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Vent
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To let out at a vent, or small aperture; to give passage or outlet to.
(2):
(v. t.) To utter; to report; to publish.
(3):
(v. t.) To suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint.
(4):
(n.) Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
(5):
(n.) Sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
(6):
(v. i.) To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
(7):
(n.) A baiting place; an inn.
(8):
(v. t.) To sell; to vend.
(9):
(n.) Sale; opportunity to sell; market.
(10):
(v. t.) To scent, as a hound.
(11):
(n.) Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
(12):
(n.) A small aperture; a hole or passage for air or any fluid to escape; as, the vent of a cask; the vent of a mold; a volcanic vent.
(13):
(n.) The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole.
(14):
(n.) The anal opening of certain invertebrates and fishes; also, the external cloacal opening of reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes.
(15):
(v. t.) To furnish with a vent; to make a vent in; as, to vent. a mold.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Vent'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/v/vent.html. 1828.
