BLOWHOLE

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A cavern in a cliff, at the water level, opening to the air at its farther extremity, so that the waters rush in with each surge and rise in a lofty jet from the extremity.

2.
n.

A nostril or spiracle in the top of the head of a whale or other cetacean.

3.
n.

A hole in the ice to which whales, seals, etc., come to breathe.

4.
n.

An air hole in a casting.


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