airt

[ airt; Scots eyrt ]

/ ɛərt; Scots eɪrt /

Chiefly Scot.

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noun

a direction.

verb (used with object)

to point out the way; direct; guide.

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Also airth

[airth; Scots eyrth]. /ɛərθ; Scots eɪrθ/.

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

Words nearby airt

airstrip, air-superiority, air switch, air syringe, air system, airt, air taxi, air terminal, airtight, airtime, air-to-air

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

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

Word Origin for airt

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

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