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/ˌɛkshəlˈeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

Exhalation n.

The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation.

That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as, exhalations from the earth or flowers, decaying matter, etc. "Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise From hill or steaming lake."

A bright phenomenon; a meteor. (archaic) "I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening."

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Etymology of 'Exhalation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Exhalation" Quotes from Famous Books

... in a tremendous exhalation of breath. "I can't seem to get it through my nut. Why, it means a fortune for Miss Mary! No wonder that skunk tried his best to do her ...

— Shoe-Bar Stratton • Joseph Bushnell Ames

... time and did her share of permanent watching also—did not seem to be affected at all. This would show that the influence, whatever it is, does not affect generally—unless, of course, it was that she was in some way inured to it. If it should turn out that it be some strange exhalation from some of those Egyptian curios, that might account for it; only, we are then face to face with the fact that Mr. Trelawny, who was most of all in the room—who, in fact, lived more than half his life in it—was affected worst of all. What kind of influence could it be which would ...

— The Jewel of Seven Stars • Bram Stoker

... at the foot of the tower, and leaving her with his sister ascended the turret to the top. The landscape had quite changed from its afternoon appearance, and had become rather marvellous than beautiful. The air was charged with a lurid exhalation that blurred the extensive view. He could see the distant Rhine at its junction with the Neckar, shining like a thread of blood through the mist which was gradually wrapping up the declining sun. The scene had in it something that was more than melancholy, and not much ...

— A Laodicean • Thomas Hardy

... to Nero's turbot), that, as soon as the hook is cast in, they press to it as the ghosts in Lucian did to Charon's boat, and cling to the iron as miners do to a rope that is let down when the light of their candle forbodes some malignant exhalation. ...

— Ideal Commonwealths • Various

... simply the natural expression of his gratitude to her, his admiration of her, his delight in seeing her and in being with her. His love for her, like that of Dante for Beatrice, was a religious worship, a celestial exhalation of his soul, utterly free from every alloy of earth and sense. For thirty-four years, he was almost inseparable from her. He removed to Paris, that he might look on her every day. Wherever she travelled, abroad ...

— The Friendships of Women • William Rounseville Alger

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