Ventail
(Vent"ail) n. [OF. ventaille, F. ventail. See Ventilate, and cf. Aventail.] That part of a helmet
which is intended for the admission of air, — sometimes in the visor. Spenser.
Her ventail up so high that he descried
Her goodly visage and her beauty's pride.
Fairfax. Venter
(Vent"er) n. One who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes. [R.] Barrow.
Venter
(||Vent"er) n. [L.]
1. (Anat.) (a) The belly; the abdomen; — sometimes applied to any large cavity containing viscera.
(b) The uterus, or womb. (c) A belly, or protuberant part; a broad surface; as, the venter of a muscle; the
venter, or anterior surface, of the scapula.
2. (Zoöl.) The lower part of the abdomen in insects.
3. (Rom. & O. E. Law) A pregnant woman; a mother; as, A has a son B by one venter, and a daughter
C by another venter; children by different venters.
Venthole
(Vent"hole) n. A touchhole; a vent.
Ventiduct
(Ven"ti*duct) n. [L. ventus wind + ductus a leading, conduit, fr. ducere, ductum, to lead.]
A passage for wind or air; a passage or pipe for ventilating apartments. Gwilt.
Ventilate
(Ven"ti*late) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ventilated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Ventilating.] [L. ventilatus, p.
p. of ventilare to toss, brandish in the air, to fan, to winnow, from ventus wind; akin to E. wind. See
Wind rushing air.]
1. To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to
air; as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a cellar; to ventilate a mine.
2. To provide with a vent, or escape, for air, gas, etc.; as, to ventilate a mold, or a water-wheel bucket.
3. To change or renew, as the air of a room. Harvey.
4. To winnow; to fan; as, to ventilate wheat.
5. To sift and examine; to bring out, and subject to penetrating scrutiny; to expose to examination and
discussion; as, to ventilate questions of policy. Ayliffe.
6. To give vent; to utter; to make public.
Macaulay took occasion to ventilate one of those starling, but not very profound, paradoxes.
J. C. Shairp. Ventilation
(Ven`ti*la"tion) n. [L. ventilatio: cf. F. ventilation.]
1. The act of ventilating, or the state of being ventilated; the art or process of replacing foul air by that
which is pure, in any inclosed place, as a house, a church, a mine, etc.; free exposure to air.
Insuring, for the laboring man, better ventilation.
F. W. Robertson. 2. The act of refrigerating, or cooling; refrigeration; as, ventilation of the blood. [Obs.] Harvey.
3. The act of fanning, or winnowing, for the purpose of separating chaff and dust from the grain.
4. The act of sifting, and bringing out to view or examination; free discussion; public exposure.
The ventilation of these points diffused them to the knowledge of the world.
Bp. Hall.
