airt
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
noun
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
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“We have done with that I make no insinuations about the woman, if it be proper not to do so. I speak of what airt your own judgment is to be.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Gawaine said: “For the last time, Agravaine, will ye hold yer gab? I winna have airt nor pairt in it.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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 "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Altho’ a lad were e’er sae smart, If that he want the yellow dirt, Ye’ll cast your head anither airt, And answer him fu’ dry.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
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.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde
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