Definition of "halitus" []

• In physiology, the breath; also, the vapor exhaled in the cavities of a living and warm body, so long as the blood is warm. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Some discommend moated houses, as unwholesome; so Camden saith of [3155] Ew-elme, that it was therefore unfrequented, ob stagni vicini halitus, and all such places as be near lakes or rivers."
• "It dawned upon me to what end the puma and the other animals — which had now been brought with other luggage into the enclosure behind the house — were destined; and a curious faint odour, the halitus of something familiar, an odour that had been in the background of my consciousness hitherto, suddenly came forward into the forefront of my thoughts."
• "The place, by the by, was very stuffy and oppressive, and the faint halitus of freshly shed blood was in the air."