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Airing
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Air
Air
n.
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To expose to the air for the purpose of cooling, refreshing, or purifying; to ventilate; as, to air a room.
Air
n.
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To expose for the sake of public notice; to display ostentatiously; as, to air one's opinion.
Air
n.
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To expose to heat, for the purpose of expelling dampness, or of warming; as, to air linen; to air liquors.
Air bed
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A sack or matters inflated with air, and used as a bed.
Air bladder
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An air sac, sometimes double or variously lobed, in the visceral cavity of many fishes. It originates in the same way as the lungs of air-breathing vertebrates, and in the adult may retain a tubular connection with the pharynx or esophagus.
Air bladder
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A sac or bladder full of air in an animal or plant; also an air hole in a casting.
Air brake
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A railway brake operated by condensed air.
Air-built
a.
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Erected in the air; having no solid foundation; chimerical; as, an air-built castle.
Air cell
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A cavity in the cellular tissue of plants, containing air only.
Air cell
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A receptacle of air in various parts of the system; as, a cell or minute cavity in the walls of the air tubes of the lungs; the air sac of birds; a dilatation of the air vessels in insects.
Air chamber
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A chamber or cavity filled with air, in an animal or plant.
Air chamber
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A cavity containing air to act as a spring for equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine.
Air cock
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A faucet to allow escape of air.
Air-drawn
a.
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Drawn in air; imaginary.
Air drill
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A drill driven by the elastic pressure of condensed air; a pneumatic drill.
Air engine
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An engine driven by heated or by compressed air.
Airer
n.
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One who exposes to the air.
Airer
n.
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A frame on which clothes are aired or dried.
Air gas
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See under Gas.
Air gun
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A kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air is powerfully compressed into a reservoir attached to the gun, by a condensing pump, and is controlled by a valve actuated by the trigger.
Air hole
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A hole to admit or discharge air; specifically, a spot in the ice not frozen over.
Air hole
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A fault in a casting, produced by a bubble of air; a blowhole.
Airily
adv.
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In an airy manner; lightly; gaily; jauntily; flippantly.
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.
Air level
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Spirit level. See Level.