单词 | revent |
释义 | † reventv.1 Obsolete. rare. transitive. To sell again; to sell on. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > resell regrate1507 resell1574 to sell over1596 reventa1625 revenda1683 a1625 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Cornwall (1728) 23 Their Pickled Pilchardes..are..from the coaste reuented to their great profit in the Inland Townes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). reventv.2 1. transitive. To provide (a cannon) with a new vent (vent n.2 11d). Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > produce or develop arms [verb (transitive)] > processes in gun-making stock1539 ranforce1547 newel1611 rifle1619 fortify1627 screw1635 chamber1708 reborea1792 flint1803 restocking1805 vent1828 percussionize1832 ream1841 percussion1844 restock1844 retube1846 revent1864 reline1875 sleeve1976 1864 Daily Tel. 18 May 5/6 It was found necessary to re-vent the shunt gun. 1877 Jrnl. Royal United Service Inst. 20 473 The recent firing of fifty rounds, at Shoeburyness, in one day, and then re-venting the gun, is set down as a great success. 1880 Times 27 Dec. 9/2 The whole of the guns may have to be..sent to Woolwich to be re-vented. 1936 Calif. Hist. Soc. Q. 15 59 The remark that he had but one cannon and that it had been revented. 2. transitive. Plumbing. To provide with a new vent pipe. ΚΠ 1901 R. Hunter Tenement Conditions in Chicago v. 102 Sinks trapped, but not revented. 1953 Domest. Engin. July 103/2 Where there is a closet along a horizontal line with a closet above or beyond more than four (4) feet from the vertical stack and not over sixteen (16) feet, it shall be revented with a two (2) inch pipe. 1995 Boston Globe (Nexis) 14 Sept. a1 Formica installation, maybe new faucets, general sink plumbing, another plumber's fee for removing a radiator from the main room, yet more hours for reventing the gas stove. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1a1625v.21864 |
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