Breath

Breath - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

BREATH, n. breth.

1. The air inhaled and expelled in the respiration of animals.

2. Life.

No man has more contempt than I of breath.

3. The state or power of breathing freely; opposed to a state of exhaustion from violent action; as, I am out of breath; I am scarce in breath.

4. Respite; pause; time to breathe; as,let me take breath; give me some breath.

5. Breeze; aid in gentle motion.

Calm and unruffled as a summer's sea,

When not a breath of wind flies o'er its surface.

6. A single respiration; as, he swears at every breath.

7. An instant; the time of a single respiration; a single act.

He smiles and he frowns in a breath.

8. A word.

A breath can make them, as a breath has made.