bellows

(bel′ōz′)

singular noun

a device that produces a stream of air through a narrow tube when its sides are pressed together: used in pipe organs, for blowing fires, etc.
anything like a bellows, as the folding part of some cameras, the lungs, etc.

Origin: ME belwes, orig. pl. of beli: see belly

Bellows, George (Wesley) 1882-1925; U.S. painter

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plural noun (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

a. An apparatus for producing a strong current of air, as for sounding a pipe organ or increasing the draft to a fire, consisting of a flexible, valved air chamber that is contracted and expanded by pumping to force the air through a nozzle.
b. Something, such as the pleated windbag of an accordion, that resembles this apparatus.
The lungs.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English belowes

Origin: , from Old English belgas

Origin: , pl. of belg; see bhelgh- in Indo-European roots

American artist noted for his energetic paintings of sporting scenes, such as Stag at Sharkey's (1907).

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