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in the air
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In the air
(gcide) | Air \Air\ ([^a]r), n. [OE. air, eir, F. air, L. a["e]r, fr. Gr.
'ah`r, air, mist, for 'a[digamma]hr, fr. root 'a[digamma] to
blow, breathe, probably akin to E. wind. In sense 10 the
French has taking a meaning fr. It. aria atmosphere, air, fr.
the same Latin word; and in senses 11, 12, 13 the French
meaning is either fr. L. aria, or due to confusion with F.
aire, in an older sense of origin, descent. Cf. A["e]ry,
Debonair, Malaria, Wind.]
1. The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth;
the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid,
transparent, compressible, elastic, and ponderable.
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Note: By the ancient philosophers, air was regarded as an
element; but modern science has shown that it is
essentially a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen, with a
small amount of carbon dioxide, the average proportions
being, by volume: oxygen, 20.96 per cent.; nitrogen,
79.00 per cent.; carbon dioxide, 0.04 per cent. These
proportions are subject to a very slight variability.
Air also always contains some vapor of water.
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2. Symbolically: Something unsubstantial, light, or volatile.
"Charm ache with air." --Shak.
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He was still all air and fire. [Air and fire being
the finer and quicker elements as opposed to earth and
water.] --Macaulay
.
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3. 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.
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4. Any a["e]riform body; a gas; as, oxygen was formerly
called vital air. [Obs.]
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5. Air in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind.
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Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play.
--Pope.
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6. Odoriferous or contaminated air.
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7. That which surrounds and influences.
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The keen, the wholesome air of poverty.
--Wordsworth.
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8. Utterance abroad; publicity; vent.
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You gave it air before me. --Dryden.
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9. Intelligence; information. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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10. (Mus.)
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
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11. The peculiar look, appearance, and bearing of a person;
mien; demeanor; as, the air of a youth; a heavy air; a
lofty air. "His very air." --Shak.
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12. Peculiar appearance; apparent character; semblance;
manner; style.
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It was communicated with the air of a secret.
--Pope.
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12. pl. An artificial or affected manner; show of pride or
vanity; haughtiness; as, it is said of a person, he puts
on airs. --Thackeray.
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14. (Paint.)
(a) The representation or reproduction of the effect of
the atmospheric medium through which every object in
nature is viewed. --New Am. Cyc.
(b) Carriage; attitude; action; movement; as, the head of
that portrait has a good air. --Fairholt.
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15. (Man.) The artificial motion or carriage of a horse.
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Note: Air is much used adjectively or as the first part of a
compound term. In most cases it might be written
indifferently, as a separate limiting word, or as the
first element of the compound term, with or without the
hyphen; as, air bladder, air-bladder, or airbladder;
air cell, air-cell, or aircell; air-pump, or airpump.
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Air balloon. See Balloon.
Air bath.
(a) An apparatus for the application of air to the body.
(b) An arrangement for drying substances in air of any
desired temperature.
Air castle. See Castle in the air, under Castle.
Air compressor, a machine for compressing air to be used as
a motive power.
Air crossing, a passage for air in a mine.
Air cushion, an air-tight cushion which can be inflated;
also, a device for arresting motion without shock by
confined air.
Air fountain, a contrivance for producing a jet of water by
the force of compressed air.
Air furnace, a furnace which depends on a natural draft and
not on blast.
Air line, a straight line; a bee line. Hence
Air-line, adj.; as, air-line road.
Air lock (Hydr. Engin.), an intermediate chamber between
the outer air and the compressed-air chamber of a
pneumatic caisson. --Knight.
Air port (Nav.), a scuttle or porthole in a ship to admit
air.
Air spring, a spring in which the elasticity of air is
utilized.
Air thermometer, a form of thermometer in which the
contraction and expansion of air is made to measure
changes of temperature.
Air threads, gossamer.
Air trap, a contrivance for shutting off foul air or gas
from drains, sewers, etc.; a stench trap.
Air trunk, a pipe or shaft for conducting foul or heated
air from a room.
Air valve, a valve to regulate the admission or egress of
air; esp. a valve which opens inwardly in a steam boiler
and allows air to enter.
Air way, a passage for a current of air; as the air way of
an air pump; an air way in a mine.
In the air.
(a) Prevalent without traceable origin or authority, as
rumors.
(b) Not in a fixed or stable position; unsettled.
(c) (Mil.) Unsupported and liable to be turned or taken
in flank; as, the army had its wing in the air.
on the air, currently transmitting; live; -- used of radio
and television broadcasts, to indicate that the images and
sounds being picked up by cameras and microphones are
being broadcast at the present moment.
Note: In call-in programs where individuals outside a radio
or television studio have telephoned into the station,
when their voice is being directly broadcast, the host
of the program commonly states "You're on the air." as
a warning that the conversation is not private.
To take air, to be divulged; to be made public.
To take the air, to go abroad; to walk or ride out.
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in the air
(wn) | in the air
adv 1: on everybody's mind; "Christmas was in the air" [syn: {in
the air}, in everyone's thoughts] |
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castle in the air
(encz) | castle in the air,vzdušný zámek [přen.] Jiří Šmoldas |
in the air
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up in the air
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Castle in the air
(gcide) | Castle \Cas"tle\, n. [AS. castel, fr. L. castellum, dim. of
castrum a fortified place, castle.]
1. A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or
nobleman; a fortress.
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The house of every one is to him castle and
fortress, as well for his defense againts injury and
violence, as for his repose. --Coke.
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Our castle's strength
Will laugh a siege to scorn. --Shak.
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Note: Originally the medi[ae]val castle was a single strong
tower or keep, with a palisaded inclosure around it and
inferior buidings, such as stables and the like, and
surrounded by a moat; then such a keep or donjon, with
courtyards or baileys and accessory buildings of
greater elaboration a great hall and a chapel, all
surrounded by defensive walls and a moat, with a
drawbridge, etc. Afterwards the name was retained by
large dwellings that had formerly been fortresses, or
by those which replaced ancient fortresses. A Donjon or
Keep, an irregular building containing the dwelling of
the lord and his family; B C Large round towers ferming
part of the donjon and of the exterior; D Square tower,
separating the two inner courts and forming part of the
donjon; E Chapel, whose apse forms a half-round tower,
F, on the exterior walls; G H Round towers on the
exterior walls; K Postern gate, reached from outside by
a removable fight of steps or inclined plane for
hoisting in stores, and leading to a court, L (see
small digagram) whose pavement is on a level with the
sill of the postern, but below the level of the larger
court, with which it communicates by a separately
fortified gateway; M Turret, containing spiral stairway
to all the stories of the great tower, B, and serving
also as a station for signal fire, banner, etc.; N
Turret with stairway for tower, C; O Echauguettes; P P
P Battlemants consisting of merlons and crenels
alternately, the merlons being pierced by loopholes; Q
Q Machicolations (those at Q defend the postern K); R
Outwork defending the approach, which is a road
ascending the hill and passing under all four faces of
the castle; S S Wall of the outer bailey. The road of
approach enters the bailey at T and passes thence into
the castle by the main entrance gateway (which is in
the wall between, and defended by the towers, C H) and
over two drawbridges and through fortified passages to
the inner court.
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2. Any strong, imposing, and stately mansion.
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3. A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.
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4. A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of
chess; a rook.
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Castle in the air, a visionary project; a baseless scheme;
an air castle; -- sometimes called a castle in Spain (F.
Ch[^a]teau en Espagne).
Syn: Fortress; fortification; citadel; stronghold. See
Fortress.
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Hole in the air
(gcide) | Hole in the air \Hole in the air\ (A["e]ronautics)
same as Air hole, above; an air pocket.
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castle in the air
(wn) | castle in the air
n 1: absentminded dreaming while awake [syn: reverie,
revery, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, {air
castle}, castle in the air, castle in Spain] |
in the air
(wn) | in the air
adv 1: on everybody's mind; "Christmas was in the air" [syn: {in
the air}, in everyone's thoughts] |
up in the air
(wn) | up in the air
adj 1: very uncertain; "left everything up in the air"
2: not yet determined; "plans are still up in the air" |
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