单词 | perflate |
释义 | † perflatev. Obsolete. transitive. To blow through, ventilate. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > freshen (air) [verb (transitive)] > of air: to ventilate (a thing or place) perflatec1540 ventilate1695 c1540 A. Borde Bk. for to Lerne sig. B ijv Come thou south wynde and perflat my gardyn. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta Introd. 5 They cannot be freely perflated and purified with the windes. 1775 R. Chandler Trav. Asia Minor lxxxiii. 280 Distemper could not fail to riot there, if the town were not regularly perflated by the Inbat and land-breezes. 1798 W. Blair Soldier's Friend (Dublin ed.) 55 The canvas should be drawn up every day, the straw well shaken, and perflated by the wind. 1831 W. O. Porter & J. Porter Sir Edward Seaward's Narr. II. 123 We permitted it [sc. the air] to perflate our dwelling by night as well as by day. 1846 A. Spiers Gen. Eng. & French Dict. 432/1 Perflate, souffler à travers. Derivatives perflating adj. rare ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [adjective] > of or relating to ventilation > ventilating perflating1864 1864 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene i. ii. 104 In some systems..the perflating power of the wind has been used. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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