Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of blowing through.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The act of perflating.
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- noun obsolete The act of
perflating , or blowing through.
Etymologies
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Examples
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That which Macleod of Raasay had erected near his house was so contrived, because the harvest is seldom brought home dry, as by perpetual perflation to prevent the mow from heating.
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European towns, unless during the driest seasons -- seasons actually blighted by drought, when hot withering land winds have destroyed surface vegetation, and as in the locality of Gibraltar, have left the low-lying becalmed, and leeward town to corrupt without perflation or ventilation amidst its own accumulated exhalations.
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That which Macleod of Raasay had erected near his house was so contrived, because the harvest is seldom brought home dry, as by perpetual perflation to prevent the mow from heating.
Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland Samuel Johnson 1746
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To reduce energy consumption reviewed many rules restricting the design of the building, increasing their teploizoliruyuschie properties through the use of improved insulation materials, elimination Infiltration and perflation through the door and window openings, the application of triple glazing in colder areas.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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