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breather

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breather
a vent in a container to equalize internal and external pressure, such as the pipe in the crankcase of an internal-combustion engine


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It chanced on that very evening that Sir Nigel Loring, having supped before sunset, as was his custom, and having himself seen that Pommers and Cadsand, his two war-horses, with the thirteen hacks, the five jennets, my lady's three palfreys, and the great dapple-gray roussin, had all their needs supplied, had taken his dogs for an evening breather.
 
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