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Bellows
·noun ·sg & ·pl An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, o...

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Draw
·noun The act of drawing; draught. II. Draw ·noun A drawn game or battle, ·etc. III. Draw ·vt To r...

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Bellows
Occurs only in Jer. 6:29, in relation to the casting of metal. Probably they consisted of leather ba...

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bellows
The lungs. ...

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to draw
To take any thing from a pocket. To draw a swell of a clout. To pick a gentleman's pocket of a handk...

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bellows
An old hand at the bellows. A colloquialism for a man up to his duty. "A fresh hand at the bellows" ...

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draw
A sail draws when it is filled by the wind. A ship draws so many feet of water. ♦ To let draw a ji...

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Bellows
The word occurs only in (Jeremiah 6:29) where it denotes an instrument to heat a smelting furnace. W...

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Bellows fish
·- A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a ...

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Draw-cut
·noun A single cut with a knife. ...

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Water bellows
·- ·same·as <<Tromp>>. ...

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Bellows Yard
West out of the Minories (Strype, 1720-P.C. 1732). In Portsoken Ward. Shown in O. and M. 1677, but n...

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draw latches
Robbers of houses whose doors are only fastened with latches. CANT. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
to draw cuts
A common way of deciding by lot, is to place several slips of paper or straws, of different length, ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
draw-net
Erroneously used for drag-net. ...

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let draw!
The order to let the wind take the after-leeches of the jibs, &c., over to the lee-side, while tacki...

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draw the guns
To extract the charge of wad, shot, and cartridge from the guns. ...

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fresh hand at the bellows
Said when a gale freshens suddenly. ...

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