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air gland
(iii) In sense ‘for the use, reception, passage, etc., of air or compressed air’; as air bottle, air cylinder, air gland, air inlet, air receptacle, air slit , air syringe, air valve. See also many others in air n.1 (as for example air ball n.), and air balloon n., air bath n. 2, air bladder n., air-box n., air cell n., air chamber n., air hole n., air pipe n., airshaft n., airspace n. 1, air vessel n., etc.
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1779 J. Watt Let. 11 Mar. in E. Robinson & D. McKie Partners in Sci. (1970) 60 Almost all the furnaces here are Blown by fire engines either mediately by water or immediately by an air Cylinder.
1787 E. Darwin in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 78 50 A small cell, which is kept free from air by an air-syringe adapted to it.
1826 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 116 225 The air spring soon resists sufficiently to close the air valve.
1835 W. Church Specif. Patent 6791 12 The buffers supported by metal springs x and air cylinder.
1835 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 344/2 Continuous air-receptacles..subservient to the function of respiration.
1855 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 281/2 The so-called air-gland.
1856 Sci. Amer. 9 Apr. 250/3 I also claim arranging the air inlet tube, so that its opening [etc.].
1918 Jane's Pocket Aeronaut. Dict. 8 Air-bottle, container for compressed air used for starting big engines.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses 143 They..begin to waddle slowly up the winding staircase..peeping at the airslits.
1990 Outdoor Life Apr. 31/2 (advt.) Because the pros know the GT 150 has a specially-designed powerhead and louvered air inlets to allow maximum horsepower.
2004 Shooting Sports Oct. 45/2 Its compact dimensions allow it to slide down into most 30-litre backpacks or, if you prefer, open the air valve and roll it up for storage.
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