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vent 1. the shaft of a volcano or an aperture in the earth's crust through which lava and gases erupt 2. the external opening of the urinary or genital systems of lower vertebrates |
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Jenny was, however, by the care and goodness of Mr Allworthy, soon removed out of the reach of reproach; when malice being no longer able to vent its rage on her, began to seek another object of its bitterness, and this was no less than Mr Allworthy, himself; for a whisper soon went abroad, that he himself was the father of the foundling child. Not a sound is to be heard, save when they give vent to a wonderful imitation of the lonely call of the coyote. In charge of it was the lean, grizzled, leatherskinned Sir Jules de Vac, and it was he whom Henry commanded to face him in mimic combat with the foils, for the King wished to go with hammer and tongs at someone to vent his suppressed rage. |
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