A pair of bellows
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| 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. |
See also: Bellows
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
References in classic literature
He held
a pair of bellows upon his knee, with which he had apparently been endeavouring to rouse it into more cheerful action; but he had fallen into deep thought; and with his arms folded on them, and his chin resting on his thumbs, fixed his eyes, abstractedly, on the rusty bars.
The Saracens produced from their baskets a quantity of charcoal,
a pair of bellows, and a flask of oil.
A pair of bellows creates sealed passages between two high-pressure pumps and the Space Shuttle's power head, according to Mike Paytas of Pratt & Whitney in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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