airt

American  

[airt, eyrt] / ɛərt, eɪrt /

Scots airth

noun

1. a direction.

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verb (used with object)

1. to point out the way; direct; guide.

airt British  

/ erθ, ert, ɛət, ɛəθ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of airt

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

Example Sentences

They kept a wise eye on the cloud formations, summing up the wind, and the strength of it, and what airt it was coming from.

From Literature

Heavy the darkness in every airt,— Her feet may slip, she cannot find the path: Her glance beguiles each living thing Lakshmī comes in human form!

From Project Gutenberg

O a' the airts the wind can blaw I dearly like the west, For there Silurian beds abound, The beds that I lo'e best; There's limestone blue, and sandstone too, Wi' slate and shale between.

From Project Gutenberg

And he waved his hands to the four airts of heaven, and called us to hearken to the hills shaking themselves to pieces.

From Project Gutenberg

All the blasts that ever blew must be unavailing against the briery rock that shelters the hut from the airt of storms; and the smoke may rise under its lee, unwavering on the windiest day.

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