What is the whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance of its spouting up a column of water called?
blower — The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance of its spouting up a column of water. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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