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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

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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. (more info) bælg, bælig, bag, bellows, belly. Bellows is prop. a pl. and the

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  • VALVE-SHELL
    Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata.
  • MACHINER
    One who or operates a machine; a machinist.
  • VENTILATE
    brandish in the air, to fan, to winnow, from ventus wind; akin to E. 1. To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to air; as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a cellar; to ventilate a
  • INSTRUMENTAL
    Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music. "He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship." Macaulay. Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental
  • FILLIPEEN
    See PHILOPENA
  • FILLIBEG
    A kilt. See Filibeg.
  • VENTILATION
    1. The act of ventilating, or the state of being ventilated; the art or process of replacing foul air by that which is pure, in any inclosed place, as a house, a church, a mine, etc.; free exposure to air. Insuring, for the laboring man, better
  • BLOWTUBE
    A long wrought iron tube, on the end of which the workman gathers a quantity of "metal" , and through which he blows to expand or shape it; -- called also blowing tube, and blowpipe. (more info) 1. A blowgun. Tylor. 2. A similar instrument,
  • FILLETING
    The protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall, with mortar, or cement, where flashing is employed in better work. 2. The material of which fillets are made; also, fillets, collectively.
  • BLOWFLY
    Any species of fly of the genus Musca that deposits its eggs or young larvæ upon meat or other animal products.
  • BLOWN
    1. Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas. 2. Stale; worthless. 3. Out of breath; tired; exhausted. "Their horses much blown." Sir W. Scott. 4. Covered with the eggs and larvæ of flies;
  • FILLER
    One who, or that which, fills; something used for filling. 'T is mere filer, to stop a vacancy in the hexameter. Dryden. They have six diggers to four fillers, so as to keep the fillers always at work. Mortimer.
  • UTENSIL
    That which is used; an instrument; an implement; especially, an instrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in domestic and farming business. Wagons fraught with utensils of war. Milton. (more info) utensilis that may be used, fit for use, fr. uti,
  • BLOWTH
    A blossoming; a bloom. "In the blowth and bud." Sir W. Raleigh.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • ALTERNATENESS
    The quality of being alternate, or of following by turns.
  • BLOWEN; BLOWESS
    A prostitute; a courtesan; a strumpet. Smart.
  • BLOWZED
    Having high color from exposure to the weather; ruddy-faced; blowzy; disordered. Huge women blowzed with health and wind. Tennyson.
  • DRAWSHAVE
    See KNIFE
  • INSTRUMENTALITY
    The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency. The instrumentality of faith in justification. Bp. Burnet. The discovery of gunpowder developed the science of attack and defense
  • GRAMME MACHINE
    A kind of dynamo-electric machine; -- so named from its French inventor, M. Gramme. Knight.
  • INEQUIVALVE; INEQUIVALVULAR
    Having unequal valves, as the shell of an oyster.
  • BURRING MACHINE
    A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances.
  • DREAMINESS
    The state of being dreamy.
  • PILOT VALVE
    A small hand-operated valve to admit liquid to operate a valve difficult to turn by hand.
  • MULTIVALVE; MULTIVALVULAR
    Many-valved; having more than two valves; -- said of certain shells, as the chitons. (more info) 1. Having many valves.
  • SLIMINESS
    The quality or state of being slimy.
  • WHITEBLOW
    See WHITLOW
  • SUBALTERNATE
    1. Succeeding by turns; successive. 2. Subordinate; subaltern; inferior. All their subalternate and several kinds. Evelyn.
  • EVENTILATION
    The act of eventilating; discussion. Bp. Berkely.
  • GEMMINESS
    The state or quality of being gemmy; spruceness; smartness.
  • GLIDING MACHINE
    A construction consisting essentially of one or more aëroplanes for gliding in an inclined path from a height to the ground.

 

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