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ventn.1

Brit. /vɛnt/, U.S. /vɛnt/
Forms: Also Middle English ventte, Middle English–1500s vente.
Etymology: Variant of fent n.
1. An opening or slit in a garment, = fent n. 1; now spec. the slit in the back of a coat.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > opening or slit
slita1250
sparea1400
ventc1430
keyhole1943
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > parts of > other
ventc1430
buttonhole1709
boot-sleeve1733
brandenburgs1753
scye1830
flash1837
sack-back1854
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iv. lviii. 203 She hadde..drawen out hire con brest bi þe vente of hire cote.
1459 Wardrobe Sir T. Fastolf in Archaeologia 21 253 i jakket of red felwet, the ventis bounde with red lether.
a1500 Assembly of Ladies The coller and the vent..With greate perles..were couched al after one worching.
1535 Wardrobe Acct. Henry VIII in Archaeologia (1789) 9 244 A dublette;..the ventes lyned with sarcenette.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccvijv Twoo gounes;..the capes and ventes, wer of frettes of whipped gold of damaske very riche.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 820/1 The trappers of the coursers were mantell harnesse coulpened, and in euerie vent a long bell of fine gold in bullion.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Vent, the opening of the breast of a shirt, or of the sleeve, etc.
1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. vii. 92 Dark velvet embroidery around the vent and along the borders.
1906 Daily Chron. 4 Oct. 3/4 The vent is necessary..owing to the length of the coat.
†2. = crenel n. 1. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > battlements > embrasure
kernel?c1225
cornelc1300
carnelc1320
cornerc1400
vent1429
loop1477
crenel1481
gun-hole1532
spike1577
cannonery1598
spike-hole1598
casemate1611
porthole1637
skitegate1677
embrasure1702
crenelet1860
port1946
1429 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 445 Item venttes crest xij fott et di., vs.
1429 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 445 Item pro xij pedibus de ventes pro enbatylment', vs. ijd.
1532 in Bayley Hist. Tower (1821) p. xvii Also fynnysshed and made the vents of brycks of the White Tower.
1570–6 W. Lambard Perambulation Kent (1596) 424 Kernellare..signifieth that indented forme of the top of a Wall which hathe Vent, and Creast, commonly called Embatteling.
1604 B. Jonson His Pt. Royall Entertainem. 3 The Pegme..Presented it selfe in a square and flat vpright, like to the side of a Citty: the top thereof, aboue the Vent, and Crest, adorn'd with houses, towres, and steeples.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

ventn.2

Brit. /vɛnt/, U.S. /vɛnt/
Etymology: Partly < French vent (= Italian vento , Portuguese vento , Spanish viento ) < Latin ventus wind; partly < French évent (Old French esvent ), verbal noun < éventer event v.1
I. Senses relating to discharging or giving outlet.
1.
a. The action of emitting or discharging; emission or discharge of something; utterance of words. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > emission
deliverancea1398
puttinga1398
voidinga1425
effusionc1477
vent?1507
evaporation1555
delivery1588
extramission1613
extromission1615
ejaculation1625
emissiona1626
discharge1653
disclusion1656
voidance1672
emitting1693
spout1771
evolution1783
emanation1822
?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 45 I sall the venome devoid with a vent large, And me assuage of the swalme that suellit wes gret.
1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Ciiij Free vent of words loues fier doth asswage. View more context for this quotation
1626 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. in Wks. (Grosart) IV. 95 By this immoderate vent, both of the Garrisons, and the ablest people of the Land hee dis~furnisht and left it in that impotencie.
†b. to make vent of, to speak or talk of. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > mention or speak of
to speak of ——c825
sayOE
besayc1200
talk ofc1230
to make mention ofc1300
readc1300
yminnea1325
nevenc1330
to make mindc1350
toucha1375
famea1400
minta1400
clepec1400
rehearsec1405
recitec1436
reckonc1480
mentionatec1525
mention1530
to speak upon ——1535
name1542
repeatc1550
voice1597
commemorate1599
to speak on ——1600
notice1611
quote1612
to make vent ofa1616
memorate1623
mensh1928
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. iii. 203 Thou didst make tollerable vent of thy trauell. View more context for this quotation
2.
a. The action, usually on the part of something confined or pent up in a comparatively small space, of escaping, or passing out; means, power, or opportunity to do this; issue, outlet. Chiefly in phrases with verbs, as to find, get, have, make, take, or want vent. (Cf. senses 4, 5.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > of something confined
ventinga1382
eventingc1450
vent1558
excursion1579
escape1874
1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount (1568) 12 b Stop well the said violle, that nothing maie take vent.
1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. K Ye tail of the siluer pipe stretcht itselfe into the mouth of a great paire of belowes, where it was close soldered, and bailde about with yron, [that] it coulde not stirre or haue anie vent betwixt.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. Fathers in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. 508 New Wine..wanting vent, Blowes-vp the Bung or doth the Vessell rent.
1652 J. French York-shire Spaw ii. 18 By reason of the Suns opening the earth, and making vent.
a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) ii. vi. 247 That Fire of Sulphur, being pent in without vent or respiration, shall send forth a poysonous scent.
1682 Art & Myst. of Vintners 58 Beat them and put them into your Wines, so let it rest with Vent, and it will be pursued.
1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 263 They [waters] got vent chiefly in the night, when in an horizontal position.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. iii. 24 The smoke found ample vent through the holes.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1463/1 Blow, the forcing of displaced air through the molten metal from insufficient vent.
in extended use.1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) i. vi. 79 The enterprising spirit and overflowing numbers of the Scandinavian nations soon found vent by sea.1854 J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon (1855) I. xxxii. 496 The inhabitants of Lombardy felt the foreign yoke only in the quickened circulation of wealth, the increased vent for industry.
b. The windage of a firearm or gun.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > bore > windage
vent1647
windage1710
1647 N. Nye Art of Gunnery i. 46 Divide the Bore of the Piece into Twenty equal parts, and one of these parts is sufficient vent for any Piece; the rest of the nineteen parts must be the height of the shot.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Vent, in Gunnery,..the Difference between the Diameter of a Bullet, and the Diameter of the Bore of the Piece. [Hence in Phillips (1706), etc.]
1807 C. Hutton Course Math. (ed. 5) II. 353 The loss of the elastic fluid by the vent and windage of the gun.
c. full vent, adverbial phrase, at full pitch; to the utmost of one's capacity.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > acting vigorously or energetically [phrase] > with great vigour or energy > with utmost vigour
full tilt?a1600
all out1840
full out1886
full vent1927
flat out1932
at full stretch1934
balls-out1959
1927 D. H. Lawrence Mornings in Mexico 11 It is so unlike him, to be whistling full vent, when any of us is around.
3. to give vent (with to or indirect object):
a. To afford or provide with an outlet or means of escape; to cause or allow to issue or flow out.After French donner vent, used in the same senses.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > let out
outleteOE
letc1000
to let out1154
void14..
loose1568
to let forth1574
vent1587
to give vent1594
1594 H. Plat Jewell House 68 Be carefull in the beginning to give some little vent to the hogshead while it worketh.
1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 32 A milky liquor running out, so soon as you give it vent.
1669 W. Charleton Mysterie of Vintners in Two Disc. 174 To cure Rhenish of its Fretting..they seldom use any other art, but giving it vent, and covering the open Bung with a Tile or Slate.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) To give Vent to a Cask of Wine.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Tart You must..make a small Hole in the form of a Cross in the middle to give the Farce in the Crust some vent.
1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 318 The principal region in the old World, which, from time immemorial, has been agitated by earthquakes, and has given vent at certain points to subterranean fires.
1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 289 In order to give vent to the rising sap.
1875 [see vent-cock n. at Compounds 1b].
in extended use.1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. at Eventer une Mine To give vent to a Mine, to counter work or countermine it.
b. figurative. To give outlet, expression, or utterance (to an emotion, faculty, etc.); to relieve in this way.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > give expression to
sayOE
talkc1275
soundc1386
outc1390
shedc1420
utterc1445
conveya1568
discharge1586
vent1602
dicta1605
frame1608
voice1612
pass?1614
language1628
ventilate1637
to give venta1640
vend1657
clothe1671
to take out1692
to give mouth to1825
verbalize1840
to let out1853
vocalize1872
a1640 P. Massinger Parl. of Love (1976) iii. ii. 62 Had I not found out a freind to whome I might impart em [i.e. emotions], and so giue em vent, In theire aboundance they would force a passage.
1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra iii. ii. 10 The vent which the afflicted parties give by their bemoaning of their Estate.
1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 360 I found he wanted to give Vent to his Mind.
1781 S. Johnson Let. 12 Apr. (1992) III. 337 I have nobody whom I expect to share my uneasiness... I give it little vent.
1823 T. Chalmers Serm. I. 423 Oh! how I rejoice when compassion may give full vent to its tenderness.
1852 H. W. Longfellow Emperor's Bird's-nest iii Thus as to and fro they went,..Giving their impatience vent.
1904 Spectator 20 Feb. 285/2 The voices which gave vent to any great wave of feeling.
c. To utter, burst out with (an exclamation).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > without restraint, openly, or recklessly > blurt out
braid1562
blurt1573
bolt1577
plump1579
sot1608
to bounce out (with)c1626
flirt1641
blutter1684
to come right out with1861
to give vent1870
blat1879
whip1889
1870 J. Bruce Life Gideon xi. 193 He gives vent to the exclamation ‘Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel?’
†4. to take vent, in various figurative or transferred senses. Obsolete.
a. Of news, etc.: To become known, to be divulged or let out.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > be disclosed or revealed
to come to (also in, on) (the) lightOE
sutelea1000
kitheOE
unfoldc1350
disclosea1513
burst1542
to break up1584
to take vent1611
vent1622
bleed1645
emerge1664
to get (also have) vent1668
to get or take wind1668
to stand (appear) confessed1708
eclat1736
perspire1748
transpire1748
to come out1751
develop1805
unroll1807
spunk1808
effloresce1834
to come to the front1871
to show up1879
out1894
evolve1920
to come or crawl out of the woodwork1964
1611 Sir D. Carleton in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 542 Though all care hathe been taken to carrie ye matter secretly,..yet hath it taken vente [etc.].
1693 T. Smith in J. Ray Coll. Curious Trav. II. 59 This presently took vent, and the Turks thought that they had got a man among them that could cure all Diseases infallibly.
1723 Pres. State Russia II. 123 If Affonassief is no longer at Petersbourg, this Affair cannot take vent; for besides us two and him, no body knows of it.
1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iii. 253 A conspiracy was formed against him: But it took Vent; and he made cruel Examples of many of the Contrivers.
b. Of coin: to pass into circulation. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > money > circulation of money > be in circulation [verb (intransitive)]
gangOE
run1399
pass1475
servec1475
go1504
to pass, go, or run current1596
to take vent1641
circulate1691
float1778
1641 Sc. Acts, Chas. I (1870) V. 341/2 Concerneing..the copper money allreddy coyned, how the same shall take vent and passe in payment in tyme comeing.
c. Of a mine, or powder: to explode imperfectly; to lose explosive power.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > use of mines and explosives > use mines and explosives [verb (intransitive)] > of mine: explode improperly
to take vent1684
1684 J. P. von Valcaren Relation Siege Vienna 41 At which time they sprung two Mines..without any considerable Effect, one of them taking Vent.
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. ii. iv. 27 Gun-Powder, which being bad, or having taken Vent, cannot take Fire.
5. figurative.
a. Means of outlet afforded to or obtained by a feeling, faculty, activity, etc.; expression or utterance, or the relief afforded by these. Now chiefly in the phrase to find vent (in something).
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > expression > [noun]
expressiona1464
expressmenta1513
expressing1530
vent1603
expressure1609
express1644
venting1653
1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 197 Griefes doe breake the heart if vent they misse.
1682 J. Dryden Medall 18 The swelling Poyson of the sev'ral Sects, Which, wanting vent, the Nations Health infects.
1724 A. Collins Disc. Grounds Christian Relig. Pref. p. xxviii Enthusiasm..would spend itself by free vent and amicable collision.
1803 Edwin I. 206 At his words I found my angry passions heave for vent.
1838 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation (1863) 13 A malevolent feeling, which might find vent in some violent demonstration against this family.
1880 W. H. Dixon Royal Windsor (ed. 3) III. xii. 113 Passion found vent in words.
†b. to get (also have) vent, = sense 4a. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > be disclosed or revealed
to come to (also in, on) (the) lightOE
sutelea1000
kitheOE
unfoldc1350
disclosea1513
burst1542
to break up1584
to take vent1611
vent1622
bleed1645
emerge1664
to get (also have) vent1668
to get or take wind1668
to stand (appear) confessed1708
eclat1736
perspire1748
transpire1748
to come out1751
develop1805
unroll1807
spunk1808
effloresce1834
to come to the front1871
to show up1879
out1894
evolve1920
to come or crawl out of the woodwork1964
1668 J. Dryden Sr Martin Mar-all iii. 29 This frightened him..into a study how to cloak your disgrace, lest it should have vent to his Lady.
1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 46 Should they unhappily get vent abroad,..what scandal must it raise!
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 541 But the thing had got some vent.
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 2 As it had gotten some Vent in the Discourse of the Neighbourhood, the Secretaries of State gat Knowledge of it.
1828 Marly: Planter's Life in Jamaica 340 That it may get vent is not improbable, for these black fellows are as inquisitive [etc.].
6.
a. With a: an opportunity or occasion of escaping or issuing from a receptacle; a discharge or evacuation. (Cf. sense 12.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > of something confined > opportunity of
vent1644
1644 Z. Boyd Garden of Zion (1854) II. 166 Which by some chink, if it get not a vent, Blowes up the bung, or doth the Hodghead rent.
1672 R. Wild Poetica Licentia in Let. Declar. Liberty Conscience 30 The other day into a place I went, Where Mortals use to go, that want a vent.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 338 I verily believe, if it had not been eas'd by a Vent given in that Manner, to the Spirits, I should have dy'd.
1725 N. Robinson New Theory of Physick 255 Whereupon the Fluids..run to the Bowels for a Vent.
b. figurative. (Cf. senses 3, 5) Now chiefly to find a vent.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > expression > [verb (intransitive)] > be expressed
to find a vent1814
(a)
1614 D. Dyke Myst. Selfe-deceiuing xxvii. 329 Tappes to giue a vent to corruption.
1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. ix. 49 The Egyptians..gave a great vent to Jewish Learning and Institutes.
1777 Pitt in Almon Anecd. (1810) II. xliv. 319 I could not have slept..without giving this vent to my eternal abhorrence of such preposterous and enormous principles.
(b)1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 60 Those who live within the Communication of Friendship, have a Vent for their Misfortunes.1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion ix. 421 For, though in whispers speaking, the full heart Will find a vent . View more context for this quotation1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. Introd. p. xci The tumultuous spirits of the aristocracy,..instead of finding a vent..in these foreign expeditions, were turned within.1873 W. Black Princess of Thule iv. 53 His distress at his own rudeness now found an easy vent.
7. Something which serves as an outlet for an emotion, energy, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > bursting violently from rest or restraint > outlet for
vent1667
sally1799
outfall1883
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [noun] > outward exhibition > outlet for
outlet1625
vent1667
safety valve1817
lightning rod1834
escapement1856
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 374 With such joy Surcharg'd, as had like grief bin dew'd in tears, Without the vent of words. View more context for this quotation
1713 R. Steele in Guardian 14 Apr. 2/2 Laughter is a vent of any sudden Joy.
1828 R. Southey Minor Poems in Poet. Wks. (1837) II. 255 This love,..and the woe Which makes thy lip now quiver with distress, Are but a vent..From the deep springs of female tenderness.
1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram I. i. x. 171 Words at best are but a poor vent for a wronged and burning heart.
1883 19th Cent. May 887 The French have..to find and to use such vents for their energy in undeveloped and promising regions.
II. An opening or aperture, and related uses.
†8. Scottish. A flaw in a mould. Obsolete. rare.French évent is used in similar senses.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > casting equipment > mould > flaw in mould
vent1541
1541 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1908) VIII. 125 At the quhilk melting becaus of ane vent in the cuppeling of the mulde witht the tayll, the pece felȝeit.
9.
†a. An opening by which blood issues from the body. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [noun] > opening or hole
holea1400
vent1567
perforation1578
mouth1634
foramen1672
ostium1683
stoma1684
buttonhole1753
inlet1828
aditus1839
os1858
hiatus1886
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 7v Ematites..is called of some stench bloud, for that it stoppeth his vent or course of flowing.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) v. ii. 343 Heere on her brest, There is a vent of Bloud, and something blowne. View more context for this quotation
b. The anus, anal, or excretory opening of (†persons or) animals, esp. of certain non-mammalians, as birds, fishes, and reptiles; †the vulva of a female animal.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > intestines > [noun] > large intestine > rectum > anus
fundamentc1325
tewelc1386
arseholea1400
hindwina1400
eyec1405
anus?a1425
nachec1440
bung-hole?a1560
siege1561
vent1587
touch-hole1602
nockhole1610
bumhole1611
dung gate1619
asshole1865
cornholec1920
okole1938
chuff1945
ring1949
ring-piece1949
buttholea1960
rump1959
brown eye1967
poephol1969
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > sexual organs > vulva
vent1697
nisket1726
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1270/2 For those that bled till they died, stroue so much with their sickenesse, that the bloud issued out at their vents.
1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xviii. 151 As for their [i.e. crabs'] manner of preparation, their vents are first to be stopped with a sticks end.
1673 Gentlewomans Compan. 132 Geese Boiled... Fasten the neck and vent.
1673 Gentlewomans Compan. 146 Take a Pig, and draw out his Entrails, Liver and Lights, draw him very clean at vent.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 108 For when her pouting Vent declares her pain, She [i.e. a mare] tears the Harness, and she rends the Reyn. View more context for this quotation
1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper ii. 16 Take a Lobster, if it be alive, stick a Skewer in the vent of the Tail.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 347 Like birds, they [sc. sloths] have but one common vent for the purposes of propagation, excrement, and urine.
1790 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Gen. Hist. Quadrupeds 432 As soon as the Otter has caught a fish, it..devours a part, as far as the vent.
1833 W. Jardine Nat. Hist. Humming-birds (Naturalist's Libr.: Ornithol. I) I. 111 The vent and under tail-coverts are dirty white.
1874 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Mental Physiol. (1879) i. ii. 68 If the vent of a Frog be irritated with a probe, the hind-legs will endeavour to push it away.
10.
a. An aperture or opening occurring or made in something and serving as an outlet for air, liquid, or other matter; a passage or hole by which matter is carried off or discharged from the interior of something; a vent-hole.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > communicating with outside or air > for escape or discharge of something
vent1570
venting-hole1601
pigeonhole1683
waste-hole1839
porthole1858
port1944
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Fi/2 A Vent, meatus..porus.
1580 G. Harvey Three Proper Lett. in Wks. (1884) I. 44 The poores, and ventes, and crannies of the Earth being so stopped.
1607 B. Jonson Volpone ii. iv. sig. E3v Now, he flings about his burning heat, As in a furnace, some ambitious fire, Whose vent is stopt. View more context for this quotation
1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick ii. xii. 250 Others are of opinion that this may be effected in a hollow vessell, exactly luted or stopped up in all the vents of it.
1677 in Miscellanea Curiosa (Royal Soc.) (1708) III. 249 They leave a small vent about two Inches from the bottom, by which it empties it self into a little Pit... The vent being stopped, they fill the Cistern they have made with Water.
1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) iv. 35 The swelling Bag he rent, And all the Furies issued at the Vent.
1750 Smith's Compl. Housewife (ed. 14) 3 If..the knife be greatly daubed, has a rank smell, and a hogoo issue from the vent it is tainted.
1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia iv. 30 The Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent.
1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 165 It was generally thought sufficient for the purpose..that the smoke should ascend the proper vent.
1877 in J. A. Allen Amer. Bison App. 459 There are old spring vents..that no longer give forth saline waters.
b. spec. An aperture or outlet by which volcanic matter or exhalations are emitted; the funnel or pipe of a volcano.
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
1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xxiv. 193 Although we finde vents of fire in other places, as mount Ætna and Wesuvio.
1685 R. Boyle Short Mem. Hist. Mineral Waters 19 Any subterraneal fire, that hath manifest chimneys or vents.
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 66 A Volcano, or Burning Vent among the Hills,..had flam'd out.
1790 Coll. Voy. round World IV. i. 1218 Another volcano, which had opened by at least thirty different vents within the compass of half a mile.
1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 135 These igneous vents were extremely numerous.
1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius iii. 60 A new vent was formed below the lip of the old mountain.
1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. 201 A ‘solfatara’, or vent emitting only gaseous discharges.
c. In various special uses (see quots.).
ΚΠ
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Esvent, the vent of a wine vessell.
1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Vents (in Archit.), Pipes of Lead or Potters-Ware, one End of which opens into a Cell of a Necessary-House, the other reaching to the Roof of it for the Conveyance of the fetid Air; also Apertures made in those Walls that sustain Terrasses to furnish Air, and to give a Passage for the Waters.
1756 Dict. Arts & Sci. at Foundery of Statues The vents are passages at top to let the air freely out, whilst the metal runs.
1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 456 Vent, the hole of a cask for the reception of a vent-peg.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2703/1 Vent, the term employed to comprehend the channels and passages by which the air, or gases, escape from the mold.
d. Scottish. The flue or funnel of a chimney; a chimney.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > chimney > flue or shaft
tewelc1384
shaftc1450
tunnel1508
shankc1525
chimney-shank1552
flue1582
gullet1672
funnel1688
fire tube1729
vent1756
stalk1821
chimney neck1833
stovepipe1858
1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) xii. 305 Neither are they [sc. the stoves] put in the place for the chimney, but in another part of the room, and have a communication with the vent.
1798 J. Grant & W. Leslie Surv. Province Moray 104 Each vent springs lightly from the blue roof, in its own separate airy column.
1815 Ann. Register, Chron. 43 A hole broke through into a neighbouring vent to carry off the smoke.
1842 J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 77 Sometimes all the purposes of a stove have been served by having a flue introduced into the kitchen vent.
1889 J. M. Barrie Window in Thrums 11 Ye micht gang up to the attic, Leeby, an' see if the spare bedroom vent at the manse is gaen.
e. Mining. (See quot. 1886.)
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > passage > ventilation passages or openings
througher1645
thirling1686
air-pit1709
horse-head1747
sollar1778
airway1800
wind-hole1802
bearing door1813
air course1814
downcast shaft1814
upcast shaft (or pit)1816
buze1823
air road1832
raggling1839
thirl1847
brattice1849
intake1849
run1849
trapdoor1849
skailing1850
return1851
wind-road1860
breakthrough1875
wind-way1875
breast1882
cross-heading1883
skail-door1883
U.C.1883
undercast1883
vent1886
furnace-drift1892
the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > passage, shaft, duct, or pipe > by which foul air ascends > in a mine
return1851
vent1886
1886 J. Barrowman Gloss. Sc. Mining Terms 69 Vent,..a return airway.
f. = port n.3 5c.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [noun] > record-playing equipment > port in speaker enclosure
vent1940
1940 Electronics Mar. 54/2 The vent should be located near the speaker... The vent areas need not necessarily be circular.
1975 G. J. King Audio Handbk. vi. 143 (caption) Inside of Rectavox Omni Mk II loudspeaker system, showing the bass and treble units, the tube extension from the vent and the frequency divider network at the bottom.
11.
a. An opening, aperture, or hole; occasionally, one by which air, etc., enters or is admitted.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun]
holec725
thirla900
eyeOE
opena1200
opening?c1225
overturec1400
overta1425
wideness?c1425
howe1487
hiatus1563
vent1594
apertion1599
ferme1612
notch1615
sluice1648
gape1658
aperture1661
want1664
door1665
hiulcitya1681
to pass through the eye of a needle (also a needle's eye)1720
vista1727
light1776
ope1832
lacuna1872
doughnut hole1886
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. C4v Through little vents and cranies of the place, The wind warres with his torch, to make him staie. View more context for this quotation
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 Induct. 2 Open your eares; for which of you wi'l stop The vent of hearing, when lowd Rumor speaks? View more context for this quotation
1659 J. Leak tr. I. de Caus New Inventions Water-works 23 Pour Water into the Vessels by the hole or vent M.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 124 Th' industrious Kind..contrive To stop the Vents, and Crannies of their Hive. View more context for this quotation
1728 A. Pope Dunciad ii. 69 A place there is..Where, from Ambrosia, Jove retires for ease. There in his seat two spacious Vents appear.
1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Vents (with Essayers, Glass-makers, &c.) is a Term applied to the Covers of Wind-Furnaces, by which the Air enters.
1768 G. White Let. 12 Mar. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 40 Deer [when drinking]..can open two vents, one at the inner corner of each eye, having a communication with the nose.
1810 Encycl. Brit. VI. 410/2 An oblong gaping vent on the anterior slope [of the shell].
1827 Gentleman's Mag. 97 ii. 69/2 One of the numerous cracks or fissures (locally called vents) that intersect the strata at this place [near Maidstone].
†b. A creek or inlet. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bend in coast > [noun] > inlet in river or sea
fleetc893
creekc1300
graina1400
updraught14..
armleta1552
land-featherc1582
indraught1596
inlet1596
vent1604
cut1630
re-entrant1893
1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xi. 155 Having discovered this vent [Sp. abra], they found it ranne more and more into the land.
c. An opening or aperture in a building, etc., communicating with the outside air.
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
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 223 This Church..is very darke, having no light but by one window or vent, made through the earth.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 306 The streets are..couered to saue them from the parching heate with open vents for light.
1675 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (ed. 2) 286 You may this Month stop up your Bees close, so that you leave breathing vents.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. x. 259 By some concealed vent the vault communicated with the upper air.
d. The hole or channel in the breech of a cannon or firearm through which fire is communicated to the charge; the touch-hole; the adjustable part of a gun containing this, a vent-piece.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > breech > vent
touch-hole1501
vent1667
bouche1862
ventage1875
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 583 For sudden all at once thir Reeds Put forth, and to a narrow vent appli'd With nicest touch. View more context for this quotation
1797 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 87 238 The velocity of the bullet is considerably greater when the cannon is fired off with a vent tube,..than when the vent is filled with loose powder.
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. (at cited word) The most common method is to place the vent about a quarter of an inch from the bottom of the chamber or bore.
1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 412 Spare vents should be sent to replace such as might be damaged.
1859 F. C. L. Wraxall tr. J. E. Robert-Houdin Mem. xxi. 319 The pistols were handed to me; I called attention to the fact that the vents were clear.
1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) A vent is formed by drilling a channel, 2/ 9-inch in diameter, through a copper bush.
1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) There are two kinds of copper bushes used, viz. the through vent, and the cone vent.
Categories »
e. Mining. (See 1883 at vent-hole n. 3b.)
12. transferred. Any outlet or place of issue; a passage, exit, or way out. Chiefly figurative.In some contexts not clearly separable from sense 6.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > means of exit > specific for things
emissary1601
outcast1601
vent1602
fontanelle1649
pass-port1682
vomitory1822
emissory1858
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [noun]
patheOE
gangOE
gangwayOE
passagec1300
wenta1325
goingc1350
transit1440
way-wenta1450
accessa1460
traduct1535
conveyance1542
ancoming1589
passado1599
avenue1600
passageway?1606
pass1608
way-ganga1628
approach1633
duct1670
waygate?c1690
way-goa1694
vent1715
archway1802
passway1825
approach road1833
fairway1903
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge ii. iii. sig. D3v Here is a vent to passe my sighes.
1629 J. Ford Lovers Melancholy v. 81 My teares like ruffling winds lockt vp in Caues, Doe bustle for a vent.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. x. 25 Such widows grief is quickly emptyed, which streameth out at so large a vent.
1715 A. Pope Temple of Fame 41 When thus ripe Lyes are to perfection sprung,..Thro thousand Vents, impatient forth they flow.
1794 W. Cowper Needless Alarm 86 Winds for ages pent In earth's dark womb have found at last a vent.
1860 R. W. Emerson Behaviour in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 168 There is some reason to believe, that, when a man does not write his poetry, it escapes by other vents through him.
1868 A. Bain Mental & Moral Sci. 339 There is at the outset a struggle, but the refusal of the muscular vent seems to be the extinction of the other effects.
III. Senses relating to perceiving or admitting, especially scent or air.
†13.
a. The scent given off by a hunted animal; = scent n. 2. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > animals hunted > trail > [noun] > scent > of hunted animal
vent1575
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxi. 61 When my Hounde, doth streyne vpon good vent.
1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xvii. xxiv. 130 He hunteth like a spaniell by the vent, His sent is such as none can hope to shun him.
1719 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (rev. ed.) at Vent The Stag leaves a stronger wind, vent, or scent than the Hare.
†b. Perception by scent or smell. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [noun] > exercising sense of smell
snevingc1200
odoration?a1425
snokingc1440
smelling1509
smellc1560
vent1575
venting1611
sniff1767
snuff1822
olfaction1833
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxviii. 73 These be olde hartes.. whiche chaunge their laire, as the wynd chaungeth to haue perfect vent..what faulte may perhappes be in their feede.
†14. A wind. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun]
windc825
whyȝtc1300
vent1608
1608 T. Hudson tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Ivdith v. 74 in J. Sylvester Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) Let him that serues the time,..With faith vnconstant saile at euery vent.
†15. A hint or whisper of something. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [noun]
feelc1485
inkling1529
intimation1531
insinuation1532
by-warning1542
byword1542
item1561
cue1565
air1567
vent1613
insusurration1614
hinta1616
injection1622
indication1626
infusion1641
side glance1693
ground bass1699
touch1706
side view1747
sidewipe1757
allusion1766
penumbra1770
breath1795
slyness1823
by-hint1853
light1854
shove1857
suggestion1863
sous-entendu1865
point1870
sidewiper1870
sniff1936
1613 in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 149 There is great reason you should..recommend this cause to my secresy; for if there come forth but the least vent of it, I know actum est de me.
16. The action on the part of an otter of coming to the surface of the water in order to breathe; an instance or occasion of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Lutra (otter) > surfacing to breathe
vent1653
venting1736
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler ii. 43 The Otter, which you may now see above water at vent . View more context for this quotation
1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. i. 227 Observe his Vents, that you may strike him with your Otter Spear.
1853 M. A. Foster in Whistle-Binkie (new ed.) 150 The vents grow more frequent, the music more deep, And scarce from the surface the otter can keep.
1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 144/2 Unless the hunters are in sufficient numbers to watch the stream for miles, for his ‘vent’, he will probably never be seen again.

Compounds

C1.
a. With the sense ‘used for, serving as, providing, or connected with a vent’.
vent-pit n.
ΚΠ
1725 J. Reynolds View of Death vii. 22 The pit is, with us, call'd the vent-pit or the air-shaft.
vent-shaft n.
vent-way n.
b. In the names of things or devices. See also vent-peg n.
vent-cock n.
ΚΠ
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Vent-cock, a device for admitting air to a vessel from which liquid is to be drawn, or permit the escape of gas.
vent-faucet n.
ΚΠ
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Vent-faucet, an instrument which may act as a vent-hole borer or a faucet to draw a portion of liquor from the vessel.
vent-nail n.
ΚΠ
1843 W. L. Tizard Theory & Pract. Brewing 451 This plan is greatly superior to the iron vent nail.
vent-pipe n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > gas > [noun] > fumes or vapour > action of being emitted or emitting > passage for emission of
exhalatory1813
gas pipe1816
vent-pipe1858
rocket jet1868
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Vent-pipe, an air-pipe; an escape pipe for steam.
vent-plug n.
ΚΠ
1843 W. L. Tizard Theory & Pract. Brewing 451 The nature of the materials employed..demands an adequate number of vent plugs.
vent-wire n.
ΚΠ
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Vent-wire (Founding), a long steel wire,..used..for giving vent to green and dry sand-molds.
C2. (In sense 11d.)Also vent-cover, vent-punch, vent-stopper (1875 in Knight).
vent-astragal n.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > breech > vent > parts connected with
vent-astragal1769
vent-field1769
vent-piece1859
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Cannon The first reinforce therefore includes..the vent-field; the vent-astragal, and first reinforce-ring.
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Vent-astragal, that part of a gun or howitzer which determines the vent-field.
vent-bit n.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > instruments for cleaning other parts
pivot-pricker1836
vent-bit1846
1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 358 Vent-bit, a species of gimblet used for clearing the vent of a gun when choked.
vent-field n.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > breech > vent > parts connected with
vent-astragal1769
vent-field1769
vent-piece1859
1769Vent-field [see vent-astragal n.].
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Vent-field, is the part of a gun or howitz between the breech mouldings and the astragal.
1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 358 Vent-field, a rectangular piece of the metal raised a little upon a gun; through it the vent is bored.
vent-piece n.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > breech > vent > parts connected with
vent-astragal1769
vent-field1769
vent-piece1859
1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 205 Vent Piece, a plug of steel or wrought iron, containing the vent.
1868 Rep. Munitions War 146 A 7-inch breech-loading polygrooved rifled gun on the Armstrong ventpiece system.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Vent-piece,..the block which closes the rear of the bore in a breech-loader.
vent-plug n.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > stopper for vent
fid1626
vent-plug1846
1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 358 Vent-plug, a tight plug made of leather, plaited rope-yarn, or oakum, which one of the men thrusts into the vent of a gun.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Vent-plug, a fid or stopple made of leather or oakum fitting in the vent of a piece to stop it against weather, etc.
vent-server n.
ΚΠ
1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 452/1 Vent-server, an article used for serving the vents of M.L.R. guns, 64-prs. and upwards, in lieu of serving the vent with the thumb.
vent tube n.
ΚΠ
1797 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 87 238 The velocity of the bullet is considerably greater when the cannon is fired off with a vent tube.
C3. (In sense 9b.)
vent-feather n. one of the feathers covering or surrounding a bird's vent.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > anus > feather around
vent-feather1776
1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) II. ii. 571 The whiteness of the coverts of the tail and vent-feathers.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 505/2 The Vent, or vent-feathers (crissum), which lies between the thighs and the tail.
1815 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. IX. i. 98 Abdomen and vent-feathers whitish.
1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands I. 11 The vent feathers, and under tail coverts, which cover the hinder part of the bird.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

ventn.3

Brit. /vɛnt/, U.S. /vɛnt/
Forms: Also 1500s–1600s vente.
Etymology: In senses 1 – 3 < French vente (= Spanish venta , Provençal venda , Portuguese venda , Italian vendita ) < popular Latin *vendita , noun, < Latin venditus , past participle of vendĕre to sell. Compare vend n. In sense 4 directly < Spanish venta. In senses 1, 2 the word is very common from c1550 to c1750, frequently with adjectives denoting the readiness or profitableness of trade.
Obsolete exc. archaic.
1. The fact, on the part of commodities, of being disposed of by sale or of finding purchasers; frequently in the phrases to find or have (..) vent.
a. With a (or no).
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > selling > [noun] > fact of being sold
vent?1542
vent1564
?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors ii. sig. A8v This being reformed aboue all other actes, shal bryng the cloth of England to a contynuall vent.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxxviv The wolles at Caleis, because of the warre, could haue no vent, nor be vttred.
1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion iii. 70 Divers Authors of this our Age, have more ridiculously clad their names in a Roman disguise..that their books might have a better vent.
1714 tr. French Bk. of Rates 242 The Merchandizes carried there from France..lie on Hand, and cannot find a Vent or Market.
1730 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) III. 391 Encouragement..given to raise such Commodities that might have a constant and ready vent in Britain.
1782 S. Pegge Curialia Misc. 141 One often sees them advertised for sale; and, if bought at all, they find a vent, no doubt, at Wapping.
b. Without article.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > selling > [noun] > fact of being sold
vent?1542
vent1564
1564 in J. C. Tingey Rec. City of Norwich (1910) II. 332 Theseyde clothes which nowe were owte of estimation and vente.
1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 19v A remedie sent, where pease lack vent.
1581 W. Stafford Compend. Exam. Complaints (1876) iii. 84 Whatsoeuer thing is rered vpon grasing, hath free vente both ouer this side and also beyond the sea, to be sold at the highest penny.
1617 F. Bacon in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 34 For the yearely makeinge of soe many tonnes of allome as..can possiblely receave vent eyther at home or abroade.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 118 Att these 3 Fayres..the most timely sorte of Lambes have very goode vente.
1694 J. Locke in Ld. King Life (1830) I. 383 For our books are so dear, and ill printed, that they have very little vent among foreigners.
1768 H. Walpole Lett. (1891) V. 116 Like fish that could not find vent in London.
a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1847) II. vii. 228 The original caricature, which had amazing vent, was of Newcastle and Fox.
2.
a. The fact, on the part of persons, of disposing of goods by sale; opportunity for selling; market or outlet for commodities.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > selling > [noun] > opportunity of
vent1548
sale1553
vend1618
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. clxxiiij We trust you will not moue vs to bye the thyng, whiche wee cannot vtter, for in all places our vent is stopped and forbidden.
1574 Brieff Disc. Troubles Franckford p. lxxxiv Sayinge that he woulde stoppe all mennes vents (as he termed it) and receiptes.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 1002 To the end, that..they might..be served of a mart-towne for vent, and a place of receit for all forreine merchandise.
a1641 T. Mun England's Treasure (1664) 17 So far forth as the high price cause not a less vent in the quantity.
1671 Charente's Customs Tafiletta 69 As for the Trade and Traffick of those parts, it is much the same,..unless it be that the vent is better in some places than others.
1709 in T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (O.H.S.) II. 191 The Amsterdam publisher..carrying a considerable part of his impression into France, and hoping for a quick vent there.
1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) II. 398 The traders..consign..their European goods..to their correspondents in other parts for vent.
1776 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 19 May (1778) What, then, must be the fate of those who do not keep a minute account, neither of the yield nor of the vent?
b. In phrases with verbs, as to find or have vent.
ΚΠ
1557–71 A. Jenkinson Early Voy. Russia & Persia (1886) I. 116 We be vncertaine what vent or sale you shall finde in Persia.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 367 They vsed in old time to gather the Incense but once a yere; as hauing little vent, and small returne, and lesse occasion to sell than now adaies.
1674 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd ii. 54 Or by only naming it hoped to procure vent or better their livelyhood.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 62 Such Uses as you design to sell your Wood for, which you must be regulated in by the vent you have.
c. Const. of.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > selling > [noun]
salec1050
sellinga1325
merchandisinga1425
utterance1436
venting1532
vendition1542
vent1548
assale1566
ventage1577
vent1583
vending1666
distribution1793
flogging1919
turnaround1936
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxli Thether was one of their common trafficques and ventes, of all their Merchaundice.
1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 951/2 By this grant it was thoughte, yt the K[ing] might dispend a M. markes sterling a day, such vent of woolles had the English merchants.
1589 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 522 Where he had peaceable trafique, & made vent of the whole nomber of his Negroes.
1690 J. Child Disc. Trade i. 26 Much foreign Trade will encrease the vent of our Native Manufactures, and much vent will make many work-men.
1701 W. Paterson Proposals Council of Trade 100 This demand..at home will in all probability naturally make way for the Exportation and Foreign Vent of at least so much more.
1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Malton Heretofore famous for its vent of corn, fish, and country utensils.
1812 G. Chalmers Hist. View Domest. Econ. Great Brit. & Ireland 46 The alien duties, which had always obstructed the vent of native manufactures.
d. Const. for.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > selling > [noun]
salec1050
sellinga1325
merchandisinga1425
utterance1436
venting1532
vendition1542
vent1548
assale1566
ventage1577
vent1583
vending1666
distribution1793
flogging1919
turnaround1936
1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. F5v To filch & steale whatsoeuer they can lay their hands vpon, seing they may haue such good vent for the same.
1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. A Any Faire, Mart, or other place where any good vent for horses is.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Essex 318 I know not whether it be better to wish them good Wares to Vent, or good Vent for their Wares.
1689 Apol. Failures G. Walker's Acct. Siege of Derry 23 The tenth being more than he hopes to have vent for in England.
1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 7 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. I doubt not but we shall..procure a farther Vent for our own Product.
1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. xxvi. 118 If husbandmen understand agriculture, and have a ready vent for their commodities.
1788 J. Priestley Lect. Hist. v. lviii. 460 If..they find a vent for these goods abroad, they will have wherewith to purchase the produce of other countries.
1828 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 37 546 Yet, even then, more goods were produced than there was vent for.
1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. vi. 97 The ordinary vent for timber of any sort, in Ireland, was very limited.
†3. A place where goods are or may be sold; a market, mart. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > trading place > market > [noun] > market-place
cheapc1000
cheaping-placec1175
cheaping?c1225
marketc1275
marketstead1373
marketplace1389
market set1552
trona1572
cross1577
vent1580
mart1593
emptory1656
market space1800
market stance1864
sale-market1883
1580 R. Hitchcock Pollitique Platt sig. Fij At Rone in Fraunce which is the chefest vent, be solde our Englishe wares, as Welche and Manchester Cottons.
†4. [After Spanish venta.] An inn or tavern; a baiting or posting house. Obsolete. (Cf. venta n.)
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > lodging-place > temporary > for travellers, pilgrims, etc.
schooleOE
hospitalc1300
khanc1400
xenodochy?c1550
posting inn1556
vent1577
caravanserai1585
yam1587
serai1609
venta1610
post-house1611
xenodochium1612
imaret1613
seraglio1617
rancho1648
hospitium1650
watering-house1664
choultry1698
accommodation house1787
stage-house1788
spital1794
stand1805
resthouse1807
hospice1818
resting1879
stopping house1883
truck stop1961
1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 14 The seate of Ystobriga was, where nowe the ventes of Caparra, being bayting places, stand.
1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1620) i. ii. 10 He perceiued an Inne, neere vnto the high way;..forthwith as soone as he espied the Vent, he fained to himselfe that it was a Castle.
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Loves Pilgrimage i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aaaaaaaav/1 Our house Is but a vent of need, that now and then Receives a guest, between the greater towns As they come late.
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ventn.4

Brit. /vɛnt/, U.S. /vɛnt/
Etymology: Shortened < ventriloquist n.
Theatre slang.
= ventriloquist n. a.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [noun] > ventriloquist
ventriloquist1656
ventriloquea1680
gastriloquist1785
polyphonist1836
vent1893
1893 R. Ganthony Pract. Ventriloquism iii. 89 The Vent: does not suffer provided he makes capital out of unforeseen interruptions.
1945 L. Lane How to become Comedian xiv. 116 When an imaginary character answers from the roof the ‘vent’ looks upwards.
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 4 Sept. 6/3 We've got magicians here... We've got jugglers, mentalists, clowns, and vents.
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† ventv.1

Etymology: < vent n.1
Obsolete. rare.
1. transitive. To trim the openings or slits of (a garment). Cf. fent v.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] > other
fur13..
buttonc1380
lashc1440
pointa1470
set1530
tuft1535
vent1547
ruff1548
spangle1548
string1548
superbody1552
to pull out1553
quilt1555
flute1578
seam1590
seed1604
overtrim1622
ruffle1625
tag1627
furbelow1701
tuck1709
flounce1711
pipe1841
skirt1848
ruche1855
pouch1897
panel1901
stag1902
create1908
pin-fit1926
ease1932
pre-board1940
post-board1963
1547 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 16 Longe gownes or Cassockes for women of red Sarcenet..puffyd with whyte sarcenet & ventyd with the same.
1606 in Lismore Papers (1887) 2nd Ser. I. 111 Fustain to ventt it [sc. a gown] doune before.
2. To crenellate (a wall).
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [verb (transitive)] > turret or castellate
castlec1386
vent1531
turret1636
castellate1840
1531 in Bailey Hist. Tower (1821) p. xi The walls..rounde aboute to be copyde, ventyde, lowpyde, and crestyde.
1531 in Bailey Hist. Tower (1821) p. xi The walls of the same with one turret to be ventyde.
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ventv.2

Brit. /vɛnt/, U.S. /vɛnt/
Forms: Also 1600s vente, ventt.
Etymology: < vent n.2, or < French éventer event v.1 Compare also avent v. The senses of Old French and French venter are barely represented here.
I. transitive. Senses relating to the provision of an outlet.
1.
a. To provide (a liquor cask, etc.) with a vent or outlet for gas or vapour. Also, to empty (a confined space) of gas in this manner.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out of [verb (transitive)] > provide with an outlet
vent1398
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > make hole in for escape of something
vent1398
ventilate1895
1398 [implied in: J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xi. i. (Tollem. MS.) And so eyer is element of bodies and spirites, for ventynge of eyer comynge to spirites is cause of..clensynge and of purgacion. (at venting n.1 1a)].
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xvii. clxxxvi. 727 The strengthe of feruent must..brekyth ful stronge vesselles that it is put in, but thei be vented.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Fi/2 To Vent, aperire, euacuare.
1583 R. Greene Mamillia i. f. 14v The wine vessel beyng ful, lets passe no wine, though neuer so wel vented.
1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 45 The vessel beein[g] vented and broch't, tels the taste what liquor issueth from it.
1669 W. Charleton Mysterie of Vintners in Two Disc. 171 They draw them forth for sale as fast as they can vent them.
1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpt. xi. 355 Molds may be vented to permit the ready escape of air from undercuts.
1969 Times 23 May 1/2 To close their hatch, the pressure in the tunnel had to be lowered. ‘I am not able to vent the tunnel,’ Commander John Young reported at 6.15 p.m...last night.
1978 Daily Tel. 18 Aug. 30/6 The balloon's crew were then able to..fall into the most likely airstream by..venting the balloon—letting out the helium and allowing it to drop.
figurative.1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Biiiiv These Bussards thinke knowledge a burthen, tapping it before they haue halfe tunde it, venting it before they haue filled it.
b. figurative. To relieve or unburden (one's heart or soul) in respect of feelings or emotions. Also reflexive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > be relieved of [verb (transitive)] > to relieve one's heart or mind
easec1385
lightena1450
unburden1538
unload1575
physic1589
vent1631
(to take) a load off one's mind1851
free1855
the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > console [verb (reflexive)] > relieve
unburden1578
unweary1631
vent1631
expectorate1667
ease1849
1631 T. Heywood England's Elizabeth (1641) 55 The King having something vented himself with laughing, replied.
?a1650 W. Bosworth Chast & Lost Lovers (1651) i. 843 With these, and such like words, he vents his soul Of those..Conjectures.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 22. ⁋2 Without any Purpose in his Talk, but to vent an Heart overflowing with Sense of Success.
1799 Winter Let. in Jay Wks. (1843) V. 92 I vented my soul in a line to Mr. Peronet.
2.
a. To discharge, eject, cast or pour out (liquid, smoke, etc.); to carry off or away; to drain in this way. Also with adverbs, as away, down, forth, out. Frequently passive.Said usually of the containing thing, but sometimes of the force or means by which outlet is given. Examples with adverbs are placed under (a).
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > let out
outleteOE
letc1000
to let out1154
void14..
loose1568
to let forth1574
vent1587
to give vent1594
(a)
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 558/1 The infectious smother of this venemous vapor..had beene readie to choke all christendome, had not by the wisedome..of the princes there, the same the sooner beene vented away.
1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iv. iii. 1888 Those leaden spouts, That nought downe [v.r. doe] vent but what they do receiue.
1644 G. Plattes in S. Hartlib Legacy (1655) 198 The pits..will vent away the superfluous water continually, and keep the sellar alwaies dry.
1652 J. French York-shire Spaw ii. 19 They being vented forth, the heat would..be extinguished.
(b)1633 G. Herbert Providence in Temple xviii Springs vent their streams, and by expense get store.1646 P. Bulkley Gospel-covenant i. 114 Be not like dry vessels that will vent nothing.1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 383 We found it [sc. the leak] did not encrease more than one Pump could vent.1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §297 The copper funnels for venting the smoke from the kitchen fires.1962 F. I. Ordway et al. Basic Astronautics v. 197 After arrival on the moon the fluid is vented.1969 Daily Mail 15 Jan. 5/4 The rocket..vented quite a lot of fuel overboard and the fuel formed millions of ice particles.1980 Nature 29 May 278/3 A total of 10 millicuries of krypton-85 was vented to the atmosphere during the procedure and the engineers received a whole body radiation dose of 10 to 15 mrem.1983 Sci. Amer. Apr. 80/1 The pilot vented the ballast tanks, surrounding Alvin with a column of bubbles.figurative.1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 98 If there should bee any bad Bloud left in the Kingdome, an Honourable Forraine Warre will Vent it.a1627 J. Beaumont Bosworth-field (1629) 21 My strength is spent, And some perhaps, of villaine Blood will vent My weary soule.
†b. Of persons, animals, or their organs: to cast out, expel, or discharge, esp. by natural evacuation; to evacuate (urine, etc.). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excrete [verb (transitive)]
yetOE
to put outa1350
void1398
expelc1405
avoid1562
ejaculate1578
excern1578
regurgitate1578
egest1607
evacuate1607
vent1607
expurgate1621
excrete1669
pass1698
to put off1740
re-ejaculate1826
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 249 With a medicine made of an Affrican Sparrow mixed with this, he procured one to make water, and to void a great stone which had not vented his vrine in many daies.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. ii. 4 Where ayre comes out, ayre comes in: There's none abroad so wholesome as that you vent . View more context for this quotation
1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 88 The very maw of Hell ransack't, and made to give up her conceal'd destruction, ere shee could vent it in that horrible and damned blast.
1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 94 The Chylus..cannot all be changed into water, and if it were changed, yet the Reins can vent it forth.
1738 tr. S. Guazzo Art of Conversat. 74 Such as vent such pestiferous Blasts, ought to have their Wind stopt with a Halter.
1832 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. (ed. 2) 113 Sheep that are infected with this disorder cannot vent the seed, the ova, from their liver, on the ground.
in extended use.?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xix. 97 When Alcmena was to vent the force of Hercules.figurative.1608 Bp. T. Morton Preamble Incounter 121 Whatsoeuer bitternesse the gall of this man could vent out.
†c. To shed (tears). Also with out. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > weep for [verb (transitive)] > shed (tears)
weepc900
shedc1175
greetc1300
fallc1475
raina1560
blubber1583
vent1632
to let fall1816
to turn on the main1836
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 123 Having first suffered me to vent out my teares, for the disburdning of my heart [etc.].
1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 60 He..vented the tears of..pleasure, love, and gratitude.
3.
a. To give, heave, or utter (a groan, sigh, etc.). Now rare or poetic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [verb (transitive)] > utter
leadOE
givec1175
tell?c1225
talkc1275
to set upa1325
to put outc1350
soundc1374
to give upc1386
pronouncea1393
cough1393
moutha1400
profera1400
forth withc1400
utterc1400
to put forth1535
display1580
vent1602
accent1603
respeak1604
vocalize1669
fetch1707
go1836
outen1951
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. iv. sig. H3v I..vent a heauing sigh.
1613 T. Adams White Deuil 41 The poore confident Plaintife goes home vndone: his moanes, his groanes are vented vp to heauen.
1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xv. 123 Behold Ascalaphus! behold him die, But dare not murmur, dare not vent a Sigh.
a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 45 Beneath her palm Idume vents her moan.
1858 H. Bushnell Serm. for New Life 10 They even complain, venting heavy sighs.
1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 122 Not wise is he who vents an angry breath.
†b. poetic. To pour out (one's soul) in death. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)]
forsweltc888
sweltc888
adeadeOE
deadc950
wendeOE
i-wite971
starveOE
witea1000
forfereOE
forthfareOE
forworthc1000
to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE
queleOE
fallOE
to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE
to shed (one's own) blood?a1100
diec1135
endc1175
farec1175
to give up the ghostc1175
letc1200
aswelta1250
leavea1250
to-sweltc1275
to-worthc1275
to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290
finea1300
spilla1300
part?1316
to leese one's life-daysa1325
to nim the way of deathc1325
to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330
flit1340
trance1340
determinec1374
disperisha1382
to go the way of all the eartha1382
to be gathered to one's fathers1382
miscarryc1387
shut1390
goa1393
to die upa1400
expirea1400
fleea1400
to pass awaya1400
to seek out of lifea1400–50
to sye hethena1400
tinea1400
trespass14..
espirec1430
to end one's days?a1439
decease1439
to go away?a1450
ungoc1450
unlivec1450
to change one's lifea1470
vade1495
depart1501
to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513
to decease this world1515
to go over?1520
jet1530
vade1530
to go westa1532
to pick over the perch1532
galpa1535
to die the death1535
to depart to God1548
to go home1561
mort1568
inlaikc1575
shuffle1576
finish1578
to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587
relent1587
unbreathe1589
transpass1592
to lose one's breath1596
to make a die (of it)1611
to go offa1616
fail1623
to go out1635
to peak over the percha1641
exita1652
drop1654
to knock offa1657
to kick upa1658
to pay nature her due1657
ghost1666
to march off1693
to die off1697
pike1697
to drop off1699
tip (over) the perch1699
to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703
sink1718
vent1718
to launch into eternity1719
to join the majority1721
demise1727
to pack off1735
to slip one's cable1751
turf1763
to move off1764
to pop off the hooks1764
to hop off1797
to pass on1805
to go to glory1814
sough1816
to hand in one's accounts1817
to slip one's breatha1819
croak1819
to slip one's wind1819
stiffen1820
weed1824
buy1825
to drop short1826
to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839
to get one's (also the) call1839
to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840
to unreeve one's lifeline1840
to step out1844
to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845
to hand in one's checks1845
to go off the handle1848
to go under1848
succumb1849
to turn one's toes up1851
to peg out1852
walk1858
snuff1864
to go or be up the flume1865
to pass outc1867
to cash in one's chips1870
to go (also pass over) to the majority1883
to cash in1884
to cop it1884
snuff1885
to belly up1886
perch1886
to kick the bucket1889
off1890
to knock over1892
to pass over1897
to stop one1901
to pass in1904
to hand in one's marble1911
the silver cord is loosed1911
pip1913
to cross over1915
conk1917
to check out1921
to kick off1921
to pack up1925
to step off1926
to take the ferry1928
peg1931
to meet one's Maker1933
to kiss off1935
to crease it1959
zonk1968
cark1977
to cark it1979
to take a dirt nap1981
1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xvi. 387 He sinks,..And vents his Soul effus'd with gushing Gore.
4. figurative.
a. To give vent to (an emotion, feeling, passion, etc.); to give free course or expression to; to express; to make manifest or known.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > expression > [verb (transitive)]
abroachc1400
figure1475
express1549
unload1561
vent1602
speaka1616
extrinsicate1645
to set out1684
ventilate1823
exhibit1849
register1901
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge ii. iv. sig. Ev I must vent my griefes, or heart will burst.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 177 Gremio, 'tis now no time to vent our loue. View more context for this quotation
1641 J. Tatham Distracted State ii. i Did you e'er Hear spleen better vented.
1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads iv. 174 Would Agamemnon thus would alwaies vent His Choler.
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 90 Others unable to contain themselves, vented their Pain by incessant Roarings.
1783 W. Thomson in R. Watson & W. Thomson Hist. Reign Philip III v. 349 The resentment of Spain was farther vented in a manifesto.
1820 W. Scott Monastery II. ii. 37 Martin..suppressed not his indignation a moment after he could vent it with safety.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxxii. 117 He vented the lightness of his spirit in smiles and sparkling looks.
1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets v. 139 Habituated to associate together in large bodies, the Dorians felt no need of venting private feeling.
in extended use.a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) XI. 222 Things contrary will vent their contrariety in mutual strife.
b. To let loose, pour out, wreak (one's anger, spleen, etc.) on or upon a person or thing. (Cf. sense 5b.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > [verb (transitive)] > wreak or give vent to anger
wreakOE
to let outa1250
wrechec1420
wrake1596
wreck1658
vent1697
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 288 The Winds and Waves complain, And vent their malice on the Cliffs in vain.
1710 Tatler No. 260. ⁋3 That fatal distemper, which has always taken a particular pleasure in venting its spight upon the Nose.
1735 S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo Voy. Abyssinia 93 The Viceroy disappointed in this Scheme, vented all his rage upon Father James.
1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 87. ⁋9 The un~successful vent their discontent upon those that excel them.
1816 T. L. Peacock Headlong Hall xiii. 175 To vent their spleen on the first idle coxcomb they can find.
1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 55 The Carthaginians unable to vent their anger even on the lifeless corpse of the unfortunate Hamilcar,..vented it on his innocent son.
5. figurative.
a. To give out or forth, publish or spread abroad, by or as by utterance; to give utterance or publicity to (a doctrine, opinion, etc.); to utter (a word, expression, etc.). †Also const. forth or out.Very common from c1600 to c1750; now somewhat rare or archaic.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)]
to sell awayc1230
to set to (for, on) sale, a-salec1275
sella1330
to make sale (of)c1430
market1455
to make penny of1464
vent1478
to put away1574
dispatch1592
money1598
vent1602
to put off1631
vend1651
hawk1713
realize1720
mackle1724
neat1747
to sell over1837
unload1884
flog1919
move1938
shift1976
the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > give expression to
sayOE
talkc1275
soundc1386
outc1390
shedc1420
utterc1445
conveya1568
discharge1586
vent1602
dicta1605
frame1608
voice1612
pass?1614
language1628
ventilate1637
to give venta1640
vend1657
clothe1671
to take out1692
to give mouth to1825
verbalize1840
to let out1853
vocalize1872
society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publish or spread abroad [verb (transitive)]
sowc888
blowc1275
dispeple1297
to do abroadc1300
fame1303
publyc1350
defamea1382
publisha1382
open?1387
proclaima1393
slandera1400
spreada1400
abroachc1400
throwc1400
to give outa1425
promote?a1425
noisec1425
publicc1430
noisec1440
divulgea1464
to put outc1475
skail1487
to come out witha1500
bruit1525
bruita1529
to bear out1530
divulgate1530
promulgate1530
propale?1530
ventilate1530
provulgate1535
sparple1536
sparse1536
promulge1539
disperse1548
publicate1548
forthtell1549
hurly-burly?1550
propagate1554
to set abroada1555
utter1561
to set forth1567
blaze1570
evulgate1570
scatter1576
rear?1577
to carry about1585
pervulgate1586
celebrate?1596
propalate1598
vent1602
evulge1611
to give forth1611
impublic1628
ventilate1637
disseminate1643
expose1644
emit1650
to put about1664
to send abroad1681
to get abroad1688
to take out1697
advertise1710
forward1713
to set abouta1715
circulate1780
broadcast1829
vent1832
vulgate1851
debit1879
float1883
1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus ii. vi. 954 What Iack, faith I cannot but vent vnto thee a most witty iest of mine.
1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 277 After that God had once vented, and declared that his good purpose to mankinde.
1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 102 And they will be sure to vent out some non-truth.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 278. ⁋1 Learning by Heart Scraps of Greek, which she vents upon all Occasions.
1764 H. Walpole Lett. (1891) IV. 279 I hate to send you every improbable tale that is vented.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. iv. 431 The Presidency vent the most bitter complaints.
1850 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire I. iii. 131 The noisy declamations he vented about the imaginary dangers of his new Carthage.
1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 48 He who in an impulse of fearless fervour vents a little too much truth [etc.].
b. With on or upon. (Cf. sense 4b.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > make known
shirec897
i-kenc1000
cryc1300
declarec1340
out-tella1382
commona1387
ascryc1400
commune1423
ventilate?1530
forespeak1546
outcry1567
oyez1599
vent1832
society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publish or spread abroad [verb (transitive)]
sowc888
blowc1275
dispeple1297
to do abroadc1300
fame1303
publyc1350
defamea1382
publisha1382
open?1387
proclaima1393
slandera1400
spreada1400
abroachc1400
throwc1400
to give outa1425
promote?a1425
noisec1425
publicc1430
noisec1440
divulgea1464
to put outc1475
skail1487
to come out witha1500
bruit1525
bruita1529
to bear out1530
divulgate1530
promulgate1530
propale?1530
ventilate1530
provulgate1535
sparple1536
sparse1536
promulge1539
disperse1548
publicate1548
forthtell1549
hurly-burly?1550
propagate1554
to set abroada1555
utter1561
to set forth1567
blaze1570
evulgate1570
scatter1576
rear?1577
to carry about1585
pervulgate1586
celebrate?1596
propalate1598
vent1602
evulge1611
to give forth1611
impublic1628
ventilate1637
disseminate1643
expose1644
emit1650
to put about1664
to send abroad1681
to get abroad1688
to take out1697
advertise1710
forward1713
to set abouta1715
circulate1780
broadcast1829
vent1832
vulgate1851
debit1879
float1883
1832 H. Martineau Hill & Valley vi. 85 Many a curse did the least wise..vent upon the French.
1843 W. E. Gladstone in Foreign & Colonial Q. Rev. Oct. 594 The nameless author who has recently vented his chaff..upon the public.
1844 C. J. Lever Tom Burke I. v. 38 The curse vented on me by one whose ruin..lay at my own father's door.
†c. To disclose, divulge, or let out (a secret, etc.). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] > secrets
discovera1375
labc1400
bewray1578
blab1582
discabinet1605
eviscerate1607
eliminate1608
to give upa1640
vent1678
betray1734
confide1735
leak1859
to shell out1862
clatfart1913
spill1917
unzip1939
1678 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery in Wks. (1875) IV. 276 This affair was carried on with all the secresie of so great statesmen, that they might not by venting it unseasonably, spoil [etc.].
1679 E. Everard Depositions Popish Plot 7 When these matters were vented out of [= by] Sir Robert.
6.
a. reflexive. Of a thing: To discharge (itself); to find issue or exit.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (reflexive)] > go or come out (of something confined)
vent1650
evacuate1725
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. v. 81 Nilus venteth it self into the Mediterranean sea, with seven mouths.
1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 120 That very year the earth swelled with such a tympany, that in venting it self all Larr was forced to quake.
1684 J. P. von Valcaren Relation Siege Vienna 45 It hapned that they were all left standing, the Mine venting it self upon the Edge of the Ditch.
1725 T. Molyneux Disc. conc. Danish Mounts in G. Boate Nat. Hist. Ireland (1726) 193 A lake..called Loughchorib..vents it self into the sea at Galway.
b. esp. Of an emotion, faculty, quality, etc.: To find vent; to express or show (itself) in something.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > expression > [verb (reflexive)]
express1549
convey1641
vent1650
to throw out1658
communicate1837
(a)
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. vii. 138 It is to be feared that this sin finding its usuall way obstructed, will watch its own advantage, to vent itself by some other conveyances.
1702 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother (ed. 2) i. i. 375 The Malice of the Faction which I hate Would vent it self even on thy Innocence.
1808 J. Jebb Let. 3 Dec. in J. Jebb & A. Knox Thirty Years' Corr. (1834) I. 456 The fears of men..having been taught..to vent themselves, if I may so speak, through the channel of sacrifice.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 367 The coffee houses were the chief organs through which the public opinion of the metropolis vented itself.
a1862 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1869) III. iv. 193 This ill-feeling increased until, in 1580, it vented itself by the abolition of episcopacy.
(b)a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) York 231 Able and active bodies, are not to vent themselves in such vain (though gainfull) ostentation.1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I iii. i. 8 Affections..delight to vent themselves in Poesie.1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music 102 When the first Fire of Enthusiasm had vented itself in the Rapture of Hymns and Odes.1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xiii. 219 The..decrepit hag..whose wrath must vent itself in impotent curses.a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) II. xiii. 159 This cheerfulness has vented itself in his playful poetry.
†7.
a. To eject or expel (people) out of a country. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > exile or state of > exile [verb (transitive)]
flemeOE
forbana1250
exilec1330
forbanishc1450
banish1485
expel1490
exulate1535
vanquishc1540
relegate1561
extirpate1566
exul1568
seclude1572
confine1577
bandon1592
dispossess1600
vent1609
expose1632
deporta1641
disterr1645
transport1666
releage1691
expatriate1817
1609 in Gardiner Hist. Eng. I. 438 [A wish that as many natives as possible might be] vented out of the land.
†b. To rid (a kingdom) of people. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > clear out > clear of something undesirable > of undesirable people
scoura1400
vent1613
1613 Sir T. Stafford in Lismore Papers (1887) 2nd Ser. I. 199 It will be a good meanes to vent that Kingdome..of a number of Idle men that haue nothinge to doe.
†c. figurative. To spend, get rid of (a fortune). Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > spend [verb (transitive)]
aspendc885
doOE
spendc1175
spenec1175
dispendc1330
bewarec1374
bestow1377
suckc1380
unpursea1393
warea1417
stowc1440
to lay outc1449
spone1456
expend1477
expend1484
impendc1486
ware?a1513
deburse?1529
disburse1530
defray1543
unburse1570
outlay1573
to lay forth1584
sweat1592
vent1612
dispursea1616
exhaust1616
to set forth1622
waste1639
depursea1648
fence1699
douse1759
shut1797
shift1923
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iii. iv. sig. G4v How doe they liue by their wits, there, that haue vented Sixe times your fortunes? View more context for this quotation
†8.
a. To dispense, distribute. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > give out or issue
administera1425
utter1529
erogate1531
disburse1594
vent1616
porrect1746
1616 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odyssey xvii. 345 The Pallace royall..he enter'd..and his Trencher's fraight The Keruers gaue him, of the flesh there vented.
†b. To put (coins, etc.) in circulation or currency; to give in payment; to pay out. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > money > circulation of money > put into circulation [verb (transitive)]
utterc1483
to put forth1572
pass1579
to turn and wind1598
wind1598
vent1629
to put outa1719
expose1751
mobilize1864
monetarize1952
1629 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. 2nd Ser. III. 20 That nane of thame presoome..to vent and putt amongs his Majesteis subjects anie of the saids Embden dollours.
1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion xii. 31 Valerius having filled his Purse with pieces more current than those which he ordinarily vented.
1683 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 84 A Question put whether there be not some persons to vent such money here.
†9. To explode or fire (a mine). Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > use of mines and explosives > use mines and explosives [verb (transitive)] > mine > explode a mine, etc.
spring1625
vent1687
fire1699
to let off1714
to set off1881
bump1915
1687 J. Richards Jrnl. Siege Buda 14 With directions that if the Miners should meet with the Turks Mine, to Vent it.
10. To supply (a gun) with a vent or vent-piece.
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
1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 412 It was recommended that iron ordnance..might be vented previously to their being issued.
1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 412 A gun of the same description vented with pure copper.
1879 Man. Siege & Garrison Artillery Exercises 201 The 80-pr. is vented in the same manner as the 64-pr. 58-cwt. gun.
II. intransitive. Senses relating to obtaining an outlet.
11.
a. Of an exhalation, liquid, smoke, etc.: to find or make an outlet or way of escape from a confined space; to come, flow, pass, or pour out or away by a vent or opening. Also used of a force causing an outlet to be made.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > of something confined
to run outeOE
aventc1375
escapec1450
avoid1483
evacue?1541
vent1541
event1609
disemboguea1625
evacuate1643
extravasate1677
(a)
1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxi. f. 39 Corrupt exhalations, ventyng out of mens bodyes.
1562 P. Whitehorne Certain Waies Orderyng Souldiers f. 45, in tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre It will be surer to let nothinge vent out but the glasse it self.
1615 J. Day Festivals 100 They were full of new Wine, & the new Wine venting out, the Tongues of all Nations were immediatly set a float.
1704 Dict. Rusticum at Blood-Spavin When the Blood and Water have vented away as much as they will do.
(b)1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) iv. i. 110 New wine..by venting bursteth the bottle.1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Trivmph of Faith (1845) 69 Smoke venteth at the window, when the chimney refuseth passage.1694 W. Congreve Double-dealer iv. i. 46 A cold deadly dew already vents through all my Pores.1886 J. Barrowman Gloss. Sc. Mining Terms 69 To Vent, to have room to pass away.1966 Economist 19 Feb. 686/3 Some of these test explosions ‘vent’ through the earth's surface and thus contaminate the atmosphere.1970 Times 15 Apr. 1/7 The particles have diminished greatly—almost ceased now, which indicates maybe what was venting has almost stopped.1980 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 27 Nov. 31/4 Fuel was venting from the tanks. The loss was so great that it was doubted that they would make it to an airfield.figurative.1615 R. Brathwait Loves Labyrinth 27 in Strappado For loue enclos'd like raging elements Of fire and water, though imprisoned, vents.1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. A3v It staved off all Emulations..apt to rise and vent in obloquious acrimonie..where there is onely admitted into high administrations.
†b. To become known, be divulged. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > be disclosed or revealed
to come to (also in, on) (the) lightOE
sutelea1000
kitheOE
unfoldc1350
disclosea1513
burst1542
to break up1584
to take vent1611
vent1622
bleed1645
emerge1664
to get (also have) vent1668
to get or take wind1668
to stand (appear) confessed1708
eclat1736
perspire1748
transpire1748
to come out1751
develop1805
unroll1807
spunk1808
effloresce1834
to come to the front1871
to show up1879
out1894
evolve1920
to come or crawl out of the woodwork1964
1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII (1876) (modernized text) 26 The earl presently communicated the matter with some of the nobles,..at the first secretly; but finding them of like affection to himself, he suffered it of purpose to vent and pass abroad.
†12.
a. Of a bottle, confined space, etc.: to have or obtain an outlet by which the contained matter can escape. Frequently figurative or in figurative context. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > have an opening or aperture [verb (intransitive)] > for escape of something
vent1599
1599 Master Broughtons Lett. Answered ii. 9 Like an old bottle with new wine, vnlesse you should vent, you would burst.
1614 J. Cooke Greenes Tu Quoque sig. H3v My heart is swolne so big, that it must vent, Or it will burst.
1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes i. ii. 40 in Wks. II Quiet his mouth, that Ouen will be venting else.
1655 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 324 I cannot forbeare filling vpp my paper with it, for such as we are must vent or we burst.
b. Scottish. To let out or discharge smoke; to carry off smoke (well or ill).
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (intransitive)] > let out or discharge (smoke or exhalations)
ventilate1698
vent1756
1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) ix. 246 And neither great nor small [houses] will vent, which obliges them to use stoves: nay, these stoves will not vent at the chimney, but are often let out in a hole in the outer wall.
1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) x. 269 As you know we cannot have in any kitchin above two stoves, because they must vent up the chimney.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xi. 233 The Green Room doesna vent weel in a high wind.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) That lum vents very ill.
c. U.S. Of a brook: to flow into a river.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > flow (of river) [verb (intransitive)]
flowa1000
roil?c1400
resorta1552
rill1621
relate1653
put1670
toddle1773
vent1784
tail1889
1784 J. Belknap Jrnl. 21 July in Tour to White Mts. (1876) 7 A large brook, which vents into Pine River.
†13. spec. (See quot. 1721) Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > crack, split, or cleave
chinea700
to-chinec725
cleavea1225
to-cleavec1275
rivec1330
to-slentc1380
to-sundera1393
cracka1400
rifta1400
chapc1420
crevec1450
break1486
slave?1523
chink1552
chop1576
coame1577
cone1584
slat1607
cleft1610
splita1625
checka1642
chicka1642
flaw1648
shale1712
vent1721
spalt1731
star1842
seam1880
tetter1911
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. To Vent, (among Glass Plate Workers,) is to crack in Working.
III. Senses relating to perceiving or admitting, especially smell or air, and related uses.
†14.
a. intransitive. Of an animal: to snuff up the air, esp. in order to pick up the scent of something. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [verb (intransitive)] > track or perceive using sense of smell
winda1425
vent1538
to keep the wind1594
scent1596
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Nicto, tere, to vent as the hound doth, whiche foloweth the dere or hare, or other game.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum (at cited word) Vent or snucke as a hound or spaniell doth, nicto.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. 75 Seest, howe brag yond Bullocke beares, So smirke, so smoothe, his pricked eares?.. See howe he venteth into the wynd.
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xiv. 227 At the full-bagd Cow, Or at the curle-fac't Bull, when venting he doth low,..He neuer seemes to smile.
1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated 9 It is observed of the Fox, that whensoever hunted to ground, he never comes out, but at the mouth of the Burrow, he lies and vents a while.
†b. transferred. To search or seek for. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)]
seekc888
aseekc1000
i-secheOE
huntc1175
to seek afterc1175
beseechc1200
fand?c1225
ofseche?c1225
to seek forc1250
atseekc1275
furiec1290
forseeka1300
outseekc1300
upseekc1315
to look after ——c1330
wait1340
laita1350
searchc1350
pursuea1382
ensearchc1384
to feel and findc1384
inseekc1384
looka1398
fraist?a1400
umseeka1400
require?c1400
walec1400
to look up1468
prowla1475
to see for ——c1485
to look for ——a1492
to have in the wind1540
sue1548
vent?1575
seek1616
explore1618
dacker1634
research1650
to see out for1683
quest1752
to see after ——1776
?1575 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. (new ed.) 355 I cannot denie, but that after the manner of a Drunkarde, that venteth for the best wine: so do mine eyes stare and wander to find out some old Sepulture.
†15.
a. transitive. Of animals, hounds, etc.: to become aware of, to detect or perceive, by means of the sense of smell; = scent v. 2. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [verb (transitive)] > track or perceive using sense of smell
i-stinkc1000
smellc1175
smakec1220
feelc1225
asmellc1320
savoura1382
scenta1425
winda1425
get1530
vent1575
nose1577
smell1608
resent1614
snuff1697
to get (also take, pick up) the scent1723
to carry scent1753
find1827
snuffle1871
flair1919
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxix. 75 If they chaunce once to vent the huntesman or his hounde, they will straight way dislodge from thence.
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxvi. 187 He which maketh the trayne, must rubbe the soales of his shoes with Cowes dung, least the Foxe vent his footing.
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxxvi. 96 My liege I went, this morning on my quest, My hound did sticke, and seemde to vent some beast.
1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated 9 The Fox,..if he vents any thing which causes fear, returns to ground again.
1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated 9 So Deer do naturally desire to eat Apples, but if approaching, they vent them to have been handled by man, they forsake them.
1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 544 Then as o'er the Turf he [a stag] strains, He vents the cooling Stream, and up the Breeze Urges his Course with eager Violence.
†b. transferred. To discover or discern. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > find out, discover [verb (transitive)]
seeOE
fanda1000
finda1200
kenc1330
lenda1350
agropea1393
contrive1393
to find outc1405
outsearch?a1439
ripec1440
inventc1475
disclose?a1500
fish1531
agnize?1570
discover1585
to grope out1590
out-find1590
expiscate1598
vent1611
to learn out1629
to get to know1643
develop1653
ascertain1794
stag1796
root1866
to get a line on1903
establish1919
the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)]
findOE
yfindOE
hita1075
befindc1200
out-findc1300
to try outc1325
to find outa1375
to find upc1390
ascryc1400
outwryc1400
inventc1475
vent1611
to hit off1680
discover1762
to scare up1846
to pick up1869
rumble1897
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues On flaire cela,..men begin to discouer it, vent it, find it out.
16. To smell or snuff at (something). rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [verb (transitive)] > exercise the sense of smell
snevec1200
snokec1380
savoura1382
thevea1400
whiff1635
nesea1637
scent1638
venta1640
taste1656
snift1736
sniff1792
olfact1805
to run up1815
smell1831
sniffa1845
snuff1858
smellsip1922
a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman iii. v. 54 in P. Massinger 3 New Playes (1655) Antonio (pours out some wine). She stirs, and vents it. O how she holds her nose up like a Jennet I' th' wind of a Grass-mare!
1880 J. H. Shorthouse John Inglesant I. ii. 43 The hounds came trailing and chanting along by the riverside, venting every tree root.
17.
a. intransitive. Of an otter, or beaver: to rise to the surface in order to breathe. Also transferred of a person (quot. 1600).
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [verb (intransitive)] > miscellaneous actions of otter
whine1575
vent1590
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [verb (intransitive)] > rise to surface to breathe (of beaver)
vent1590
1590 T. Cokayne Treat. Hunting D ij b He [the otter] will vent so oft, and put vp ouer water... At which time some must runne vp the water, some downe, to see where he vents.
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xv. lx. 278 As when the morning starre escapt and fled, From greedie waues with dewie beames vp flies,..So vented she.
1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. (at cited word) To Vent or take breath as an Otter.
1734 Philos. Trans. 1733–4 (Royal Soc.) 38 180 When she [sc. a beaver] swam under Water, which she would do for two or three Minutes, and then come up to vent, sometimes raising her Nostrils only above Water.
1735 W. Somervile Chace iv. 433 Th' ascending Bubbles mark his [i.e. an otter's] gloomy Way. Quick fix the Nets, and cut off his Retreat Into the shelt'ring Deeps. Ah! there he vents!
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. vi. 164 One of the otter-hunts..where the animal is detected by the hounds from his being necessitated to put his nose above the stream to vent or breathe.
1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 144/2 The otter..is obliged to come up and ‘vent’ for want of air.
1885 Standard 2 Apr. 5/3 Their prey is rising to ‘vent’.
†b. transitive. To cause or force (an otter) to come to the surface. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting specific animals > [verb (transitive)] > hunt otter > force to surface or shallows
vent1688
shoal1897
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 134/2 An Otter: We watch, and Vent him, when we disturb him.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Vent the Otter, Dislodge him.
†18. transitive. To blow (a horn). Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing wind instrument > play wind instrument [verb (transitive)] > sound horn
strakea1400
vent1601
toucha1640
wind1735
1601 F. Tate Househ. Ord. Edward II (1876) §57. 44 j to vent the horne shal have ijd. a day wages.
†19. To supply with fresh air; to ventilate. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > freshen (air) [verb (transitive)] > supply with fresh air or ventilate
vent1601
ventilate1758
waffa1878
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 440 That all the Apples..be so couched as that they touch not one another, but haue spaces between to receiue equall aire for to bee vented.
†20. To lift up so as to admit air. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > freshen (air) [verb (transitive)] > supply with fresh air or ventilate > lift up to admit air
vent1590
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. i. sig. Cc3 The braue Mayd would not disarmed bee, But onely vented vp her vmbriere, And so did let her goodly visage to appere.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

ventv.3

Brit. /vɛnt/, U.S. /vɛnt/
Forms: Also 1500s Scottish went, 1600s vente.
Etymology: < French vente vent n.3
Now dialect.
1.
a. transitive. To sell or vend (commodities or goods); to dispose of by sale.Very common from c1600 to c1670.
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society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)]
to sell awayc1230
to set to (for, on) sale, a-salec1275
sella1330
to make sale (of)c1430
market1455
to make penny of1464
vent1478
to put away1574
dispatch1592
money1598
vent1602
to put off1631
vend1651
hawk1713
realize1720
mackle1724
neat1747
to sell over1837
unload1884
flog1919
move1938
shift1976
1478–9 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 36 It is thocht expedient that all persouns haif licence and leif to cum to the towne with victualls to..vent the samyn on Mononday, Wedinsday, and Fryday.
1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 6 Pynnes which be dailie vented, uttered, and put to Sale within this Realme.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 459 The In-land Lands might truck and barter And vent their Wares about to euery quarter.
1607 B. Jonson Volpone ii. ii. sig. D3v They are Quack-saluers, Fellowes, that liue by venting oyles, and drugs. View more context for this quotation
1661 in J. Simon Ess. Irish Coins (1749) 127 Several persons..took a liberty..to make a kind of brass or copper tokens,..and vented them to the people for a penny each piece.
1672 J. Collins Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) I. 200 England doth not vent above twenty or thirty of any new mathematical book he brings over.
1719 W. Wood Surv. Trade (ed. 2) 217 While Spain remains an independant Nation,..we may always hope to maintain..our Trade to that Kingdom, and vent our Manufactures in the Indies.
1764 R. Burn Hist. Poor Laws 153 Hemp and flax,..which now people neglect to sow, because they have no way to vent or employ it.
1790 A. Shirrefs Poems 316 Tak ye tent, How, and to whom your bills ye vent.
1864 in O'Donoghue St. Knighton (Cornwall) Gloss. 301.
in extended use.1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια xxvi. sig. kv Hereupon the Astrologers doe mart, or vent the effects of the Heavens, and the Stars.
†b. With various adverbs, as away, forth, off. Obsolete.
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c1565 Disc. Common Weal Eng. (1893) ii. 62 As much as he should haue for the more woll vented ouer, so much should he haue for the lesse woll at a greater custome vented ouer.
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 3 The nearenesse helpeth them..to vent forth & make returne of those commodities, which their owne, or either of those Countries doe afford.
1631 T. Heywood Fair Maid of West: 1st Pt. iii. 37 To vent away our bad commodities.
a1641 T. Mun England's Treasure (1664) 79 We trade to divers places where we vent off our naitive commodities.
†c. To let out (land). Obsolete. rare.
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society > trade and finance > selling > hiring or letting out > hire or rent out [verb (transitive)] > let or lease land or house
to let (also put, set, etc.) (out ,forth) to (alsoin, for) farma1325
set1422
rent1530
farm1576
to farm out1576
vent1603
tenant1721
arrenta1754
1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1891) viii. 63 Some land~lordes..founde it more comodiouse to keape it in their owne handes then to vente it out at xiid an acre which is the vsualle rent thireof.
†2. intransitive. Of goods: To have or find sale; to sell, go off (well or ill). Obsolete.
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society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (intransitive)] > be sold or find buyers
sell1609
utter1611
vend1622
vent1622
to go off1625
move1759
sale1809
to sell (also go, go off) like hot cakes1839
1622 in M. Sellers Eastland Co. (Camden) Introd. 54 Either over cheap pennyworths must cause our said cloths to vent there, or else they will not vent at all.
a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 29 Other thinges that I had which would vent better in that place then in England.
1670 J. Smith England's Improvem. Reviv'd 202 Cherries will vent at most Markets.
1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 110 Commodities would bear a much greater price than what I mention, and there would vent greater quantities.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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