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Ahead
adv.
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Headlong; without restraint.
Aigrette
n.
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A tuft like that of the egret.
Ail
v. t.
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To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental; to trouble; to be the matter with; -- used to express some uneasiness or affection, whose cause is unknown; as, what ails the man? I know not what ails him.
Aired
imp. & p. p.
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of Air
Airing
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Air
Air level
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Spirit level. See Level.
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
a.
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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.
Airy
a.
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Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial.
Airy
a.
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Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.
Airy
a.
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Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.
Aisle
n.
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A lateral division of a building, separated from the middle part, called the nave, by a row of columns or piers, which support the roof or an upper wall containing windows, called the clearstory wall.
Aisle
n.
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Improperly used also for the have; -- as in the phrases, a church with three aisles, the middle aisle.
Aisle
n.
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Also (perhaps from confusion with alley), a passage into which the pews of a church open.