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▪ I. exhaling, vbl. n.|ɛgz-, ɛksˈheɪlɪŋ|
[f. exhale v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. exhale; an instance of this.
1616Sylvester Tobacco Battered Wks. (1621) 1146 Those that..Offend the Nose, with filthy Fumes exhalings. 1626Bacon Sylva §333 The fifth [means to induce Putrefaction] is..by the Exhaling..of the Principal Spirits.
▪ II. exˈhaling, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That exhales; in senses of the verb. lit. and fig.
1660Boyle New Exp. Phys. Mech. xxii. 178 The exhaling and imprison'd steams. 1765Hamilton in Phil. Trans. LV. 154 Evaporation is vastly promoted by a current of fresh air passing over the exhaling surface. 1767Gooch Treat. Wounds I. 289 Moisture, by the exhaling vessels, may be conveyed to the extravasated fluids. 1811Pinkerton Petral. II. 357 Exhaling fumes prevented him from approaching the upper crater. 1890Spectator 15 Mar., An ever-dwindling and exhaling experience of the conscience. |