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. | |
| 3. | (Zool.) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and Diodon of the family | |
| 4. | (Dyeing) A kier. |
| Noun | 1. |  puffer - delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver |
| 2. | puffer - any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers |
PUFFER, commerce, contracts. A person employed by the owner of property
which is sold at auction to bid it up, who does so accordingly, for the
purpose of raising the price upon bona fide bidders.
2. This is a fraud which at the choice of the purchaser invalidates the
sale. 5 Madd. R. 37, 440; 3 Madd. R. 112; 12 Ves. 483; l Fonb. Eq. 227, n; 2
Kent, Com. 423; 11 Serg. & Rawle, 86; Cowp. 395; 3 Ves. jun. 628; 6 T. R.
642; 2 Bro. C. C. 326; 3 T. R. 93, 95; 1 P. A. Browne, Rep. 346; 2 Hayw. R.
328; Sugd. Vend. 16; 4 Harr. & McH. 282; 2 Dev. 126; 2 Const. Rep. 821;. 3
Marsh. 526.