·vt To scent, as a hound.
II. Vent ·noun Sale; opportunity to sell; market.
III. Vent ·noun A baiting place; an Inn.
IV. Vent ·vt To Sell; to Vend.
V. Vent ·vt To furnish with a vent; to make a vent in; as, to vent. a mold.
VI. Vent ·vt To let out at a vent, or small aperture; to give passage or outlet to.
VII. Vent ·noun Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
VIII. Vent ·noun Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
IX. Vent ·vi To Snuff; to breathe or puff out; to Snort.
X. Vent ·noun Sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
XI. Vent ·vt To Utter; to Report; to Publish.
XII. Vent ·noun The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole.
XIII. Vent ·noun A small aperture; a hole or passage for air or any fluid to escape; as, the vent of a cask; the vent of a mold; a volcanic vent.
XIV. Vent ·vt To suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to Utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint.
XV. Vent ·noun The anal opening of certain invertebrates and fishes; also, the external cloacal opening of reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes.