单词 | eventilation |
释义 | † eventilationn. Obsolete. 1. a. Exposure to fresh air; circulation or free passage of air, heat, etc.; ventilation. Also: a movement or current of air. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation eventilation1597 ventilation1664 ventilating1743 aeration1800 1597 P. Lowe Whole Course Chirurg. ii. i. sig. D5 Euery thing that is hot and humide and wanteth euentilation, becommeth putrified. 1643 J. Howell Parables 15 Nothing could be..so directly opposite to his soft gentle breeses and eventilations. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ vi. xxxv. 55 This heat..is..a generative gentle heat joyn'd with moysture, nor needs it ayr for eventilation. b. Medicine. The action or process of causing (supposed) noxious vapours to escape from the blood or body, esp. by opening a vein (cf. eventation n.); (also) aeration. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > circulation > [noun] > oxygenation eventilation1601 ventilation1615 aeration1804 haematosis1881 the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > [noun] > fluid secretion > humours > specific process eventilation1601 1601 S. Harward Phlebotomy i. iii. 13 Galen..requireth as very expedient the opening of a vayne, first for venting or euentilation. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician vi. 161 Lest it should obstruct and hinder eventilation [L. eventationem] by its clamminess. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xi. 378 The Skull being carefully opened..he was recovered by the eventilation of his Brain. 1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §205 It [sc. vital flame] requires constant eventilation, through the trachæa and pores of the body. c. The action of dispersing something into the air; spec. the action of winnowing grain. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > [noun] > winnowing winnowing?c1225 windinga1500 vanning1552 fanning1577 eventilation1658 ventilation1658 exaceration1676 dightinga1774 wimming1825 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > scattering to the wind eventilation1658 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Eventilation, a winnowing, or sifting. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Anemone A leather Bag, which..you are to press with one Hand by Jerks; which, by means of that Eventilation, sends out the Seed in such a manner as it is proper to be sown. 1767 A. Campbell Lexiphanes 109 My cudgel..shall soon disseminate, by a rapid eventilation, the brains in his pericranium. 2. The action or an act of debating, discussing, or examining something thoroughly; a thorough examination of an issue. Cf. ventilation n. 6a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] positiona1398 proponement1553 proposition1553 proposure1624 eventilation1650 propoundment1846 1650 J. Howell Addit. Lett. ix. 21 in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) In the search and eventilation of naturall verities. 1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 148 After some Eventilations of the matters, this Answer was sent. 1822 P. Brown Disquis. Faith v. 41 The question may have a fair eventilation; and it will be found to be a philological one rather than any other. 1856 Daily News 19 Mar. 4/6 After considerable discussion, and the eventilation of the matter at two successive quarter sessions, the question of the establishment of a Juvenile Reformatory for Worcestershire has been settled. 3. Something which is vented or belched forth. Cf. ventilation n. 6c. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > ejection > that which is ejected eructation1607 ejection1654 vomit1695 ejaculation1708 eventilation1716 ejectamenta1863 ejecta1886 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 238 There remains scarce any thing now of all their Factious and Frothy Eventilations or Productions of any kind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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