Defn: Sale; opportunity to sell; market. [Obs.] Shelton.
There is no vent for any commodity but of wool. Sir W. Temple.
VENT
Vent, v. t.
Defn: To sell; to vend. [Obs.]
Therefore did those nations vent such spice. Sir W. Raleigh.
VENT
Vent, n. Etym: [Sp. venta a poor inn, sale, market. See Vent sale.]
Defn: A baiting place; an inn. [Obs.]
VENT Vent, v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. venter to blow, vent wind (see Ventilate); but prob influenced by E. vent an opening.]
Defn: To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort. [Obs.] Spenser.
VENT
Vent, n. Etym: [OE. fent, fente, a slit, F. fente a slit, cleft,
fissure, from fendre to split, L. findere; but probably confused with
F. vent wind, L. ventus. See Fissure, and cf. Vent to snuff.]
1. 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. Look, how thy wounds do bleed at many vents. Shak. Long't was doubtful, both so closely pent, Which first should issue from the narrow vent. Pope.
2. Specifically: —(a) (Zoöl.)