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Puffer
Pronunciation : Puff"er
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation.
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?l.) (a) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and Diodon; -- called also blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish. (b) The common, or harbor, porpoise.
4. (Dyeing)
Defn: A kier.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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