DIVING-BELL, noun A hollow vessel in form of a truncated cone or pyramid, with the smaller base close, and the larger one open, in which a person may descend into deep water and remain, till the inclosed air ceases to be respirable.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.