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perflation

English

Etymology

Latin perflatio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /p?(?)?fle???n/

Noun

perflation (plural perflations)

  1. (obsolete) The act of perflating, or blowing through.
    • 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies, especially Minerals, &c
      That as these Damps are caused by Heat , so they are remedy'd by withdrawing that Heat , and by conveying forth the mineral Steams ; which the Miners effect by Perflations with large Bellows

References

perflation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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perflate

English

Verb

perflate (third-person singular simple present perflates, present participle perflating, simple past and past participle perflated)

  1. (dated) To blow through (as of wind).

Related terms

  • perflation

Latin

Verb

perfl?te

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of perfl?

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