subs. (old).—See quot. 1755.
1610. JONSON, The Alchemist, ii. 1.
| Mam. That is his fire-drake, | |
| His LUNGS, his Zephyrus, he that puffs his coals. |
1755. JOHNSON, A Dictionary of the English Language, s.v. LUNGS. Formerly a cant term for a person denoting a large and strong-voiced man, as Coles has observed; and also a chymical servant, a sort of underworkman in the art.
