Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VENT, v.t.

1. To let out at a small aperture.
2. To let out; to suffer to escape from confinement; to utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint. The queen of heav'n did thus her fury vent. – Dryden.
3. To utter; to report. [Not in use.] – Stephens.
4. To publish. The senators did greatly enrich their inventions by venting the stolen treasures of divine letters. [Not used.] Ralegh.
5. To sell. Therefore did those nations vent such spice. [Not in use.] Ralegh. [Instead of vent, in the latter sense, we use vend.]