ventage
Noun
A puff of air coming through a hole in a wind instrument.
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Govern these ventages with your fingers and thumb, give it breath with your mouth, and it will discourse most eloquent music.
Venting (the act by which something is vented)
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In some Madras examples which have been successful, the ventage in the under-sluices is about the same as that in the head-sluices above them.
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The most important factor in casting solid, close-grained slugs suitable for withstanding pressure in direct printing is efficient ventage of air from the mold each time a slug is cast.
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