eventilationt (eventila shon)

[OF. es ventilation, Now for the nature of this heat, it is not a destructive violent heat, as that of fire, but a generative gentle heat, joined with moisture, nor needs it air for event i lati on . Howell, Letters, I. vi. 35. That there is really such a thing as vital flame is an opinion of some moderns: [and]... that it requires constant event i lati on, through the trachea and pores of the body. Bp. Berkeley, Siris, § 205. Hence-2. Discu ion; debate. Bailey , 1731. eventle (e-vent'les), a. [ event + -le .] Without event or incident; monotonous. Upon the tranquil little islands her life had been event le , and all the fine po ibilities of her nature were like flowers that never bloomed. Tennyson , In Memoriam, Conclusion. 3. In public games and sports, each contest or single proceeding in a program or series: as, the events of the day were a bicycle-race, a footrace, high jumps, etc.; the steeplechase was a spirited event . -4. A contingent, probable, or po ible happening; a coming to pa ; in the theory of probabilities, anything which may or may not be; any general state of things con- Even to gnat hi (ev-en-tog'na-thi), n. pl . [NL., sidered as having a probability: as, in the event of his death his interest will lapse. Compound event, that which in reference to its probability is regarded as consisting in the concatenation or coincidence of two or more different events. - Double event, two races, or other trials of strength or skill, upon the winning of both of which depends the winning of a certain wager G. W. Curtis, Prue and I, p. 121. eventognath (e-ven'tō-gnath), n. One of the Even to gnat hi. εύ , well, + ἐντός , within, + γνάθος, the jaw.) A large suborder of fresh-water phy- sostomous fishes, of most parts of the world: so called on account of the peculiar develop- ment of the lower pharyngeal bones. The brain- case is produced between the orbits; the basis cranii is or stake. Simple event, in the doctrine of probabili. ties, something whose probability is deduced from direct observation. = Syn. 1. Event , Occurrence, Incident, Cir- cum stance , affair. An event is of more importance than an occurrence ; the word is generally applied to the larger transactions in history. Occurrence is literally that which meets us in our progre through life, and does not con- nect itself with the past as an event does. An incident is that which falls into a state of things to which it does not ing the characters of the Even to gnat hi . simple, and the anus is normal in position; there is a dis- tinct dorsal fin; and the lower pharyngeal bones are fal- ciform, and parallel with the branchial arches. The group embraces the cyprinids, catostomids, and cobitids; it is rated by some authors as an order equivalent to Plecto- spondyl i, by others as a suborder of plectospondylous fishes. primarily belong: as, the incidents of a journey. It is applied to matters of minor importance. Circumstance does not nece arily mean anything that happens or takes He bore the lo with great composure and evenne of mind. Hooker . unle we correct We... are likely to perish.. those aversene es and natural indispositions, and reduce them to the evenne es of virtue. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 103. So mock'd, so spurn'd, so baited two whole days- I lost myself and fell from evenne , And rail'd. Tennyson, Sir John Old castle, Lord Cobham. even-servantt, n. [ME.] A fellow-servant. His even servant fell down and prayed him. Wyclif , Mat. xviii. 29. [ evesong , or -sang , @fensang (= Dan. aften sang), æfen , evening, + sang, gesang, song.] 1. In the Anglican Ch ., a form of worship appointed to be said or sung at evening. Known as vespers in the Roman Catholic Church. Lee's Glo ary. even-song (ē'vn-sông), n. Thus the yonge kyng entred into Reynes, the Saturday at euensongtyme . Berners, tr. of Froi art's Chron., I. ccclxix. Again, both in matins and in evensong , is idolatry maintained for God's service. J. Bradford, Letters (Parker Soc., 1853), II. 201. accompanying conditions of an occurrence, incident, or event; it is also applied to incidents of minor moment which take place along with something of more imp or- tance. A person giving an account of a campaign might dwell on the leading events which it produced, might mention some of its striking occurrences , might refer to some remarkable incidents which attended it, and might give details of the favorable or adverse circumstances by which it was accompanied. See exigency. event1t (e-vent'), v. [ event us , pp. of eve- nire, come out: see the noun.] I. in trans. To come out; break forth. O that thou saw'st my heart, or did'st behold The place from which that scalding sigh evented ! B. Jonson, Case is Altered, v. 3. II. trans. To bring to pa ; execute. There are diuers things which are praised and dispraised, as deedes doen by worthy men and pollicies euented by great warriors. Sir T. Wilson, Art of Rhetoric, p. 11. event2t (e-vent'), v. t. [F. éventer , fan. Cf. event i late.] To fan; cool. A loose and rorid vapour that is fit T' event his searching beams. Marlowe and Chapman , Hero and Leander, iii. The fervour of so pure a flame As this my city bears might lose the name Without the apt eventing of her heat. B. Jonson, King James's Coronation Entertainment.