"What did they die of?" I asked. "Fevers. The doctor came andbled them and purged them, but they still died." "Hebled and purged babies?" "They were two and three. He said it would break the fever. And it did. But they ... they died anyway."
2020,Eley Williams,The Liarʼs Dictionary, William Heinemann, page201:
The inkbled only a little; if one raised the index card to one’s eye, it was possible to see the microscopic wisps and flicks seep out from the intended lines and curves out into the paper’s grain.
(transitive) Totap off high-pressuregas (usuallyair) from a system that produces high-pressure gas primarily for another purpose.
At low engine speeds, valves open tobleed some of the highly-compressed air from the later compressor stages, helping to prevent engine surging.
High-pressure airbled from theAPU is used to spin up the engines and run the APU generator and hydraulic pump, and can also be used to pressurise the cabin if necessary.
(aviation, usually in theplural) A system for tapping hot, high-pressure air from agas turbine engine for purposes such as cabin pressurization and airframe anti-icing.
When taking off at high altitude or at near-maximum weight, thebleeds have to be turned off temporarily, as they decrease engine power somewhat.
(printing) A narrow edge around a page layout, to be printed but cut off afterwards (added to allow for slight misalignment, especially with pictures that should run to the edge of the finished sheet).
(sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by amicrophone from a source other than that which is intended.
The removal of air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020),Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand,→ISBN,→OCLC, page24
