Obs. [ad. L. spīrāment-um, f. spīrāre to breathe. So It. spiramento.]
1. A spiracle in an animal body; a pore.
1608. Topsell, Serpents, 124. Almighty GOD hath so ordained, that it should haue spiraments and breathing places in euery part of the body, to vent away the heate.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 215. The fume … doth transmit itself through the spiraments of the skin.
2. An air-hole or vent-hole.
1654. R. Codrington, trans. Iustine, III. 73. The winds do work more strong through the spiraments of the Caves.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 429. The vessel’s spirament daubed with a singular cement.
So ǁ Spiramentum. Obs.–1
1706. Baynard, Cold Baths, II. 238. The Pores are the Spiramenta through which it passes.
