Airing, n.
- 1. Ride, drive, walk, promenade, stroll, excursion, out-door exercise.
- 2. Exposure to air, admission of air, ventilation.
- 3. Display, ostentatious exhibition, free exposure, diffusion.
Air-pipe, n. Vent, spiracle, blow-hole, air-tube.
Airs, n. pl. Pretension, mannerism, affectedness, affected manner, assumed manner. See affectation.
Air-tight, a. Hermetic, hermetical, impenetrable to air, impervious to air.
Air-tube, n. See air-pipe.
Airy, a.
- 1. Unsubstantial, aerial, ethereal, aeriform, thin, rare.
- 2. Light, subtile, sublimated.
- 3. Sprightly, buoyant, vivacious, volatile, jocund, jolly, jovial, lively, gay, wanton, merry, blithe, light, light-
hearted, light of heart, in spirits, in good spirits, of good cheer.
- 4. Light, buoyant, graceful, flexible, pliant, lithe.
- 5. Showy, gaudy, flaunting, jaunty, garish, fine.
- 6. Windy, empty.
Aisle, n. Passage, walk.
Aitchbone, n. Edgebone, natchbone, rump-bone.
Ajar. ad. Partly open (as a door), on the turn.
Ajutage, n. Spout (of a fountain), nozzle, ventage, vent.
Akin, a.
- 1. Kin, related, allied, kindred, cognate, of one blood, of the same stock, consanguineous, consanguineal.
- 2. Similar, congenial, analogous, parallel, like, corresponding, of a piece, cognate, connected, related.