- A frog, eg - One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains
unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil. - A small American fish (Micropogon undulatus), of the
Atlantic coast. - An American fresh-water fish (Aplodinotus grunniens); --
called also drum. - The surf fish of California.
- Bellows - Bowler has gone out for the telephone - Telephone, informally - One who, or that which, blows. - A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal
plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire.
(b) A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air by
pressure, as for increasing the draft of a furnace, ventilating a
building or shaft, cleansing gram, etc. - A blowing out or excessive discharge of gas from a hole or
fissure in a mine. - The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance of
its spouting up a column of water.
- A name applied to several distinct fishes - The garfish (Tylosurus, / Belone, longirostris) and
allied species. - The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast
(Scomberesox saurus). - The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related
to the swordfish; the spearfish. - The American fresh-water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus).
- One who, or that which, flashes. - A man of more appearance of wit than reality. - A large sparoid fish of the Atlantic coast and all
tropical seas (Lobotes Surinamensis). - The European red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio); --
called also flusher.