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Word Meanings - VENTILATOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A contrivance for effecting ventilation; especially, a contrivance or machine for drawing off or expelling foul or stagnant air from any place or apartment, or for introducing that which is fresh and pure.

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  • DRAWER
    An under-garment worn on the lower limbs. Chest of drawers. See under Chest. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, draws; as: One who draws liquor for guests; a waiter in a taproom. Shak. One who delineates or depicts; a draughtsman; as, a good
  • DRAWCANSIR
    A blustering, bullying fellow; a pot-valiant braggart; a bully. The leader was of an ugly look and gigantic stature; he acted like a drawcansir, sparing neither friend nor foe. Addison.
  • MACHINER
    One who or operates a machine; a machinist.
  • INTRODUCTOR
    An introducer.
  • PLACEMENT
    1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
  • FRESHNESS
    The state of being fresh. The Scots had the advantage both for number and freshness of men. Hayward. And breathe the freshness of the open air. Dryden. Her cheeks their freshness lose and wonted grace. Granville.
  • PLACENTARY
    Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
  • DRAW-CUT
    A single cut with a knife.
  • PLACE-KICK
    To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
  • FRESHET
    1. A stream of fresh water. Milton. 2. A flood or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted snow; a sudden inundation. Cracked the sky, as ice in rivers When the freshet is at highest. Longfellow.
  • DRAWEE
    The person on whom an order or bill of exchange is drawn; -- the correlative of drawer.
  • EFFECTUOSE; EFFECTUOUS
    Effective. B. Jonson.
  • DRAWROD
    A rod which unites the drawgear at opposite ends of the car, and bears the pull required to draw the train.
  • DRAWBAR
    An openmouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train. A bar of iron with an eye at each end,
  • 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
  • DRAW
    draga, Dan. drage to draw, carry, and prob. to OS. dragan to bear, carry, D. dragen, G. tragen, Goth. dragan; cf. Skr. dhraj to move along, glide; and perh. akin to Skr. dhar to hold, bear. Drag, Dray a 1. To cause to move continuously by force
  • DRAWLINK
    See
  • FRESHLY
    In a fresh manner; vigorously; newly, recently; brightly; briskly; coolly; as, freshly gathered; freshly painted; the wind blows freshly. Looks he as freshly as he did Shak.
  • DRAWGLOVES
    An old game, played by holding up the fingers. Herrick.
  • FRESHMAN
    novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge; especially, a student during his fist year in a college or university. He drank his glass and cracked his joke, And freshmen wondered as he spoke. Goldsmith. Freshman class, the lowest of the four classes
  • GRAMME MACHINE
    A kind of dynamo-electric machine; -- so named from its French inventor, M. Gramme. Knight.
  • BURRING MACHINE
    A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances.
  • REPLACEMENT
    The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.
  • UNDRAW
    To draw aside or open; to draw back. Angels undrew the curtain of the throne. Young.
  • FINEDRAW
    To sew up, so nicely that the seam is not perceived; to renter. Marryat.
  • EVENTILATION
    The act of eventilating; discussion. Bp. Berkely.
  • INDRAWN
    Drawn in.

 

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