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/brˈiðɪŋ taɪm/ Listen

noun

Breathing n.

1.

Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air. "Subject to a difficulty of breathing."

2.

Air in gentle motion.

3.

Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit.

4.

Aspiration; secret prayer. "Earnest desires and breathings after that blessed state."

5.

Exercising; promotion of respiration. "Here is a lady that wants breathing too; And I have heard, you knights of Tyre Are excellent in making ladies trip."

6.

Utterance; communication or publicity by words. "I am sorry to give breathing to my purpose."

7.

Breathing place; vent.

8.

Stop; pause; delay. "You shake the head at so long a breathing."

9.

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 h.

10.

(Gr. Gram.) A mark to indicate aspiration or its absence. See Rough breathing, Smooth breathing, below.

Breathing place.

(a)

A pause. "That caesura, or breathing place, in the midst of the verse."

(b)

A vent.

Breathing time, pause; relaxation.

Breathing while, time sufficient for drawing breath; a short time.

Rough breathing (spiritus asper). See 2d Asper, n.

Smooth breathing (spiritus lenis), a mark (') indicating the absence of the sound of h, as in ienai.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Breathing time" Quotes from Famous Books

... awfully tired, for the day had been a hot one, and nurse had a headache, and Clara, the nursery-maid, was away on a holiday. So Marjorie had scarcely breathing time all day long. Now she was going to bed, and the poor little girl looked rather limp and abject as she crept along the ...

— The Children of Wilton Chase • Mrs. L. T. Meade

... the throne of Spain, and insulted England by acknowledging as her rightful King the son of James II., whom she had deposed. Then England declared war. Canada and the northern British colonies had had but a short breathing time since the Peace of Ryswick; both were tired of slaughtering each other, and both needed rest. Yet before the declaration of war, the Canadian officers of the Crown prepared, with their usual energy, to meet the expected crisis. One of them wrote: ...

— A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I - France and England in North America • Francis Parkman

... their father made the house unendurable by the preparation of sulphuretted hydrogen and other highly-scented compounds. It was recognised, however, that these chemical experiments had at least the advantage of keeping Colonel Burton employed, and consequently of allowing everybody a little breathing time at each stopping-place. In the spring of 1840, Colonel Burton, Mr. Du Pre and the lads set out for Schinznach, in Switzerland, to drink the waters; and then the family returned to England in order that Richard and Edward might have a university education. Their father, ...

— The Life of Sir Richard Burton • Thomas Wright

... that it would take a whole day out on the edge of the settlements to collect a dozen men for pursuit, and would have no idea that three men would set off alone; so I expect that they will now have slackened their pace a little, to give the sheep breathing time.' ...

— Out on the Pampas - The Young Settlers • G. A. Henty

... continual fire of shot and shell that the French cannon had kept up between the charges. But now there was very little delay; and early next morning we were again put in motion, to prevent our enemy, if possible, from getting any breathing time. The Prussians were at least twelve hours in advance of us, so that we really had not much to fear; but still some doubt was entertained as to whether the enemy would make another stand in their own territory, and in all probability such would have ...

— The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence - A Hero of the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns • William Lawrence

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