bellows vs hurdy-gurdy

bellows

noun
  • Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint. 

  • That which fans the fire of hatred, jealousy, etc. 

  • A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air. 

  • Flexible, light-tight enclosures connecting the lensboard and the camera back. 

verb
  • To expand and contract like a bellows. 

  • To fold up like a bellows; to accordion. 

  • To operate a bellows; to direct air at (something) using a bellows. 

hurdy-gurdy

noun
  • A water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet. 

  • A winch, a windlass. 

  • Synonym of street organ, often considered a misnomer. 

  • A stringed instrument that produces a droning sound by turning a handle that connects to a wheel that rubs against a rosined string, with a keyboard also used to alter the pitch of the string. 

adj
  • Sounding like the Swedish language. 

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