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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation.

One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder.

Bouvier.

(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.

(Dyeing)

A kier.

Noun.

One that puffs; one that praises with noisy commendation.