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Thr utter . . . you may now see above water at vent, ventaylettt, . I MK., dim. of rmlnil. ] Same 
' 'HIM. 
and the dogs clone with li 
/. Wnlli'il. C'ii|il|ilrte Allt'h T, p. ,'.:i. 
Vent- (vent), r. |< F. i-i-iilir, blow. ]in)T (as the 
wind), < nut, tin- wind: see i-inl-. n.. a mi of, 
r. /(/', i . | I.f trim.-'. To seen I. as a lion ml; smell; 
sniitl' up; wind. 
I have seen the hinnidrn pawr by KIU h u bait uithin i 
yard of him :unl u.vrr *<! him. . . . 'A ln-n br Miirllrth 
orwnMAaoythlnc we wi> br htthtUsortluU in tin- imi. 
l;r:u ing liis nostril* up into tin- iii. I 
A swtut fresh (iTiliux thought thiit h. 'liil I-I-H/. 
/ii-ii.i/i. Hi Mooncalf. 
To vent up, to lift HO as to t'ivi HI 
Hut. the bruvr Ma>d would not dlHarmuil bee, 
Hul onrly i-i'/it<-<l lift hrr amliiirrr, 
And so did let her gmidly visage to apperc. 
.s> ;,T, If. O,., III. I. 42. 
II. iiilniiix. 1. To open or expand the nos- 
trils to the air; sniff; snuff; .snort. 
After the manner of a drnnkarde, that venteth tor the 
best wine, (juemra, letters (tr. by llellowes, 1077), p. 344. 
Sec how he n-nli-tti into tho wynd. 
Spentcr, Shep. ('al. , February. 
2. In hunting, to take breath or air. 
Now have at him [an otter] with Kllbuck, for he rente 
again. /. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 59. 
When t he otter vent* or comes to the surface to breathe. 
Knq/c. ISrit., XII. 386. 
3. To draw, as a chimney, or a house, room, 
etc., by means of a chimney. 
Forbyc the ghaist, the Green Room dfsna vent wecl in a 
high wind. Seatl, Antiquary, xl. 
vent :i (vent), ii. [< OF. ventc, V. vcntf, sale, 
place of sale, market, = Sp. ento, a sale, a mar- 
ket, also an inn (liacer venta, put up at an inn), 
= Pg. venda = It. vendita, a sale, < ML. veii- 
ililn. a sale, < L. veiulere, pp. t'cnditim, sell : see 
iv W. Cf. ITII/*.] 1. The act of selling ; sale. 
[Rare.] 
An order was taken that from henceforth no printer shall 
print or put to vent any English book but such as shall 
first be examined by Mr. Secretary Petre, Mr. Secretary 
Smith, and Mr. Cecil, or the one of them, and allowed by 
the same. . . . 13th August, 1549. 
JUS. Privy Council Book, quoted in R. W. Dlxon's Hist. 
[Church of Eng., xvi., note. 
The vent of ten millions of pounds of this commodity, 
now locked up by the operation of an injudicious tax, and 
rotting In the warehouses of the company, would have 
prevented all this distress. Burke, Amer. Taxation. 
2. Opportunity to sell; market. 
We be vucertaine what vent or sale you shall flnde in 
Persia. Haklnyt Voyage*, 1. 342. 
Pepper . . . grows here very well, and might be had in 
great plenty, If It had any vent. 
R. Knox (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 336). 
There Is In a manner no tent for any commodity except 
wool. Sir if. Temple. Miscellanies, p. 11. 
vent 3 t (vent), v. t. [< ven&, H. Cf. vendi, v.] 
To vend ; sell. 
Whereas other English Marchants in one small Towne 
of Germania rent 60 or 80 thowsand clothes yearlle. 
G. Fletcher, quoted In Ellis's UL Letters, p. 83. 
Familiar with the prices 
Of oil and corn, with when and where to vent them. 
Massinger, Great Duke of Florence, 11. 2. 
vent 4 t (vent), w. [< Sp. venta, an inn, prop, a 
market or place of sale: see re< 3 .] An inn. 
Our house 
Is but a vent of need, that now and then 
Receives a guest, between the greater towns, 
As they come late. 
Fletcher (and another). Love's Pilgrimage, i. 1. 
venta (ven'ta), . [Sp. venta, an inn: see vent*.] 
Same as vent*. Scott. 
ventage (ven'taj), . [< vetifl + -age.'] A 
small nole; specifically, in musical instruments 
of the wood wind group, a vent or finger-hole. 
Govern these wntaan with your fingers and thumb. 
Shak., Hamlet, iii. 2. 372. 
I would have their bodies 
Burnt in a coal pit with the ventnyr stopped. 
Webster. Duchess of Main, 11. 5. 
ventailt, ventaillet (ven'tal), n. [ME. ven- 
inili', ri'iittn/li; < OF. ventaille, the breathing part 
of a helmet, < cent, wind, air, breath: seevenft. 
Cf. aventaile.] Same as aventaile. 
Galashin helde his felowe at the grounde, and with that 
oi.ii hande hilde hym by the ventaile, and his swerde in 
the tother hande redy to smyten of his heed. 
Merlin (E. E. T. 8,), ill. 571. 
Eftsoones they gan their wrothfull hands to hold, 
And VenlaUet reare each other to behold. 
Spemer, F. Q., V. viii. 12. 
ventannat (ven-tan'ii), . [< Sp. wtanu. 
window, window-shutter, nostril, orig. opening 
for wind (ef. trimltnr. lit. ' wind-eye '). < L. roi- 
tus, wind: see rent 1 .] A window. [Rare.] 
What lifter pass'd 
Was far from the rentanna where I sate. 
Dryden, Conquest of Granada, 1. 1. 
,.', 
Id MI, v mii'i-il.it'ii nl Inwseneta. Item, vj. pcces of 
lna>lr. '', 1. 4.S7. 
Vent-bit (vent 'bit), ii. A bit for boring or for 
enlarging the vent of a gun. 
Vent-bushing (vent 'linsh 'ing), . A eylindrieal 
jiieee nt melal. gem-riilly of eopper, whieh i- 
inserted through tho wail* of u rannon over or 
in rear of the seat of tl harge. ,.\ hob' driven 
through its axis forniM tbr vmt thronirli win. h tin- charge 
Is ignited. The vviit-hiiimiiig preveutsthi: .1. li iiction of 
thi' mrtul (mpi'cially iu bronze cannon) In the vicinity of 
the vent from the heat and erosion of the escaping gases. 
Also called rent-piece. 
Vent-COCk I vent'kok), M. A ile\ -iee for admit- 
ting air to a vessel when liquid is to bo drawn 
out, or for allowing gases to escape. It usually 
has the form of a valve or faucet, and Is designed to be 
screwed or driven into the cask, i-tc. E. II. A 
vent-cover (vent'kuv'6r), . A piece of leather 
placed over tho vent of a cannon to keep Un- 
box dry. It Is secured In place by straps and buckles, 
and has In the middle a copper spike which enters the 
vent of the piece. K. II. Kniyht. 
vented (von'ted), a. [< vent* + -cd.~] In or- 
nith., having the crissum or vent-feathers a- 
speeitied by a qualifying word: as, red-n /<'/. 
yellow-renfaW. 
venter 1 (ven'ttr), n. [< venti + -erl.] One 
who vents or gives vent (to); one who utters, 
reports, or publishes. 
What do these superfluities slgiilfle but that the venter 
of them doth little skill the use of speech? 
Barrow, Sermons, I. xv. 
venter 2 (ven'ter), . [In def. 1 < OP. ventrc, 
!'. rrntrc =It. ventre ; in defs. 2 and 3 directly 
< L. venter, the belly, womb.] 1. The womb; 
and hence, in legal language, mother: as, A 
has a son B by one venter, and a daughter C 
by another venter; children by different ven- 
ters. 2. In anat. and zool., the belly ; the ab- 
domen. Hence (a) The whole ventral aspect or sur- 
face of the body, opposite the back : opposed to dorntm. 
(M) One of the three large, as if bellying, cavities of the 
body containing viscera: as, the venter ot the head, of the 
thorax, and of the abdomen : collectively called tin 1 three 
venters, (r) Smne swelling or protuberant part ; specif- 
ically, the fleshy belly of a muscle. See biventer, digas- 
tric, n. (d) The belly or concavity of a bone, as opposed 
to Its iortum or convexity. (Little used, except in two 
of the phrases below.] 
3. In ornith., the lower belly or abdomen, con- 
sidered as to its surface. 
Abdomen . . . has been unnecessarily divided into epi- 
gastrium or pit of the stomach, and venter or lower belly ; 
hut these terms are rarely used. 
Cmm, Key to N. A. Birds, p. 961. 
4. Inentom.: (a) The lower part of the abdo- 
men. (6) The under surface : as, the venter of 
the caterpillar. 5. In hot., the enlarged basal 
part of an archegonium, in which the oophore 
is formed In ventre sa mere. See m ventre. 
Venter of the Ilium, the iliac fossa. Venter of the 
scapula, the scapular fossa. Venter propendens, an- 
teversion of the uterus. Venter renum, the pelvis of 
the kidney. 
vent-faucet (vent'fa'set), H. A hollow gimlet 
or boring-instrument used to make a vent- 
hole iu a cask or other wooden vessel, and to 
give vent to the liquid. Sometimes a corkscrew and 
brush are combined with it, and it may be used to open 
ordinary bottles. Also vent-peg. E. It. Knight. 
vent-feather (yent'feTH*6r), . In ornith., one 
of tho under tail-coverts ; a crissal feather lying 
under the tail, behind the anus. See crixsum, 
tcctrices. 
vent-field (vent'feld), n. In ordnance, a raised 
plate or tablet through which the vent is bored. 
When the modern percussion-lock is used, the 
vent-field serves to support it. 
Vent-gage (vent'gaj), n. A wire of prescribed 
size for measuring the diameter of a vent. 
vent-gimlet (vent'gim'let), . In ordnance, 
an implement or tool, similar to a priming-wire, 
made of steel wire, and tempered. It has a 
gimlet-point, and is used for boring out ordi- 
nary obstructions in the vent of a gun. 
vent-hole (vent'hol), n. 1. A vent. 2. A 
buttonhole at the wrist of a shirt. [Prov. Eng.] 
venticular (veu-tik'u-lar), a. Consisting of 
small holes or vents. [Erroneous.] 
Distinguished from genuine examples by the so-called 
"venticular perforations of the mezall, "or breathing holes. 
Athenmim, Oct. 14, 1882, p. 502. 
ventiduct (ven'ti-dukt), . [< L. ventus, wind, 
+ ductus, channel : see duct."] In arch., a pas- 
sage for wind or air; a subterraneous passage 
or pipe for ventilating apartments. Gvilt. 
At the foot of the bill there are divers vents, oat of 
which exceeding cold winds doe continually Issue, such 
as by venteducti from the vast caves above Padua they let 
ventilation 
Into tbrlr rooms at their pleasure, to i|ii!it!r tin Ir at of 
the SIIIIIIIKT. .svi </!/, Travalle*, i 
Ventil (vi'ii'til). n. [< 1.. i'1-nliiln.-; ii !" 
(ventitare, ventilate): iee i-mtiiuti ,\ In musi- 
e:il wiinl instruments, a \alve. either (i> sii'-h 
a-, is i|e,ei-ilieil iimier rnlri, or (lit s|ieeitii-all\ , 
in iifi/iin-liiiililiiii/. a shutter in a iii'l trunk, 
whereby Hie wind may I.e admitted to or .-ul 
off from two or more stops at onee. ] some or- 
gans the use of many < limin of tin- tntnnm-nts may 
i..- iim- ..... ii.'il' 'I by a tingle motion of a stop-knob or 
. 
ventilable (ven'ti-la-lil), . [< r<-ntii-<it< - 
-nlil'.) t'apalile of di-ing vent ilat ed. 
The sleeping room Is rarely ventilablr, and still more 
liirrly Mutilated. I'hilailelphirt Time*. Feb. 88, 1886. 
ventilabrum (ven-ti-lii'linim), . |l... a win 
nowing-faii. < ri-iiti/iin . winnow : see 1-1 nlilate.] 
Krrli-K., same as flulii Ilinn, 1. 
ventilate (ren'tt-Ut), <. '.; pret. and pp. ven- 
liliilnl, i^ir.r<-iililiiliii;i. [< ].. i-i nlilii/iix, pp.of 
Mfltflar0() II. riiililnri = Sp. Pg. rinliliir = F. 
n a liter), toss in the air, esp. toss grain in the 
air in order to cleanse il from ehaff, fun, win 
now, < n-utiiliiK, a breeze, dim. of rcntu*, wind: 
see veil ft.'] 1. To winnow; fan. 
Again I tell you. It Is required of us, not merely that 
we place the grain In a garner, but that we ventilate and 
sift It: that we separate the full from the empty, the 
faulty fi "in the sound. 
ir, Imag. Couv., Arlatoteles and Cnllisthenes. 
2. To admit air to; expose to the free passage 
of air or wind; supply with fresh air; purify 
by expulsion of foul air: as, to rentiUttt a room. 
In close, low, and dirty alleys the air Ispenn'd up, and 
obstructed from being ventilated by the winds. Harvey. 
3. To purify by supplies of fresh air ; provide 
air for in respiration by means of lungs or gills ; 
aerate; oxygenate: as, the lungs ventilate the 
blood. 4. To expose to common consideration 
or criticism; submit to free examination and 
discussion ; make public. 
I ventylatc, I blowe tydynges or a mater abrode. . . . 
He Is nat worthy to be a counsaylour that ventiilateth the 
maters abrode. Paltgrave, p. 765. 
On Saturday (yesterday sennight) Sir Richard Weston's 
case concerning certain lands and manors he sues for, 
which his ancestors sold, was ventilated In the Star Cham- 
ber. Court and Time* o) Charlet 1., IL 98. 
My object Iu this lecture 1s not to ventilate dogmas, to 
impress any principle, moral or political, or to Justify any 
foregone conclusion. 
Stubbt, Medieval and Modern Hist, p. 167. 
Ventilated bucket, see (motet. 
ventilating-brick (von'ti-la-ting-brik), n. A 
large brick perforated so as with others to form 
a passage or channel which can serve for pur- 
poses of heating, ventilation, etc. 
ventilating-heater (ven'ti-la-tiug-he'ter), n. 
A stove or heater so arranged that its draft 
draws in outside air, which is heated and dis- 
charged into the interior of a building. 
ventilating-millstone (ven ' ti-la-ting-mil'- 
ston), . A millstone connected with a suc- 
tion or air-blast which passes a current of air 
through its grooves. 
ventilating-saw (ven'ti-la-ting-sa), 11. A saw 
the web of which is perforated, so that the cir- 
culation of air may prevent excessive heating 
of the blade. The perforation also facilitates 
tho discharge of sawdust. 
ventilation (ven-ti-la'shon), n. [< F. ventila- 
tion = Sp. rentilacion = Pg. rentila^Sn = It. ren- 
tila:ioe, < L. vcntilatio(n-), an airing, < venti- 
lare, air, ventilate: see ventilate.] It. The act 
of fanning or blowing. 
The soil, . . . worn with too frequent culture, must lie 
fallow for a while, till It has recruited Its exhausted salts, 
and again enriched Itself by the ventilation* of the air. 
Addifon, Freeholder, No. 40. 
2. The act or process of replacing foul or vi- 
tiated air, in any confined space, with pure air ; 
the theory, method, or practice of supplying 
buildings, ships, mines, chimneys, air-shafts, 
etc., with pure air. 
Insuring for the labouring man better ventilation. 
F. W. Robertton. 
3. Aeration of the blood or the body by means 
of respiratory organs; admission of air in 
respiration. 
Procure the blood a free course, ventilation, and tran- 
spiration. Harvey. 
4. The act of bringing to notice and discus- 
sion; public exposition; free discussion: as, 
the ventilation of abuses or grievances. 
The ventilation of these points diffused them to the 
knowledge of the world. I'.j,. Hall, Old Religion, li. 
5f. Utterance; expression; vent. 
