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Airiness
n.
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The state or quality of being airy; openness or exposure to the air; as, the airiness of a country seat.
Airiness
n.
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Lightness of spirits; gayety; levity; as, the airiness of young persons.
Airing
n.
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A walk or a ride in the open air; a short excursion for health's sake.
Airing
n.
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An exposure to air, or to a fire, for warming, drying, etc.; as, the airing of linen, or of a room.
Air jacket
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A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming.
Airless
a.
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Not open to a free current of air; wanting fresh air, or communication with the open air.
Air level
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Spirit level. See Level.
Airlike
a.
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Resembling air.
Airling
n.
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A thoughtless, gay person.
Airometer
n.
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A hollow cylinder to contain air. It is closed above and open below, and has its open end plunged into water.
Air pipe
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A pipe for the passage of air; esp. a ventilating pipe.
Air plant
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A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone; an aerophyte.
Air poise
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An instrument to measure the weight of air.
Air pump
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A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closed space; also, a pump to condense air or force it into a closed space.
Air pump
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A pump used to exhaust from a condenser the condensed steam, the water used for condensing, and any commingled air.
Air sac
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One of the spaces in different parts of the bodies of birds, which are filled with air and connected with the air passages of the lungs; an air cell.
Air shaft
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A passage, usually vertical, for admitting fresh air into a mine or a tunnel.
Air-slacked
a.
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Slacked, or pulverized, by exposure to the air; as, air-slacked lime.
Air stove
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A stove for heating a current of air which is directed against its surface by means of pipes, and then distributed through a building.
Air-tight
a.
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So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder.
Air-tight
n.
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A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off.
Air vessel
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A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vessels of insects are called tracheae, of plants spiral vessels.
Airward
adv.
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Alt. of Airwards
Airwards
adv.
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Toward the air; upward.
Airy
a.
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Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.
Airy
a.
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Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial; as, an airy flight.
Airy
a.
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Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy; as, an airy situation.
Airy
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Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.
Airy
a.
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Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as, airy music.
Airy
a.
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Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary.