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Air
(n.)
Peculiar appearance; apparent character; semblance; manner;
style.
Air
(n.)
The peculiar look, appearance, and bearing of a person; mien;
demeanor; as, the air of a youth; a heavy air; a lofty air.
Air
(n.)
In harmonized chorals, psalmody, part songs, etc., the part
which bears the tune or melody -- in modern harmony usually the upper
part -- is sometimes called the air.
Air
(n.)
A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in
consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced
whole, which may be sung by a single voice to the stanzas of a hymn or
song, or even to plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody; a
tune; an aria.
Air
(n.)
Intelligence; information.
Air
(n.)
Utterance abroad; publicity; vent.
Air
(n.)
That which surrounds and influences.
Air
(n.)
Odoriferous or contaminated air.
Air
(n.)
Air in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind.
Air
(n.)
Any aeriform body; a gas; as, oxygen was formerly called vital
air.
Air
(n.)
A particular state of the atmosphere, as respects heat, cold,
moisture, etc., or as affecting the sensations; as, a smoky air, a damp
air, the morning air, etc.
A sack or matters inflated with air, and used as a bed.
An air sac, sometimes double or variously lobed, in the
visceral cavity of many fishes. It originates in the same way as the
lungs of air-breathing vertebrates, and in the adult may retain a
tubular connection with the pharynx or esophagus.
A sac or bladder full of air in an animal or plant; also
an air hole in a casting.
A railway brake operated by condensed air.
A receptacle of air in various parts of the system; as, a
cell or minute cavity in the walls of the air tubes of the lungs; the
air sac of birds; a dilatation of the air vessels in insects.
A cavity in the cellular tissue of plants, containing air
only.
A chamber or cavity filled with air, in an animal or
plant.
A cavity containing air to act as a spring for
equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine.
A faucet to allow escape of air.