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Sale; opportunity to sell; market. |
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To sell; to vend. |
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A baiting place; an inn. |
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To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort. |
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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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The anal opening of certain invertebrates and fishes; also,
the external cloacal opening of reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many
fishes. |
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The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is
communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole. |
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Sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length
of the same passage in feet. |
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Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or
privacy; outlet. |
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Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression;
publication; utterance. |
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To let out at a vent, or small aperture; to give passage
or outlet to. |
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To suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to
utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint. |
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To utter; to report; to publish. |
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To scent, as a hound. |
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To furnish with a vent; to make a vent in; as, to vent. a
mold. |
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