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sufflation † , insufflation † , perflation † , inflation, afflation † ; blowing, fanning &c v.;<br />

ventilation.<br />

sneezing &c v.; errhine † ; sternutative † , sternutatory † ; sternutation; hiccup, hiccough;<br />

catching of the breath.<br />

Eolus, Boreas, Zephyr, cave of Eolus.<br />

air pump, air blower, lungs, bellows, blowpipe, fan, ventilator, punkah † ; branchiae † ,<br />

gills, flabellum † , vertilabrum † .<br />

whiffle ball.<br />

V. blow, waft; blow hard, blow great guns, blow a hurricane &c n.; wuther † ; stream,<br />

issue.<br />

respire, breathe, puff; whiff, whiffle; gasp, wheeze; snuff, snuffle; sniff, sniffle;<br />

sneeze, cough.<br />

fan, ventilate; inflate, perflate † ; blow up.<br />

Adj. blowing &c v.; windy, flatulent; breezy, gusty, squally; stormy, tempestuous,<br />

blustering; boisterous &c (violent) 173.<br />

pulmonic [Med.], pulmonary.<br />

Phr. lull'd by soft zephyrs [Pope]; the storm is up and all is on the hazard [Julius Caesar];<br />

the winds were wither'd in the stagnant air [Byron]; while mocking winds are piping loud<br />

[Milton]; winged with red lightning and tempestuous rage [Paradise Lost].<br />

350. [Channel for the passage of water.] Conduit -- N. conduit, channel, duct,<br />

watercourse, race; head race, tail race; abito † , aboideau † , aboiteau [Fr.], bito † ; acequia † ,<br />

acequiador † , acequiamadre † ; arroyo; adit † , aqueduct, canal, trough, gutter, pantile; flume,<br />

ingate † , runner; lock-weir, tedge † ; vena † ; dike, main, gully, moat, ditch, drain, sewer,<br />

culvert, cloaca, sough, kennel, siphon; piscina † ; pipe &c (tube) 260; funnel; tunnel &c<br />

(passage) 627; water pipe, waste pipe; emunctory † , gully hole, artery, aorta, pore, spout,<br />

scupper; adjutage † , ajutage † ; hose; gargoyle; gurgoyle † ; penstock, weir; flood gate, water<br />

gate; sluice, lock, valve; rose; waterworks.<br />

pipeline.<br />

Adj. vascular &c (with holes) 260.<br />

351. [Channel for the passage of air.] Airpipe -- N. air pipe, air tube; airhole † , blowhole,<br />

breathinghole † , venthole; shaft, flue, chimney, funnel, vent, nostril, nozzle, throat,<br />

weasand † , trachea; bronchus, bronchia [Med.]; larynx, tonsils, windpipe, spiracle;<br />

ventiduct † , ventilator; louvre, jalousie, Venetian blinds; blowpipe &c (wind) 349; pipe &c<br />

(tube) 260; jhilmil † ; smokestack.<br />

screen, window screen.' artificial lung, iron lung, heart and lung machine.<br />

3. IMPERFECT FLUIDS<br />

352. Semiliquidity -- N. semiliquidity; stickiness &c adj.; viscidity, viscosity;<br />

gummosity † , glutinosity † , mucosity † ; spissitude † , crassitude † ; lentor † ; adhesiveness &c<br />

(cohesion) 46.<br />

inspissation † , incrassation † ; thickening.

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