Vent

vent, n. A small aperture; a hole, or pa age for air or any fluid to escape; the opening at which the excrements are discharged; opportunity of escape from confinement or privacy; emi ion; escape. (Mil.) The opening at the breech of a fire-arm; touch-hole. (Arch.) A loop-hole. (Steam-hoihr>.) The sectional area of the pa age for gases divided by the length of the same pa age in feet. — v. t. To let out at a vent, or small aperture; to suffer to escape from confinement; to let out, emit; to pour forth (what has been pent up in the mind, as pa ion, etc.); to utter, report. — Vent'-hole, n. A small hole for the pa age of air, as in a cask; a vent. (Casting.) A hole pierced through a mold for the escape of air and gas. linger or ink, then, boNboN, chair, get. 498