ventige

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ventige (plural ventiges)

  1. (obsolete) A vent, or passage for air.
    • 1840, Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams, The Chinese Repository, volume 8, page 51:
      This stem is without joint, but for the sake of ornament, it is cut so as to appear as if it had as many joints as it has ventiges.