bellowsing

Verb

bellows (third-person singular simple present bellowses, present participle bellowsing, simple past and past participle bellowsed)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To operate a bellows; to direct air at (something) using a bellows.
   • […] I was recommended to the place as a man who could give another man as good as he brought, and I took it. It’s easier than bellowsing and hammering.1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC
2. (figuratively, intransitive) To expand and contract like a bellows.
   • […] [the dogs] sprang up, and, with a grand spraying of the crisp snow as they fleetly clambered up the steep side, they were with us in an incredibly short time, with pink tongues protruding, sides bellowsing, and sterns wagging.1904, A. R. Sennett, chapter 6, in Across the Great Saint Bernard: The Modes of Nature and the Manners of Man, London: Bemrose & Sons, page 389
3. (transitive) To fold up like a bellows; to accordion.
   • Without being tight […] the boot leg should fit close. The ankle should be supple as a stocking, and “bellowsed” to make sure of suppleness.1916, Roger Pocock, chapter 6, in Horses, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, published 1917, pages 170–171

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