| 单词 | to blow the bellows |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto blow the bellows a. Beside the expressions to blow with bellows, and the bellows blow (see 2), one is said to blow the bellows, i.e. to work them so as to make them blow. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > work with tools or equipment [verb (intransitive)] > other tools or equipment filec1230 to blow the bellowsc1440 pump1508 vice1612 plane1678 shovel1685 turn1796 brake1862 pestle1866 chisel1873 roll1881 slice1893 leverage1937 monkeywrench1993 c1440 Leg. Rood (1871) 85 Scho blew þe belise ferly fast. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xxxvi. xxiii Afrycus Auster made surreccion, Blowyng his bellowes by great occasion. ?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 55 Many which lacke armes may worke with their feete, to blowe Smithes bellowes. 1880 G. Grove Dict. Music II. 577 The four bellows are blown in a manner which we here meet with for the first time. to blow the bellows ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > be in dissension or at variance [verb (intransitive)] > cause dissension to make strife1303 to make the feathers flyc1430 to stir the coals1539 to make mischiefc1572 to blow the bellows1590 to blow the fire1670 to stir the pot1826 to stir (also rouse) the possum1900 to mix it1950 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii.iii. sig. O8 He cast for to..Blow the bellowes to his swelling vanity. a1657 J. Balfour Hist. Wks. (1824) II. 263 The bischopes blouing the bellowes, and still craying fyre and suord. < as lemmas |
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