perflation

English

Etymology

Latin perflatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə(ɹ)ˈfleɪʃən/

Noun

perflation (plural perflations)

1. (obsolete) The act of perflating, or blowing through.
   • 1695, John Woodward, “(please specify the page)”, in An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth: And Terrestrial Bodies, Especially Minerals: […], London: […] Ric[hard] Wilkin […], →OCLC:

     That as these Damps are caused by Heat , so they are remedy'd by withdrawing that Heat , and by conveying forth the mineral Steams ; which the Miners effect by Perflations with large Bellows

References

“perflation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.