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.
·noun ·sg & ·pl An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The lungs. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
An old hand at the bellows. A colloquialism for a man up to his duty. "A fresh hand at the bellows" ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The word occurs only in (Jeremiah 6:29) where it denotes an instrument to heat a smelting furnace. W...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·- A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a ...
·- ·same·as <<Tromp>>. ...
West out of the Minories (Strype, 1720-P.C. 1732). In Portsoken Ward. Shown in O. and M. 1677, but n...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
A northern term for limber-holes (which see). ...
Said when a gale freshens suddenly. ...