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Blowhole
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A cavern in a cliff, at the water level, opening to the air at its farther extremity, so that the waters rush in with each surge and rise in a lofty jet from the extremity.
2. A nostril or spiracle in the top of the head of a whale or other cetacean.
3. A hole in the ice to which whales, seals, etc., come to breathe.
4. An air hole in a casting.