Part 1031

<h1>Bellow</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Bel"low</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bellowed</er> ; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bellowing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>belwen</ets>, <ets>belowen</ets>, AS. <ets>bylgean</ets>, fr. <ets>bellan</ets>; akin to G. <ets>bellen</ets>, and perh. to L. <ets>flere</ets> to weep, OSlav. <ets>bleja</ets> to bleat, Lith. <ets>balsas</ets> voice. Cf. <er>Bell</er>, <tt>n.</tt> & <ets>v</ets>., <er>Bawl</er>, <er>Bull</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make a hollow, loud noise, as an enraged bull.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To roar; as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>bellowing</b> voice of boiling seas. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bellow</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Bel"low</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To emit with a loud voice; to shout; -- used with <i>out</i>.</def> "Would <i>bellow</i> out a laugh."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Bellow</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Bel"low</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A loud resounding outcry or noise, as of an enraged bull; a roar.</def>

<h1>Bellower</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Bel"low*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, bellows.</def>

<h1>Bellows</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Bel"lows</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. sing. & pl.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bely</ets>, <ets>below</ets>, belly, bellows, AS. <ets>b\'91lg</ets>, <ets>b\'91lig</ets>, bag, bellows, belly. Bellows is prop. a pl. and the orig. sense is bag. See <er>Belly</er>.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<cs><col>Bellows camera</col>, <cd>in photography, a form of camera, which can be drawn out like an accordion or <i>bellows<i>.</cd> -- <col>Hydrostatic bellows</col>. <cd>See <er>Hydrostatic</er>.</cd> -- <col>A pair of bellows</col>, <cd>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.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bellows fish</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Bel"lows fish`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A European fish (<spn>Centriscus scolopax</spn>), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; -- called also <altname>trumpet fish</altname>, and <altname>snipe fish</altname>.</def>

<h1>Bell pepper</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Bell" pep`per</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper <spn>(C. annuum)</spn>. It is the red pepper of the gardens.</def>

<h1>Bell-shaped</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Bell"-shaped`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the shape of a widemouthed bell; campanulate.</def>

<h1>Belluine</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Bel"lu*ine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>belluinus</ets>, fr. <ets>bellua</ets> beast.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or like, a beast; brutal.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Animal and <b>belluine</b> life. <i>Atterbury.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bellwether</h1> <Xpage=135>

<hw>Bell"weth`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence: A leader.</def> <mark>[Contemptuous]</mark>