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Aery (gcide) | Aery \Ae"ry\, n.
An aerie.
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Aery (gcide) | Aery \A"["e]r*y\, a. [See Air.]
A["e]rial; ethereal; incorporeal; visionary. [Poetic] --M.
Arnold.
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aery (wn) | aery
adj 1: characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as
impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and
aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas
Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition";
"physical rather than ethereal forms" [syn: aeriform,
aerial, airy, aery, ethereal]
n 1: the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
[syn: aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry]
2: any habitation at a high altitude [syn: aerie, aery,
eyrie, eyry] |
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faery (mass) | faery
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faery (encz) | faery,pohádková země Zdeněk Brožfaery,říše víl Zdeněk Brož |
pentaerythritol (encz) | pentaerythritol, n: |
Aery (gcide) | Aery \Ae"ry\, n.
An aerie.
[1913 Webster]Aery \A"["e]r*y\, a. [See Air.]
A["e]rial; ethereal; incorporeal; visionary. [Poetic] --M.
Arnold.
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faery (gcide) | Fairy \Fair"y\, n.; pl. Fairies. [OE. fairie, faierie,
enchantment, fairy folk, fairy, OF. faerie enchantment, F.
f['e]er, fr. LL. Fata one of the goddesses of fate. See
Fate, and cf. Fay a fairy.] [Written also fa["e]ry.]
1. Enchantment; illusion. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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The God of her has made an end,
And fro this worlde's fairy
Hath taken her into company. --Gower.
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2. The country of the fays; land of illusions. [Obs.]
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He [Arthur] is a king y-crowned in Fairy. --Lydgate.
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3. An imaginary supernatural being or spirit, supposed to
assume a human form (usually diminutive), either male or
female, and to meddle for good or evil in the affairs of
mankind; a fay. See Elf, and Demon.
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The fourth kind of spirit [is] called the Fairy.
--K. James.
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And now about the caldron sing,
Like elves and fairies in a ring. --Shak.
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5. An enchantress. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Fairy of the mine, an imaginary being supposed to inhabit
mines, etc. German folklore tells of two species; one
fierce and malevolent, the other gentle, See Kobold.
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No goblin or swart fairy of the mine
Hath hurtful power over true virginity. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]Faery \Fa"["e]r*y\, n. & a.
Fairy. [Archaic] --Spenser.
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Faery (gcide) | Fairy \Fair"y\, n.; pl. Fairies. [OE. fairie, faierie,
enchantment, fairy folk, fairy, OF. faerie enchantment, F.
f['e]er, fr. LL. Fata one of the goddesses of fate. See
Fate, and cf. Fay a fairy.] [Written also fa["e]ry.]
1. Enchantment; illusion. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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The God of her has made an end,
And fro this worlde's fairy
Hath taken her into company. --Gower.
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2. The country of the fays; land of illusions. [Obs.]
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He [Arthur] is a king y-crowned in Fairy. --Lydgate.
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3. An imaginary supernatural being or spirit, supposed to
assume a human form (usually diminutive), either male or
female, and to meddle for good or evil in the affairs of
mankind; a fay. See Elf, and Demon.
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The fourth kind of spirit [is] called the Fairy.
--K. James.
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And now about the caldron sing,
Like elves and fairies in a ring. --Shak.
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5. An enchantress. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Fairy of the mine, an imaginary being supposed to inhabit
mines, etc. German folklore tells of two species; one
fierce and malevolent, the other gentle, See Kobold.
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No goblin or swart fairy of the mine
Hath hurtful power over true virginity. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]Faery \Fa"["e]r*y\, n. & a.
Fairy. [Archaic] --Spenser.
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faery (wn) | faery
n 1: a small being, human in form, playful and having magical
powers [syn: fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite]
2: the enchanted realm of fairies [syn: fairyland, faerie,
faery] |
pentaerythritol (wn) | pentaerythritol
n 1: a coronary vasodilator (trade name Peritrate) used to treat
angina pectoris [syn: pentaerythritol, Peritrate] |
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