Cured by smoking: as, a bloat herring.See bloater.To cure by smoking, as herrings. Formerly spelled blote.Puffed; swollen; turgid: as, “the bloat king,”To make turgid or swollen, as with air, water, etc.; cause to swell, as with a dropsical humor; inflate; puff up; hence, make vain, conceited, etc.To become swollen; be puffed out or dilated; dilate.n. The bloater whitefish, Argyrosomus prognathus.