Airing, n.

    1. Ride, drive, walk, promenade, stroll, excursion, out-door exercise.
    2. Exposure to air, admission of air, ventilation.
    3. Display, ostentatious exhibition, free exposure, diffusion.

Air-pipe, n. Vent, spiracle, blow-hole, air-tube.

Airs, n. pl. Pretension, mannerism, affectedness, affected manner, assumed manner. See affectation.

Air-tight, a. Hermetic, hermetical, impenetrable to air, impervious to air.

Air-tube, n. See air-pipe.

Airy, a.

    1. Unsubstantial, aerial, ethereal, aeriform, thin, rare.
    2. Light, subtile, sublimated.
    3. Sprightly, buoyant, vivacious, volatile, jocund, jolly, jovial, lively, gay, wanton, merry, blithe, light, light- hearted, light of heart, in spirits, in good spirits, of good cheer.
    4. Light, buoyant, graceful, flexible, pliant, lithe.
    5. Showy, gaudy, flaunting, jaunty, garish, fine.
    6. Windy, empty.

Aisle, n. Passage, walk.

Aitchbone, n. Edgebone, natchbone, rump-bone.

Ajar. ad. Partly open (as a door), on the turn.

Ajutage, n. Spout (of a fountain), nozzle, ventage, vent.

Akin, a.

    1. Kin, related, allied, kindred, cognate, of one blood, of the same stock, consanguineous, consanguineal.
    2. Similar, congenial, analogous, parallel, like, corresponding, of a piece, cognate, connected, related.

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