Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An opening in the earth from which carbon dioxide and other gases escape, usually marking the last stage of volcanic activity.
- noun The gases escaping from such an opening.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An irrespirable gas escaping from the earth; a gas-spring.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, gaseous exhalation, from Italian moffetta, diminutive of muffa, mold, moldy smell, probably of Germanic origin.]
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