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† eventiˈlation Obs.
[f. prec.: see -ation. Cf. It. eventilatione (Florio).]
1. a. The action of fanning, or of supplying fresh air. b. The action of winnowing; also of scattering to the winds. c. Aeration (of blood, humours, etc.).
a.1643J. H[owell] Parables on Times 15 Nothing could be..so directly opposite to his soft gentle breeses and eventilations. c1645Howell Lett. I. vi. xxxv, This heat is..a generative gentle heat joyn'd with moisture, nor needs it ayr for eventilation. 1651― Venice 33 By reason of the fresh breezes and eventilations of the circumjacent Sea. 1721–1800Bailey, Eventilation, a Winnowing.
b.1727Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Anemone, Which, by means of that Eventilation, sends out the Seed in such a Manner as it is proper to be sown. 1767A. Campbell Lexiph. (1774) 109 My cudgel..shall soon disseminate, by a rapid eventilation, the brains in his pericranium.
c.1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. vi. 161 Lest it should obstruct and hinder eventilation by its clamminess. Ibid. xi. 378 The Skull being carefully opened..he was recovered by the eventilation of his Brain. 1744Berkeley Siris §205 It [vital flame] requires constant eventilation, through the trachæa and pores of the body.
¶ Used for: What is ‘vented’ or belched forth.
1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. 238 There remains scarce anything now of all their Factions and Frothy Eventilations or Productions of any kind.
2. The action of laying open to discussion; an examination, discussion.
c1645Howell Lett. (1650) III. 21 In the search and eventilation of naturall verities. 1651― Venice 148 After some Eventilations of the matters, this Answer was sent. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Eventilation..a strict examining..or sifting of a Business. 1721–1800in Bailey. |