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Puffer
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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. Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and Diodon; -- called also blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish.
4. The common, or harbor, porpoise.
5. A kier.