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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bellows \Bel"lows\, n. sing. & pl. [OE. bely, below, belly,
   bellows, AS. b[ae]lg, b[ae]lig, bag, bellows, belly. Bellows
   is prop. a pl. and the orig. sense is bag. See Belly.]
   An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate
   expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top,
   draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for
   various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or
   filling the pipes of an organ with wind.
   [1913 Webster]

   Bellows camera, in photography, a form of camera, which can
      be drawn out like an accordion or bellows.

   Hydrostatic bellows. See Hydrostatic.

   A pair of bellows, the ordinary household instrument for
      blowing fires, consisting of two nearly heart-shaped
      boards with handles, connected by leather, and having a
      valve and tube.
      [1913 Webster]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Camera \Cam"e*ra\, n.; pl. E. Cameras, L. Camerae. [L.
   vault, arch, LL., chamber. See Chamber.]
   A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The
   camera obscura when used in photography. See Camera, and
   Camera obscura.
   [1913 Webster]

   Bellows camera. See under Bellows.

   In camera (Law), in a judge's chamber, that is, privately;
      as, a judge hears testimony which is not fit for the open
      court in camera.

   Panoramic camera, or Pantascopic camera, a photographic
      camera in which the lens and sensitized plate revolve so
      as to expose adjacent parts of the plate successively to
      the light, which reaches it through a narrow vertical
      slit; -- used in photographing broad landscapes. --Abney.
      [1913 Webster]

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