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blower(1) (iou) and Harold I (sh)


blower(1) (iou)



blower noun1. OE.
[from BLOW verb1 + -ER1.]
gen. A person who or thing which blows. (Foll. by of.) OE.
A boaster, a blusterer. Chiefly dial. or US & Austral. colloq. L16.
An apparatus that produces or increases an air current, as a sheet of iron across a fireplace to increase a fire's draught, a fan heater, etc. L18.
An escape of gas through a fissure in a coalmine etc.; a fissure through which gas escapes. E19.
A telephone; a speaking-tube. colloq. E20.

Harold I (sh)




known as Harold Harefoot

died March 17, 1040, Oxford, Eng.

King of England (1035-40).

The illegitimate son of Canute the Great, he served as regent of England for his half brother Hardecanute, king of Denmark. In 1036 he murdered the royal claimant, Alfred the Aetheling, and proclaimed himself king. He fended off Welsh and Scottish invaders and was succeeded by Hardecanute.