breathing time

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air. [1913 Webster]

Subject to a difficulty of breathing.— Melmoth.[1913 Webster]

2.Air in gentle motion. [1913 Webster]

3.Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit. [1913 Webster]

4.Aspiration; secret prayer. "Earnest desires and breathings after that blessed state." --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]

5.Exercising; promotion of respiration. [1913 Webster]

Here is a lady that wants breathing too; And I have heard, you knights of Tyre Are excellent in making ladies trip.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

6.Utterance; communication or publicity by words. [1913 Webster]

I am sorry to give breathing to my purpose.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

7.Breathing place; vent. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

8.Stop; pause; delay. [1913 Webster]

You shake the head at so long a breathing.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

10.(Gr. Gram.) A mark to indicate aspiration or its absence. See Rough breathing, Smooth breathing, below. [1913 Webster]

Breathing place. (a) A pause. "That c[ae]sura, or breathing place, in the midst of the verse." --Sir P. Sidney. (b) A vent.

Breathing time, pause; relaxation. --Bp. Hall.

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

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

Smooth breathing (spiritus lenis), a mark (') indicating the absence of the sound of h, as in 'ie`nai (ienai). [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]