Definition of air

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Air (n.) Symbolically: Something unsubstantial, light, or volatile..

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Blowpipe :: Blowpipe (n.) A tube for directing a jet of air into a fire or into the flame of a lamp or candle, so as to concentrate the heat on some object..
Indirectly :: Indirectly (adv.) In an direct manner; not in a straight line or course; not in express terms; obliquely; not by direct means; hence, unfairly; wrongly..
Elatrometer :: Elatrometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the degree of rarefaction of air contained in the receiver of an air pump.
Thin :: Thin (superl.) Rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air..
Kirumbo :: Kirumbo (n.) A bird of Madagascar (Leptosomus discolor), the only living type of a family allied to the rollers. It has a pair of loral plumes. The male is glossy green above, with metallic reflections; the female is spotted with brown and black..
Piliferous :: Piliferous (a.) Beset with hairs.
Periwig :: Periwig (n.) A headdress of false hair, usually covering the whole head, and representing the natural hair; a wig..
Wrongful :: Wrongful (a.) Full of wrong; injurious; unjust; unfair; as, a wrongful taking of property; wrongful dealing..
Fox :: Fox (n.) To repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of..
Air-slacked :: Air-slacked (a.) Slacked, or pulverized, by exposure to the air; as, air-slacked lime..
Querl :: Querl (n.) A coil; a twirl; as, the qwerl of hair on the fore leg of a blooded horse..
Judas-colored :: Judas-colored (a.) Red; -- from a tradition that Judas Iscariot had red hair and beard.
Decay :: Decay (v. t.) To cause to decay; to impair.
Windy :: Windy (superl.) Fig.: Empty; airy.
Jaw :: "Jaw (n.) One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a stone-crushing machine..
Blue :: Blue (superl.) Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths..
Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air.
Deliquiate :: Deliquiate (v. i.) To melt and become liquid by absorbing water from the air; to deliquesce.
Leptiform :: Leptiform (a.) Having a form somewhat like leptus; -- said of active insect larvae having three pairs of legs. See Larva.
Bushelman :: Bushelman (n.) A tailor's assistant for repairing garments; -- called also busheler.
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