Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.723
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.723
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1298.—“The heat is tremendous (at Hormus), and on that account the houses are built with ventilators (*ventiers*) to catch the wind. These ventilators are placed on the side from which the wind comes, and they bring the wind down into the house to cool it.”—*Marco Polo, ii. 450.*