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An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
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the vent of a cask; the vent of a mould
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A small aperture.
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The opening of a volcano from which lava flows.
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A verbalized frustration.
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The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates.
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A slit in the seam of a garment.
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The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole.
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In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
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Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
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Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.