Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
air-holder and air-vessel.
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Examples
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The most characteristic feature of the bag-pipe is not the obvious bag or air-reservoir from which the instrument derives its name in most languages, but the fixed harmony of the buzzing drones.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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Another and important peculiarity was an air-reservoir which received air from the pump direct, and then passed it on to the diver, so that even if the pumps should stop working there would still be a supply of air flowing down to the diver for several minutes.
Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters Francis B. Pearson 1859
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The pump used by Denayrouze of Paris, besides being very simple in its parts and action, possesses an air-reservoir which renders a cessation of the pump-action for a few minutes of no importance.
Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters Francis B. Pearson 1859
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The air-reservoir, I need scarcely tell you, is the _lung, _ to which the blood goes to put itself in contact with the air.
The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Jean Mac�� 1854
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The compartment which had distended itself to receive it, contracted in its turn, and the liquid finding the road again barred behind it, had no choice but to force its way through the tube which led to the air-reservoir.
The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Jean Mac�� 1854
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