perflation
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]perflation (plural perflations)
- (obsolete) The act of perflating, or blowing through.
- 1695, John Woodward, “(please specify the page)”, in An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth: And Terrestrial Bodies, Especially Minerals: […], London: […] Ric[hard] Wilkin […], →OCLC:
- 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
[edit]“perflation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.