[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.723 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c10.723](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.723) 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.\* - [Previous: c10.722](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.722) - [Next: c10.724](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.724) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.723](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.723) · Pramāṇa