BLOWBALL
Blow"ball` (, n.
Defn: The downy seed head of a dandelion, which children delight to blow away. B. Jonson.
BLOWEN; BLOWESS
Blow"en, Blow"ess, n.
Defn: A prostitute; a courtesan; a strumpet. [Low] Smart.
BLOWER
Blow"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, blows.
2. (Mech.)
Defn: 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.