bello

‖n. [ L., from bellum war. ] (Rom. Myth.) The goddess of war. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bellowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bellowing. ] [ OE. belwen, belowen, AS. bylgean, fr. bellan; akin to G. bellen, and perh. to L. flere to weep, OSlav. bleja to bleat, Lith. balsas voice. Cf. Bell, n. & v., Bawl, Bull. ] 1. To make a hollow, loud noise, as an enraged bull. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To roar; as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bellowing voice of boiling seas. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To emit with a loud voice; to shout; -- used with out. “Would bellow out a laugh.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A loud resounding outcry or noise, as of an enraged bull; a roar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, bellows. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. sing. & pl. [ OE. bely, below, belly, bellows, AS. bælg, bælig, bag, bellows, belly. Bellows is prop. a pl. and the orig. sense is bag. See Belly. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bellows camera, in photography, a form of camera, which can be drawn out like an accordion or bellows. --
Hydrostatic bellows. See Hydrostatic. --
A pair of bellows, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]