| Bellows (bellows) |
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| n. sing. *** pl. | ((?)) |
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| Bel"lows |
| [OE.
bely, below, belly, bellows, AS. bæ]lg,
bælig, bag, bellows, belly. Bellows is prop. a pl. and the
orig. sense is bag. See Belly.] |
An instrument, utensil, or
machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall
of the top, draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for
various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipes
of an organ with wind.
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