ pipe or a
common whistle.
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captain horatio hornblower
(wn) | Captain Horatio Hornblower
n 1: a fictional English admiral during the Napoleonic Wars in
novels written by C. S. Forester [syn: {Horatio
Hornblower}, Captain Horatio Hornblower] |
glassblower
(wn) | glassblower
n 1: someone skilled in blowing bottles from molten glass |
hand blower
(wn) | hand blower
n 1: a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the
hair; used for styling hair [syn: hand blower, {blow
dryer}, blow drier, hair dryer, hair drier] |
horatio hornblower
(wn) | Horatio Hornblower
n 1: a fictional English admiral during the Napoleonic Wars in
novels written by C. S. Forester [syn: {Horatio
Hornblower}, Captain Horatio Hornblower] |
snow blower
(wn) | snow blower
n 1: a machine that removes snow by scooping it up and throwing
it forcefully through a chute [syn: snow thrower, {snow
blower}] |
whistle blower
(wn) | whistle blower
n 1: an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization
in the hope of stopping it; "the law gives little
protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a
right to know what is going on"; "the whistleblower was
fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals"
[syn: whistle blower, whistle-blower, whistleblower] |
whistle-blower
(wn) | whistle-blower
n 1: an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization
in the hope of stopping it; "the law gives little
protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a
right to know what is going on"; "the whistleblower was
fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals"
[syn: whistle blower, whistle-blower, whistleblower] |
whistleblower
(wn) | whistleblower
n 1: an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization
in the hope of stopping it; "the law gives little
protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a
right to know what is going on"; "the whistleblower was
fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals"
[syn: whistle blower, whistle-blower, whistleblower] |
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