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Vent feather
(gcide) | Vent \Vent\ (v[e^]nt), n. [OE. fent, fente, a slit, F. fente a
slit, cleft, fissure, from fendre to split, L. findere; but
probably confused with F. vent wind, L. ventus. See
Fissure, and cf. Vent to snuff.]
1. 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.
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Look, how thy wounds do bleed at many vents. --Shak.
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Long 't was doubtful, both so closely pent,
Which first should issue from the narrow vent.
--Pope.
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2. Specifically:
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(a) (Zool.) The anal opening of certain invertebrates and
fishes; also, the external cloacal opening of
reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes.
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(b) (Gun.) The opening at the breech of a firearm, through
which fire is communicated to the powder of the
charge; touchhole.
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(c) (Steam Boilers) Sectional area of the passage for
gases divided by the length of the same passage in
feet.
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3. Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or
privacy; outlet.
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4. Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression;
publication; utterance.
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Without the vent of words. --Milton.
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Thou didst make tolerable vent of thy travel.
--Shak.
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To give vent to, to suffer to escape; to let out; to pour
forth; as, to give vent to anger.
To take vent, to escape; to be made public. [R.]
Vent feather (Zool.), one of the anal, or crissal, feathers
of a bird.
Vent field (Gun.), a flat raised surface around a vent.
Vent piece. (Gun.)
(a) A bush. See 4th Bush, n., 2.
(b) A breech block.
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