In artillery, the small aperture near the breech by which the fire of the priming is communicated to the charge.
·vt To scent, as a hound. II. Vent ·noun Sale; opportunity to sell; market. III. Vent ·noun A bait...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A peculiar augur or screw gimlet used for clearing the vent of a gun when obstructed. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The movable fitment which closes the breech and contains the vent in Armstrong breech-loading guns. ...
A fid or stopple made of leather or oakum fitting in the vent of a piece to stop it against weather,...
·noun A light puff paste, with a raised border, filled, after baking, usually with a ragout of fowl,...
To stop it with the thumb. ...
To close it hermetically by pressing the thumb to it. ...
The raised tablet in the metal near the breech in which the vent is bored. ...