Part 1373

<blockquote>Subject to a difficulty of <b>breathing</b>. <i>Melmoth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Air in gentle motion.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; <as>as, the <ex>breathings</ex> of the Spirit</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Aspiration; secret prayer.</def> "Earnest desires and <i>breathings</i> after that blessed state."

<i>Tillotson.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Exercising; promotion of respiration.</def>

<blockquote>Here is a lady that wants <b>breathing</b> too; And I have heard, you knights of Tyre Are excellent in making ladies trip. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Utterance; communication or publicity by words.</def>

<blockquote>I am sorry to give <b>breathing</b> to my purpose. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Breathing place; vent.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>Stop; pause; delay.</def>

<blockquote>You shake the head at so long a <b>breathing</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>Also, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, etc., when the glottis is wide open; aspiration; the sound expressed by the letter <it>h</it>.</def>

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<p><b>10.</b> <fld>(Gr. Gram.)</fld> <def>A mark to indicate aspiration or its absence. See <cref>Rough breathing</cref>, <cref>Smooth breathing</cref>, below.</def>

<cs><col>Breathing place</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A pause.</cd> "That c\'91sura, or <i>breathing place<i>, in the midst of the verse." <i>Sir P. Sidney</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A vent.</cd> -- <col>Breathing time</col>, <cd>pause; relaxation.</cd> <i>Bp. Hall</i>. -- <col>Breathing while</col>, <cd>time sufficient for drawing breath; a short time.</cd> <i>Shak</i>. -- <col>Rough breathing</col> (<i>spiritus asper<i>) <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <cd>See 2d <er>Asper</er>, <tt>n.</tt></cd> -- <col>Smooth breathing</col> (<i>spiritus lenis<i>), <cd>a mark (') indicating the absence of the sound of <i>h<i>, as in <grk>'ie`nai</grk> (<i>ienai<i>).</cd></cs>

<h1>Breathless</h1> <Xpage=179>

<hw>Breath"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; <as>as, <ex>breathless</ex> attention</as>.</def>

<blockquote>But <b>breathless</b>, as we grow when feeling most. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Dead; <as>as, a <ex>breathless</ex> body</as>.</def>

<h1>Breathlessly</h1> <Xpage=179>

<hw>Breath"less*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a breathless manner.</def>

<h1>Breathlessness</h1> <Xpage=179>

<hw>Breath"less*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being breathless or out of breath.</def>

<h1>Breccia</h1> <Xpage=179>

<hw>Brec"cia</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It., breach, pebble, fragments of stone, fr. F. <ets>br\'8ache</ets>; of German origin. See <er>Breach</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A rock composed of angular fragments either of the same mineral or of different minerals, etc., united by a cement, and commonly presenting a variety of colors.</def>