Webster's Dictionary 1913

2377

Airer

Air″er (�), n. 1. One who exposes to the air.2. A frame on which clothes are aired or dried.

2378

Airily

Air″i‐ly (âr″ĭ‐ly̆), adv. In an airy manner; lightly; gaily; jauntily; flippantly.

2379

Airiness

Air″i‐ness, n. 1. The state or quality of being airy; openness or exposure to the air; as, the airiness of a country seat.2. Lightness of spirits; gayety; levity; as, the airine...

2380

Airing

Air″ing (âr″ĭng), n. 1. A walk or a ride in the open air; a short excursion for health's sake.2. An exposure to air, or to a fire, for warming, drying, etc.; as, the airing of l...

2381

Airless

Air″less (�), a. Not open to a free current of air; wanting fresh air, or communication with the open air.

2382

Airlike

Air″like′ (�), a. Resembling air.

2383

Airling

Air″ling (�), n. A thoughtless, gay person. “Slight airlings.” B. Jonson.

2384

Airman

Air″man (?), n. A man who ascends or flies in an aircraft; a flying machine pilot.

2385

Airmanship

Air″man‐ship (?), n. Art, skill, or ability in the practice of aërial navigation.

2386

Airol

Air″ol (?), n.(Pharm.) A grayish green antiseptic powder, consisting of a basic iodide and gallate of bismuth, sometimes used in place of iodoform.

2387

Airometer

Air‐om″e‐ter (�), n. [Air + -meter.] A hollow cylinder to contain air. It is closed above and open below, and has its open end plunged into water.

2388

Airsick

Air′sick′ (?), a. Affected with aërial sickness. — Air″sick′ness, n.

2389

Airward

{ Air″ward (�), Air″wards (�), } adv. Toward the air; upward. Keats.

2390

Airwoman

Air″wom′an (?), n. A woman who ascends or flies in an aircraft.

2391

Airy

Air″y (�), a. 1. Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.2. Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aërial; as, an airy flight. “The airy region.” ...

2392

Aisle

Aisle (�), n. [OF. ele, F. aile, wing, wing of a building, L. ala, contr. fr. axilla.] (Arch.) (a) A lateral division of a building, separated from the middle part, called the n...

2393

Aisled

Aisled (�), a. Furnished with an aisle or aisles.

2394

Aisless

Ais″less (�), a. Without an aisle.

2395

Ait

Ait (�), n. [AS. �, �, perh. dim. of īeg, īg, island. See Eyot.] An islet, or little isle, in a river or lake; an eyot.The ait where the osiers grew.R. Hodges (1649).Among green...

2396

Ait (2)

Ait (�), n. Oat. Burns.

2397

Aitch

Aitch (�), n. The letter h or H.

2398

Aitchbone

Aitch″bone′ (�), n. [For nachebone. For loss of n, cf. Adder. See Natch.] The bone of the rump; also, the cut of beef surrounding this bone. [Spelt also edgebone.]

2399

Aitiology

Ai′ti‐ol″o‐gy (�), n. See Ætiology.

2400

Ajar

A‐jar″ (�), adv. [OE. on char ajar, on the turn; AS. cerr, cyrr, turn, akin to G. kehren to turn, and to D. akerre. See Char.] Slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standi...

2401

Ajar (2)

A‐jar″ (�), adv. [Pref. a- + jar.] In a state of discord; out of harmony; as, he is ajar with the world.

2402

Ajava

‖Aj″a‐va (?), n.(Bot.) See Ajouan.

2403

Ajog

A‐jog″ (�), adv. [Pref. a- + jog.] On the jog.