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"etymology_text": "From Middle English belwes, plural of belu, belwe, a northern form of beli, from Old English bæliġ, northern form of bielġ, from Proto-Germanic *balgiz. Compare German Balg. See also belly.\nFor the pronunciation /ˈbɛl.əs/, compare bodice, gallows.",
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"A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air."
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"code": "hy",
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"code": "az",
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"word": "күрек"
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"code": "be",
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{
"code": "ca",
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"tags": [
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"word": "tayhop"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"code": "cs",
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"masculine"
],
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"common-gender"
],
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
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"word": "balgo"
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{
"code": "et",
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"word": "lõõts"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
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"tags": [
"plural"
],
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"code": "fr",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "fur",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "air blower",
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},
{
"code": "el",
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"code": "is",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "is",
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"code": "is",
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"code": "id",
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{
"code": "ga",
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"plural"
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{
"code": "it",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "it",
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{
"alt": "ふいご",
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"word": "鞴"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
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"word": "풀무"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
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"word": "follis"
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{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "air blower",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
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},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "air blower",
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"plural"
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{
"code": "mk",
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{
"code": "ms",
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{
"code": "ms",
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"sense": "air blower",
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{
"code": "ms",
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{
"code": "mnc",
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"roman": "hujuku",
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"word": "ᡥᡠᠵᡠᡴᡠ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "air blower",
"word": "pupuhiahi"
},
{
"code": "mn",
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"roman": "xöörög",
"sense": "air blower",
"word": "хөөрөг"
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{
"code": "nog",
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"word": "коьрик"
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "air blower",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "nn",
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"code": "oc",
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"word": "bufet"
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"code": "sga",
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"sense": "air blower",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "prg",
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"sense": "air blower",
"word": "moasis"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "körük",
"sense": "air blower",
"word": "كوروك"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "minfah",
"sense": "air blower",
"word": "منفاخ"
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{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "deme",
"sense": "air blower",
"word": "دمه"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "air blower",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "air blower",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "air blower",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "ru",
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"plural"
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"code": "ru",
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"plural"
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "so",
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"sense": "air blower",
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"code": "alt",
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"word": "кӧрӱк"
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"code": "es",
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"code": "sw",
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"code": "sw",
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{
"code": "tl",
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{
"code": "tl",
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{
"code": "tl",
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"code": "tr",
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"code": "uk",
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"code": "uz",
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"code": "uz",
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"word": "folo"
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"code": "vec",
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"code": "vec",
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "air blower",
"word": "bễ"
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"code": "cy",
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"code": "mww",
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{
"code": "zu",
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"code": "cs",
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"code": "eo",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "hu",
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"ref": "1915, John G. Neihardt, The Song of Hugh Glass, New York: Macmillan, Part 2, p. 34",
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"ref": "1966, Anthony Burgess, Tremor of Intent: An Eschatological Spy Novel, New York: Norton, Part 3, Chapter 6, p. 173",
"text": "He almost let the cigar go out. ‘Good God, no. We’re both exiles, aren’t we?’ He bellowsed the end red again and continued, delicate as a musician, his scoring.",
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"ref": "1999, Ferdinand Mount, chapter 10, in Jem (and Sam), New York: Carroll & Graf, page 397",
"text": "This is a capricious devil, the furnace, though I say it myself, and it wants regular bellowsing.",
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"ref": "1904, A. R. Sennett, chapter 6, in Across the Great Saint Bernard: The Modes of Nature and the Manners of Man, London: Bemrose & Sons, page 389",
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"ref": "1933, John Steinbeck, chapter 1, in The Red Pony, New York: Viking, published 1945, page 48",
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"ref": "1978, Stephen King, chapter 25, in The Stand, New York: Random House, published 2012, page 196",
"text": "A sick-looking dog sat in the middle of the road, head down, sides bellowsing, white foam dripping from its muzzle to the heat-shimmering pavement.",
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"ref": "1998, Loren D. Estleman, chapter 6, in Jitterbug, New York: Tom Doherty Associates, page 53",
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"ref": "1916, Roger Pocock, chapter 6, in Horses, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, published 1917, pages 170–171",
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"ref": "1986, Will D. Campbell, chapter 9, in Forty Acres and a Goat, Atlanta: Peachtree, page 185",
"text": "[…] the chairman of the gathered scholars […] [shushed] the black waiters preparing to feed us a hefty lunch behind the bellowsed dividing wall with the impatient yell, “You’re disturbing our meeting,” while we discussed their plight on our side of the wall.",
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"ref": "1994, Timothy West, I’m Here I Think, Where Are You? Letters from a touring actor, London: Hodder & Stoughton, published 1995, page 139",
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