Category:Puffer

Puff"er, 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. (zoöl.) (a) any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and diodon; -- called also blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and Globefish. (b) the common, or harbor, porpoise.

4. (dyeing)

Defn: a kier.