Part 276

<h1>Air cock</h1> <Xpage=35>

<hw>Air" cock`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <def> A faucet to allow escape of air.</def>

<h1>Air-drawn</h1> <Xpage=35>

<hw>Air"-drawn"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Drawn in air; imaginary.</def>

<blockquote>This is the <b>air</b>-<b>drawn</b> dagger. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Air drill</h1> <Xpage=35>

<hw>Air" drill`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <def> A drill driven by the elastic pressure of condensed air; a pneumatic drill.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Air engine</h1> <Xpage=35>

<hw>Air" engine`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <def> An engine driven by heated or by compressed air.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Airer</h1> <Xpage=35>

<hw>Air"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who exposes to the air.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A frame on which clothes are aired or dried.</def>

<h1>Air gas</h1> <Xpage=35>

<hw>Air" gas`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <def> See under <er>Gas</er>.</def>

<h1>Air gun</h1> <Xpage=35>

<hw>Air" gun`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <def> A kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air is powerfully compressed into a reservoir attached to the gun, by a condensing pump, and is controlled by a valve actuated by the trigger.</def>

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<h1>Air hole</h1> <Xpage=35>

<hw>Air" hole`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <p><b>1.</b> <def>A hole to admit or discharge air; specifically, a spot in the ice not frozen over.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Founding)</fld> <def>A fault in a casting, produced by a bubble of air; a blowhole.</def>

<h1>Airily</h1> <Xpage=35>

<hw>Air"i*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an airy manner; lightly; gaily; jauntily; fippantly.</def>

<h1>Airiness</h1> <Xpage=35>

<hw>Air"i*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state or quality of being airy; openness or exposure to the air; <as>as, the <ex>airiness</ex> of a country seat</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Lightness of spirits; gayety; levity; <as>as, the <ex>airiness</ex> of young persons</as>.</def>

<h1>Airing</h1> <Xpage=35>