单词 | ventage |
释义 | † ventagen.1 Obsolete. rare. The action of selling or vending; sale. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > [noun] salec1050 sellinga1325 merchandisinga1425 utterance1436 venting1532 vendition1542 vent1548 assale1566 ventage1577 vent1583 vending1666 distribution1793 flogging1919 turnaround1936 1577 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep., App. Pt. V in Parl. Papers 1884–5 (C. 4576-I) XLII. App. v. 426 The great losse they sustayned in this ventadge by meanes of those with whom they have sente..their goodes in to Spayne. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021). ventagen.2 1. One of the series of apertures or holes in the length of a wind instrument for controlling the notes; a finger-hole.In modern use perhaps originally from Shakespeare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > [noun] > parts generally > finger-hole stopc1500 ventage1604 finger hole1785 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 345 Gouerne these ventages [1623 Ventiges] with your fingers,..& it wil discourse most eloquent musique. View more context for this quotation 1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. 264 It was found practicable to produce the same variety of tones with a single pipe, by means of ventiges or holes. 1794 R. Burns Let. 19 Nov. (2003) II. 331 The ‘Stock’ has six, or seven, ventiges on the upper side, & one back-ventige, like the common flute. 1834 M. Scott Cruise Midge xxiii An instrument made of some bright yellow hard wood,..the ventiges [1842 ventages] inlaid with gold. 1876 J. Weiss Wit, Humor, & Shakespeare v. 171 It is enough for him to finger the ventages of a recorder and invite Guildenstern to play upon it. 2. a. A comparatively small opening for the passage of air, etc.; an air-hole or vent-hole. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > ventilation opening or hole breathinga1387 suspiralc1430 breathing hole?1440 wind-ventc1450 air hole1601 spiracle1620 ventage1623 spirament1654 wind-hole1683 spiraculuma1734 blowhole1858 1623 J. Webster Dutchesse of Malfy ii. v. sig. F I would haue their bodies Burnt in a coale-pit, with the ventage stop'd. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 112/2 In subterraneous Conduits you shou'd open Ventiges like Wells... I have seen such Ventiges in the Country of the Marsi. b. = vent n.2 11d. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > breech > vent touch-hole1501 vent1667 bouche1862 ventage1875 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2703/1 The ventages of ordnance are bushed with copper. 3. Means for the escape of air. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > [noun] > means for escape of air ventage1615 1615 J. Stephens Satyrical Ess. (1857) 226 She rises with a purpose to be extreamely sober: this begets silence, which gives her a repletion of aire without ventage; and that takes away her appetite. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.11577n.21604 |
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