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‖ mofette|mɔfɛt|
Also moffette.
[F., ad. It. (Naples) mofetta = Sp. mofeta.]
a. An exhalation of mephitic gas escaping from a fissure.
b. An opening or fissure in the earth from which such exhalations escape.
1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 433 The first, formerly denominated phlogistic air, and sometimes mofette, is thrown forth largely during the decomposition of animal matter. 1823Crabb Technol. Dict., Mofette (Chem.) another name for Nitrogen. 1849Otté tr. Humboldt's Cosmos I. 209 Various substances have been ejected during the earthquake, as hot water,..Mofettes [gloss. exhalations of carbonic acid gas]..; mud, black smoke [etc.]. 1887Our Earth & its Story I. 225 The amount of carbonic acid which is discharged by these moffettes must be enormous. |