AIR-PIPE
A'IR-PIPE, noun A pipe used to draw foul air from a ship's hold, by means of a communication with the furnace, and the rarefaction of the air by fire. This pipe is intended to s...
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AIR-POISE
A'IR-POISE, noun [Air and poise.]An instrument to measure the weight of the air.
AIR-PUMP
A'IR-PUMP, noun A machine for exhausting the air of a vessel. The machines for this purpose are of different constructions.
AIR-SACS
A'IR-SACS, noun Air bags in birds, which are certain receptacles of air, or vesicles lodged in the fleshy parts, in the hollow bones and in the abdomen, which all communicate wi...
AIR-SHAFT
A'IR-SHAFT, noun A passage for air into a mine, usually opened in a perpendicular direction, and meeting the adits or horizontal passages, to cause a free circulation of fresh a...
AIR-STIRRING
A'IR-STIRRING, adjective Putting the air in motion.
AIR-THREAD
A'IR-THREAD, noun A name given to the spider's webs, which are often seen floating in the air. These filaments are attached to the tops or ends of branches or shrubs or trees, a...
AIR-THREATENING
A'IR-THREATENING, adjective Threatening the air; lofty.
AIR-VESSEL
A'IR-VESSEL, noun A spiral duct in plants contained air, and supposed to be analogous to the lungs in animals.
AIRA
A'IRA, noun Hair grass, a genus of plants.
AIRED
A'IRED, participle passive Exposed to air; cleansed by air; heated or dried by exposure to a fire; ventilated.
AIRER
A'IRER, noun One who exposes to the air.
AIRINESS
A'IRINESS, noun1. Exposure to a free current of air; openness to the air; as, the airiness of a country seat.2. Gaiety; levity; as, the airiness of young persons.
AIRING
A'IRING, participle present tense Exposing to the air; warming; drying.A'IRING, noun An exposure to the air, or to a fire, for warming or drying; also, a walk or ride in the ope...
AIRLESS
A'IRLESS, adjective Not open to a free current of air; wanting fresh air, or communication with open air.
AIRLING
A'IRLING, noun A thoughtless, gay person.
AIRY
A'IRY, adjective1. Consisting of air; as, an airy substance.2. Relating or belonging to air; high in air; as, an airy flight; airy region.3. Open to a free current of air; as, a...
AIRY-FLYING
A'IRY-FLYING, adjective Flying like air.
AISLE
AISLE, or AILE, noun Pronounced Ile. [Latin ala.]The wing of a quire; a walk in a church.
AIZOON
AIZO'ON, noun [Latin aizoon] it seems to be composed of Gr. always, and Eng. aye, and living.]A genus of plants, called by Miller sempervive. The name has, by some writers, been...
AJAVA
AJA'VA, noun The seed of a plant brought from Malabar, said to be an excellent carminative, and very useful in the colic.
AJUGA
AJU'GA, noun Bugle, a genus of plants.
AJURU-CATINGA
AJU'RU-CATINGA, noun A species of American parrot, of a green color, with eyes of a fiery red, encircled with white.
AJURU-CURAU
AJU'RU-CURAU, noun An American parrot, of a lively green color, with a blue crown; the throat, and sides of the head, of a fine yellow.
AJURU-PARA
AJU'RU-PARA, noun A small parrot of America, of a beautiful green, with the beak, legs and circlets of the eyes white.
AJUTAGE
AJ'UTAGE, or AD'JUTAGE, nounA tube fitted to the mouth of a vessel, through which the water of a fountain is to be played.
AKE
AKE, verb intransitive Less properly written ache. [See Ache.]1. To be in pain; usually, in pain of some continuance.2. To feel distress of mind; to be grieved; as, the heart ak...