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Webster 1913 Edition
Exhalation
Exˊha-la′tion
,Noun.
[L.
exhalatio
: cf. F. exhalaison
, exhalation
.] 1.
The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation.
2.
That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation;
as,
exhalations
from the earth or flowers, decaying matter, etc.Ye mists and
From hill or steaming lake.
exhalations
, that now riseFrom hill or steaming lake.
Milton.
I shall fall
Like a bright
Like a bright
exhalation
in the evening. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Exhalation
EXHALA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth fluids in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation.2.
That which is exhaled; that which is emitted, or which rises in the form of vapor; fume or steam; effluvia. Exhalations are visible or invisible. The earth is often dried by evaporation, without visible exhalations. The smell of fragrant plants is caused by invisible exhalations.