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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A piston-blower; a machine for moving air, consisting of a cylinder which has suitable supply- and exhaust-passages, fitted with valves, and a piston which is moved back and forth in the cylinder.
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The entire machine might be called, correctly, a very large piston-bellows.
Steam, Steel and Electricity James W. Steele
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