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单词 high blower
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high blowern.

Brit. /hʌɪ ˈbləʊə/, U.S. /ˌhaɪ ˈbloʊər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adj., blower n.1
Etymology: < high adj. + blower n.1 (compare blow v.1 4).
A horse which breathes loudly, esp. during physical exertion. Formerly also euphemistic: †a roarer (roarer n.1 2) (obsolete).
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1817 J. White Compend. Dict. Vet. Art 265 There are several degrees of this disease, which dealers distinguish by appropriate names; such as a wheezer, a whistler, a high blower, a trumpeter, &c.
1843 W. Youatt Horse (new ed.) xii. 254 Eclipse was a ‘high-blower’.
1856 ‘The Druid’ Post & Paddock iii. 55 A roarer—or, politely speaking..‘a high blower’.
1909 9th Ann. Iowa Year Bk. Agric. 1908 414 An animal that emits this sound is called a ‘high-blower’. Some horses have naturally, very narrow nasal openings, and they emit sounds louder than usual in their breathing when exercised.
1977 Times 12 May 13/2 He bought the horse a year ago as a high-blower (a flapping of the false nostrils, which is not in fact a detriment).
2012 Racing Post (Nexis) 11 Apr. 6 I could hear Red Rum's hooves drumming on the fast ground, and he was a high blower so I could hear him puffing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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