airt

[ airt; Scots eyrt ]

noun
  1. a direction.

verb (used with object)
  1. to point out the way; direct; guide.

Origin of airt

1
1400–50; late Middle English (Scots ) a(i)rt <Scots Gaelic àird point, quarter of the compass; cognate with Greek árdis arrowhead. The borrowing of Scots airt from Scots Gaelic àird is exact since Scots Gaelic d is totally voiceless and àird sounds like English arch
  • Also airth [airth; Scots eyrth]. /ɛərθ; Scots eɪrθ/.

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How to use airt in a sentence

  • So with a taste of sour ale in their mouths man and wife rode forth from Hawick the airt of Peel Fell.

    Border Ghost Stories | Howard Pease
  • The menacing shadow of the finger of scorn pointing at her from every airt of heaven had disappeared.

    Septimus | William J. Locke
  • He has complete control of the business, and can airt you the road of a good thing.

    The House with the Green Shutters | George Douglas Brown
  • It used to come our airt, but we seem to have lost the knack o't!

    The House with the Green Shutters | George Douglas Brown
  • The new airt of the wind, too, would send the Daisy speedily back to port.

    The Pillar of Light | Louis Tracy

British Dictionary definitions for airt

airt

airth (ɛəθ, Scottish erθ)

/ (ɛət, Scottish ert) /


noun
  1. Scot a direction or point of the compass, esp the direction of the wind; quarter; region

Origin of airt

1
C14: from Scots Gaelic aird point of the compass, height

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