Definition of Soffioni

1. volcanic steam-holes [n]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Soffioni

sofa
sofa-bed
sofa-beds
sofa bed
sofa beds
sofa king
sofa painting
sofabed
sofabeds
sofar
sofars
sofas
sofer
soferim
sofers
soffioni (current term)
soffit
soffits
soffrito
soffritos
soficity
soft
soft-boiled
soft-cast steel
soft-coated wheaten terrier
soft-core
soft-cover
soft-cover book
soft-finned
soft-finned fish

Literary usage of Soffioni

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"Artificial soffioni have been bored to a depth of 200 feet in the vicinity of ... To obtain the boric acid, the soffioni arc surrounded by basins of rough ..."

2. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"These pans are heated by the gases and vapours of soffioni which, on account of their situation, are otherwise useless—by a method first adopted by Count ..."

3. A Handbook of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1872)
"Since 1818 artificial soffioni have been constructed, and the benefit derived by the country from the introduction of the industry is immense. ..."

4. Manual of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1904)
"Since 1818 artificial soffioni have been constructed, and the benefit derived by the country from the introduction of the industry is immense. ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In addition to a small impregnation of boracic acid the soffioni contain ammoniacal vapour, to fix and obtain which the gases at some works are led through ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Artificial soffioni are sometimes prepared by boring through the rock until the fissures arc reached, and the water so obtained is occasionally sufficiently ..."

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