spiraclen.¹

/ˈspʌɪərək(ə)l/

Forms: Also Middle English spyrakle, Middle English spyracle.

Etymology: < Latin spīrāculum spiraculum n. So older French spiracle, French spiracule, Italian spiracolo, -aculo, Spanish espiraculo, Portuguese espiraculo.

†1. Breath, spirit. Obsolete.Originally after Latin spiraculum vitae in Genesis ii. 7, vii. 22.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > vital principle > [noun]

souleOE

lifeOE

spiritusOE

bloodOE

ghostOE

life and soulOE

quickship?c1225

quicknessc1230

breatha1300

spirita1325

spark1382

naturec1385

sparkle1388

livelinessa1398

rational soula1398

spiracle1398

animal spirit?a1425

vital spiritc1450

soul of the world1525

candle1535

fire1576

three souls1587

vitality?1592

candlelight1596

substance1605

vivacity1611

animality1615

vividity1616

animals1628

life spring1649

archeus1651

vital1670

spirituosity1677

springs of life1681

microcosmetor1684

vital force1702

vital spark (also flame)1704

stamen1718

vis vitae1752

prana1785

Purusha1785

jiva1807

vital force1822

heartbeat1828

world-soul1828

world-spirit1828

life energy1838

life force1848

ghost soul1869

will to live1871

biogen1882

ki1893

mauri1897

élan vital1907

orgone1942

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iii. iii. 50 A soule is lyke to god a spiracle of lyfe.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iii. iii. 51 Oracliphīcus [sic] callyth the soule lyghte other a spyrancle [sic] of beynge.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 408 Þenne mourkne in þe mudde most ful nede Alle þat spyrakle in-spranc.

1607 B. Barnes Divils Charter iv. ii. sig. G4 A bastard of our house,..In whom no sparke or spiracle of honor Appear'd.

1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning iv. iii. 207 We will stile that part of the generall knowledge concerning mans soule, the knowledge of the spiracle, or inspired substance.

1654 R. Vilvain Theoremata Theologica Suppl. 261 Into which [body] he breathed the Spiracle or Spirit of Life.

a. A small opening by which a confined space has communication with the outer air; esp. an air-hole or air-shaft.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > communicating with outside or air

vomica1572

vent-hole1612

vent1617

spiracle1620

spirament1654

air gap1842

porthole1858

the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > ventilation opening or hole

breathinga1387

suspiralc1430

breathing hole?1440

wind-ventc1450

air hole1601

spiracle1620

ventage1623

spirament1654

wind-hole1683

spiraculuma1734

blowhole1858

1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron 126 A cave..which received no light into it, but by a small spiracle or ventloope made out ingeniously on the hills side.

1661 J. Evelyn Fumifugium i. 6 Salt, and Sope-Boylers,..One of whose Spiracles, does manifestly infect the Aer, more, then all the Chimnies of London.

1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) I. 472 There must have been here and there vent-holes, or spiracles.

1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables i. 16 The seven gables..presented the aspect of a whole sisterhood of edifices, breathing through the spiracles of one great chimney.

1856 J. Stevenson tr. Ch. Historians Eng. IV. ii. 437 On splitting a vast rock..there appeared two dogs, but without any spiracle whatever.

figurative.1827 W. Scott Life Napoleon VII. xviii. 506 The least spiracle, by which the voice of France could find its way to the ears of her sovereign.

b. spec. An opening in the ground affording egress to subterranean vapours or fiery matter; a volcanic vent-hole.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > volcanic formations > [noun] > volcanic vent

chimneyc1374

vent1604

firepit1651

spiraculum1670

spiracle1671

solfatara1764

sulphur1764

volcanic crater1776

fumarole1811

air volcano1814

mud volcano1816

salse1831

blowhole1858

pipe1877

soufrière1879

bocca1881

mofette1887

pan1888

blowing-cone1895

smoke-hole1899

fault-vent1903

1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 27 Wind, out of some cavityes and spiracles of the Earth.

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 135 The Camini or Spiracles of Ætna.

1751 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. III 154 Some Spiracles, or breathing Holes, in many Parts of the Earth, which scatter a pestilential Infection upon all that come near.

1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. I. 216 The clefts and chasms which were the spiracles or outlets to those dreadful eructations.

1828 H. D. Best Italy 399 Other spiracles of mephitic might probably be found here.

1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy v. 209 Powerful upward currents of the [sun's] atmosphere, arising, perhaps, from spiracles in the body.

1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius viii. 209 A level place surrounded by fiery heights, having numerous chimney-like spiracles.

figurative.1833 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. Diderot, The subterranean fire..was here, we can say, forming itself a decided spiracle.

a. A pore of the skin. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > skin > pore in skin > [noun]

porea1387

sweat-hole14..

meatusa1475

meapte1572

spirament1608

spiracle1650

spiramentum1706

inhalant1822

sweat-pore1899

1650 H. Brooke Υγιεινη 143 It [exercise] discusses Vapors and fuliginous excrements by the pores or Spiracles of the skin.

1837 J. Morier Abel Allnutt xxxii. 188 The steam and fumes of the dinner..acting violently upon the spiracles of the skin belonging to the attendants.

b. A breathing-pore in the epidermis of plants; a stoma. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [noun] > tissue > epidermis or cuticle > stoma

spiraclea1774

stomate1835

stomatium1835

miliary gland1836

stoma1837

water pore1850

water stoma1884

mouth pore1888

a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) II. 108 This undulation is very manifest in the spiracles of many plants viewed with the microscope.

1867 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings (1870) iii. 56 The whole stem being succulent and covered with spiracles or air-holes, thus acting as lungs along with the leaves.

c. Zoology. A special aperture, orifice, or pore, chiefly in lower forms of animal life, by which respiration is effected.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > internal organs and systems > [noun] > breathing-pore

respiracle1555

stigma1747

spiraculum1768

spiracle1775

breathing pore1796

1775 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 214 The torpedo..loosens the sands by flapping its fins, till its whole body, except the spiracles, is buried.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 716/1 The teeth [of the saw-fish] are granulated;..and the spiracles five.

1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. xxi. 251 From a small hole just above each spiracle, [the insect] syringes a similar fluid in horizontal jets.

1847 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 234 Prothoracic spiracle in most cases free and uncovered.

1882 Entomol. Mag. Mar. 220 A broad..stripe runs just above the spiracles, which are black.

in extended use.1854 T. De Quincey On War in Select. Grave & Gay IV. 288 The great phenomenon of war..keeps open in man a spiracle—an organ of respiration.

d. The blow-hole of a whale or other cetacean (and of certain sharks).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > member of (shark) > parts of

serpent's tongue1578

mermaid's purse1700

spiracle1796

sea purse1836

1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord in Wks. (1815) VIII. 35 His whale~bone, his blubber, the very spiracles through which he spouts a torrent of brine against his origin.

1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia III. 146 The spiracle, or blow-hole, is a single orifice of a semicircular form, on the top of the head, directly over the eyes.

1898 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ xvi. 192 A whale can no more force water through its spiracle or blow-hole than you or I through our nostrils.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	spiracle
释义	spiraclen.¹ /ˈspʌɪərək(ə)l/ Forms: Also Middle English spyrakle, Middle English spyracle. Etymology: < Latin spīrāculum spiraculum n. So older French spiracle, French spiracule, Italian spiracolo, -aculo, Spanish espiraculo, Portuguese espiraculo. †1. Breath, spirit. Obsolete.Originally after Latin spiraculum vitae in Genesis ii. 7, vii. 22. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > vital principle > [noun] souleOE lifeOE spiritusOE bloodOE ghostOE life and soulOE quickship?c1225 quicknessc1230 breatha1300 spirita1325 spark1382 naturec1385 sparkle1388 livelinessa1398 rational soula1398 spiracle1398 animal spirit?a1425 vital spiritc1450 soul of the world1525 candle1535 fire1576 three souls1587 vitality?1592 candlelight1596 substance1605 vivacity1611 animality1615 vividity1616 animals1628 life spring1649 archeus1651 vital1670 spirituosity1677 springs of life1681 microcosmetor1684 vital force1702 vital spark (also flame)1704 stamen1718 vis vitae1752 prana1785 Purusha1785 jiva1807 vital force1822 heartbeat1828 world-soul1828 world-spirit1828 life energy1838 life force1848 ghost soul1869 will to live1871 biogen1882 ki1893 mauri1897 élan vital1907 orgone1942 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iii. iii. 50 A soule is lyke to god a spiracle of lyfe. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iii. iii. 51 Oracliphīcus [sic] callyth the soule lyghte other a spyrancle [sic] of beynge. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 408 Þenne mourkne in þe mudde most ful nede Alle þat spyrakle in-spranc. 1607 B. Barnes Divils Charter iv. ii. sig. G4 A bastard of our house,..In whom no sparke or spiracle of honor Appear'd. 1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning iv. iii. 207 We will stile that part of the generall knowledge concerning mans soule, the knowledge of the spiracle, or inspired substance. 1654 R. Vilvain Theoremata Theologica Suppl. 261 Into which [body] he breathed the Spiracle or Spirit of Life. 2. a. A small opening by which a confined space has communication with the outer air; esp. an air-hole or air-shaft. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > communicating with outside or air vomica1572 vent-hole1612 vent1617 spiracle1620 spirament1654 air gap1842 porthole1858 the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > ventilation opening or hole breathinga1387 suspiralc1430 breathing hole?1440 wind-ventc1450 air hole1601 spiracle1620 ventage1623 spirament1654 wind-hole1683 spiraculuma1734 blowhole1858 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron 126 A cave..which received no light into it, but by a small spiracle or ventloope made out ingeniously on the hills side. 1661 J. Evelyn Fumifugium i. 6 Salt, and Sope-Boylers,..One of whose Spiracles, does manifestly infect the Aer, more, then all the Chimnies of London. 1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) I. 472 There must have been here and there vent-holes, or spiracles. 1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables i. 16 The seven gables..presented the aspect of a whole sisterhood of edifices, breathing through the spiracles of one great chimney. 1856 J. Stevenson tr. Ch. Historians Eng. IV. ii. 437 On splitting a vast rock..there appeared two dogs, but without any spiracle whatever. figurative.1827 W. Scott Life Napoleon VII. xviii. 506 The least spiracle, by which the voice of France could find its way to the ears of her sovereign. b. spec. An opening in the ground affording egress to subterranean vapours or fiery matter; a volcanic vent-hole. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > volcanic formations > [noun] > volcanic vent chimneyc1374 vent1604 firepit1651 spiraculum1670 spiracle1671 solfatara1764 sulphur1764 volcanic crater1776 fumarole1811 air volcano1814 mud volcano1816 salse1831 blowhole1858 pipe1877 soufrière1879 bocca1881 mofette1887 pan1888 blowing-cone1895 smoke-hole1899 fault-vent1903 1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 27 Wind, out of some cavityes and spiracles of the Earth. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 135 The Camini or Spiracles of Ætna. 1751 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. III 154 Some Spiracles, or breathing Holes, in many Parts of the Earth, which scatter a pestilential Infection upon all that come near. 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. I. 216 The clefts and chasms which were the spiracles or outlets to those dreadful eructations. 1828 H. D. Best Italy 399 Other spiracles of mephitic might probably be found here. 1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy v. 209 Powerful upward currents of the [sun's] atmosphere, arising, perhaps, from spiracles in the body. 1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius viii. 209 A level place surrounded by fiery heights, having numerous chimney-like spiracles. figurative.1833 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. Diderot, The subterranean fire..was here, we can say, forming itself a decided spiracle. 3. a. A pore of the skin. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > pore in skin > [noun] porea1387 sweat-hole14.. meatusa1475 meapte1572 spirament1608 spiracle1650 spiramentum1706 inhalant1822 sweat-pore1899 1650 H. Brooke Υγιεινη 143 It [exercise] discusses Vapors and fuliginous excrements by the pores or Spiracles of the skin. 1837 J. Morier Abel Allnutt xxxii. 188 The steam and fumes of the dinner..acting violently upon the spiracles of the skin belonging to the attendants. b. A breathing-pore in the epidermis of plants; a stoma. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [noun] > tissue > epidermis or cuticle > stoma spiraclea1774 stomate1835 stomatium1835 miliary gland1836 stoma1837 water pore1850 water stoma1884 mouth pore1888 a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) II. 108 This undulation is very manifest in the spiracles of many plants viewed with the microscope. 1867 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings (1870) iii. 56 The whole stem being succulent and covered with spiracles or air-holes, thus acting as lungs along with the leaves. c. Zoology. A special aperture, orifice, or pore, chiefly in lower forms of animal life, by which respiration is effected. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > internal organs and systems > [noun] > breathing-pore respiracle1555 stigma1747 spiraculum1768 spiracle1775 breathing pore1796 1775 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 214 The torpedo..loosens the sands by flapping its fins, till its whole body, except the spiracles, is buried. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 716/1 The teeth [of the saw-fish] are granulated;..and the spiracles five. 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. xxi. 251 From a small hole just above each spiracle, [the insect] syringes a similar fluid in horizontal jets. 1847 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 234 Prothoracic spiracle in most cases free and uncovered. 1882 Entomol. Mag. Mar. 220 A broad..stripe runs just above the spiracles, which are black. in extended use.1854 T. De Quincey On War in Select. Grave & Gay IV. 288 The great phenomenon of war..keeps open in man a spiracle—an organ of respiration. d. The blow-hole of a whale or other cetacean (and of certain sharks). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Pleurotremata > [noun] > member of (shark) > parts of serpent's tongue1578 mermaid's purse1700 spiracle1796 sea purse1836 1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord in Wks. (1815) VIII. 35 His whale~bone, his blubber, the very spiracles through which he spouts a torrent of brine against his origin. 1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia III. 146 The spiracle, or blow-hole, is a single orifice of a semicircular form, on the top of the head, directly over the eyes. 1898 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ xvi. 192 A whale can no more force water through its spiracle or blow-hole than you or I through our nostrils. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). spiraclen.² Etymology: < spire n.¹ 8.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspiracle. rare. A little spire; a pinnacle. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > superstructure above a roof > spire steeple1473 spear1480 spire-steeple1559 spire1596 spiracle1842 stump-spire1842 spirelet1848 needle-spire1864 Skylon1950 1842 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 9 636/1 The fine old cathedral, with its eager crowds bending over buttress and spiracle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.¹1398n.²1842
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