air-ship
Americanverb (used with object)
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Etymology
Origin of air-ship
First recorded in 1950–1955
Example Sentences
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Of course the air-ship of the future will be constructed without any balloon attachment.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 by Various
In the same year a French military officer, named Meusnier, produced a completely detailed design for an air-ship.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
But the problem was conquered at last, and they attached a motor and propeller to the glider, and had an air-ship under perfect control and with the speed of an express-train.
From The Story of Great Inventions by Burns, Elmer Ellsworth
The idea of building an air-ship had come to him while he lay dying with scurvy, as they thought, in a Confederate prison, and he had never abandoned it.
From Out of Mulberry Street Stories of Tenement life in New York City by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)
The camerist does not have to get in an air-ship and fly to Africa in order to produce photographs that will sell.
From Making Your Camera Pay by Davis, Frederick C.
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