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Webster 1913 Edition

Bellows

Bel′lows

,
Noun.
s
ing.
&
pl.
[OE.
bely
,
below
, belly, bellows, AS.
bælg
,
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.
Bellows camera
,
in photography, a form of camera, which can be drawn out like an accordion or bellows.
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Hydrostatic bellows
.
See
Hydrostatic
.
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A pair of bellows
,
the ordinary household instrument for blowing fires, consisting of two nearly heart-shaped boards with handles, connected by leather, and having a valve and tube.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bellows

BEL'LOWS

,
Noun.
sing.and plu.[L.bulga] An instrument, utensil or machine for blowing fire, either in private dwellings or in forges, furnaces and shops. It is so formed as by being dilated and contracted, to inhale air by a lateral orifice which is opened and closed with a valve, and to propel it through a tube upon the fire.

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