smoke blower

Definitions

1. 1

   Any of various devices that use a powerful fan to clear an area of smoke.

   • He is also the inventor of a very efficient smoke blower, which sucks smoke out of a room at the rate of one thousand feet per minute.
   • You can use an existing local exhaust hood in the room to prevent buildup of CO2 concentration or use a smoke blower exhausting the room.
2. 2

   A small fire chamber with attached bellows used to blow smoke on a hive to pacify the…

   A small fire chamber with attached bellows used to blow smoke on a hive to pacify the bees before the beekeeper works on it.

   • she had dark hair and quick, brown eyes, her cheeks were very pink, and one of them was decorated with a black smudge from the smoke blower.
   • The hollow limbs of old gums often sheltered a hive, and he always carried an axe and a smoke blower when I drove him through the bush.
   • Armed with a smoke blower, he was good at capturing the bees.
3. 3

   A diagnostic tool that blows smoke through pipes or channels.

   • Burrow entrance mapping, using a smoke blower, suggested that hibernacula more than 15 m apart were not within the same burrow system, although burrow systems covering more than 20 m were recorded (Young, 1988).
   • At the start of the operation, the smoke blower is located over the manhole (Figure 5.36) and the ends of the pipes plugged at the next adjacent manholes.
   • The testing is conducted by introducing a nontoxic liquid smoke or candle to the collection system and forcing smoke through the main line and service lines with a portable smoke blower.
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      One who blows smoke

      One who blows smoke; a liar or bullshit artist.

      • The smoke blower is the b.s. artist or great pretender par excellence.
      • At first, DePenta seemed like just another smoke blower.
      • But, knowing that, don't blow smoke, either, because I will find it and then I will consider you a 'smoke blower.'
   2. 5

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see smoke, blower; A person who blows smoke, especially one who blows smoke rings.

      • The most heinous cigarette smoke blower, the No. 1 criminal in this line, is Arthur Godfrey, who is in the hire of Chesterfield.

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