airt

American  

[airt, ayrt] / 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

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Example Sentences

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airt

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

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

“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

Empty the temple, empty the lover, Empty each airt, empty all!

From Vidy?pati: Bang?ya pad?bali; songs of the love of R?dh? and Krishna by Vidy?pati Th?kura

Then he looked into the west "airt," and he thought he saw thereabouts a ring of fiery hue, and within the ring a man on a gray horse.

From The story of Burnt Njal From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga by George Webbe Dasent

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