AIR, AIRY
ADJECTIVES
1398 — AERY airy; breezy; exposed to the air → poetic usage
1584 — AIRSOME placed high in the air, lofty; also, of the nature of air → obs.
1594 — AEREOUS → AERIOUS of the nature of air; airy → obs.
1608 — QUICK of air or light: sharp, piercing
1623 — AIR-DRAWN moving through the air → obs.
1647 — SUBDIAL being in the open air, or under the open sky → obs.
1659 — FAT of air, mist, etc.: charged with moisture or odours
1660 — AERICAL existing in the air; unsubstantial → obs.
1661 — ULIGINOUS of air: damp, moist → obs.
1704 — BALMY of air, wind, weather: deliciously mild, fragrant, and soothing
1725 — CALLER of air or water: cool, fresh, refreshing → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1838 — RACY of the air: pure, exhilarating
1885 — AIR-STIRRING causing air to be put in motion (Bk.)
1888 — FUGGY close, stuffy, and smelly, from want of ventilation; said of the air in a room → colloq.
1969 — BENAUT of the air, atmosphere: close, oppressive, moist and warm → Amer. dial.
1905 — MOITHERY of the air or atmosphere: oppressive, close → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1456 — VENTILATION a stir or motion of the air; a current of air; a breeze → obs.
1578 — AERATION exposure to the open air; open air life → obs.
1614 — BLORE the air → arch.
1686 — WAFF a sudden blast of air or wind → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1775 — AEROPHOBIA the dread of air
1775 — AEROPHOBY the dread of air
1785 — ELEMENT the air, sky, atmosphere, heavens; weather → Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
1820 — INDRAUGHT suction of air → Sc.
1864 — YOAM a blast of warm air; a warm aroma → Sc.
1870 — GUTTER-HOTEL the open air → tramps’ sl.
1899 — MIRR the waving of the air upon a very hot day → Sc.
1899 — OEL a current of warm air → Sc.
1905 — WAG OF AIR a breath of air; a slight wind → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1907 — OZONE air → Amer. sl.
1911 — NIM warm air; steam, vapour → Sc.
1913 — HEAT BLANKET a pocket of dead, superheated air → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1940 — AIR ROCK a disturbance of the air → World War II Amer. sl.
1954 — HANT’S BREATH a current of warm air felt out of doors in the evening → Amer. dial.
1988 — HANT’S BREATH an ill-smelling current of air → Amer. dial.
2008 — AEROPHAGIA fear of swallowing air (Bk.)
VERBS
1601 — VENT to supply with fresh air; to ventilate → obs.
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