efflation
English
Noun
efflation (usually uncountable, plural efflations)
- The act of filling with wind; a breathing or puffing out.
- a. 1718, Thomas Parnell, David
- a soft efflation of celestial fire
- a. 1718, Thomas Parnell, David
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for efflation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)