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HydroFormed Metal Bellows
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bel⋅lows
[bel-ohz, -uh
z]
–noun (used with a singular or plural verb
)
) | 1. | a device for producing a strong current of air, consisting of a chamber that can be expanded to draw in air through a valve and contracted to expel it through a tube. |
| 2. | anything resembling or suggesting bellows in form, as the collapsible part of a camera or enlarger. |
| 3. | the lungs. |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME bel(o)wes (pl.), OE belg, short for blǣst belg, pl. belgas blast-bag; c. D blaasbalg, G Blasebalg, ON belgr. See belly
bef. 900; ME bel(o)wes (pl.), OE belg, short for blǣst belg, pl. belgas blast-bag; c. D blaasbalg, G Blasebalg, ON belgr. See belly

Related forms:
bel⋅lows⋅like, adjective
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bel·low (běl'ō) v. bel·lowed, bel·low·ing, bel·lows v. intr.
To utter in a loud, powerful voice. See Synonyms at shout. n.
[Middle English belwen, perhaps from Old English belgan, to be enraged, and bylgan, to bellow.] bel'low·er n. |
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Bellows
Bel"lows\, n. sing. & pl. [OE. bely, below, belly, bellows, AS. b[ae]lg, b[ae]lig, 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. Hydrostatic bellows. See Hydrostatic. 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.
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Language Translation for : Bellows
Spanish:
fuelle,
German:
das Gebläse,
Japanese:
ふいご
bellows
c.1200, belwes pl. of belu, belw, northern form of beli, from late O.E. belg, reduced from blæstbælg, lit. "blowing bag" (see belly). Used exclusively in plural since 15c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: bel·lows
Pronunciation: 'bel-(")Oz, -&z
Function: noun plural but singular or plural in construction
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Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Bellows
occurs only in Jer. 6:29, in relation to the casting of metal. Probably they consisted of leather bags similar to those common in Egypt.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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