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_Are morrow_, early in the morning.
_Douglas._
Moes. G. _air_, A. S. _aer_, Alem. _er_, Belg. _eer_, ante, prius; also tempus matutinum.
AIR, _adj._ Early, S.
_Journ. Lond._
AIR, _s._ Expl. "hair, used for a thing of no value."
_Bannatyne Poems._
Isl. _aur_, the smallest thing imaginable.
AIR, AIRE, AYR, AYRE, AR, _s._ An oar; still used, S. B.
_Wallace._
A. S. Alem. _are_, Isl. _aar_, Dan. _aere_, Su. G. _ara_.
AIR, AIRE, AYR, _s._ An heir.
_Barbour._
Moes. G. _arbi_, Su. G. _arf_, Lat. _haeres_, id.
AYRSCHIP, _s._ Inheritance, S.
_Acts Ja. III._
AIR, AYRE, AYR, _s._ An itinerant court of justice; E. _Eyre_.
_Wallace._
Lat. _iter_, O. Fr. _eire_.
AIRN, _s._ Iron, S. _Airns_, pl. Fetters.
Isl. _iarn_, Su. G. _iern_.
V. ~Irne~.
AIRT, ART, ARTH, AIRTH, _s._
1. Quarter of the heaven, point of the compa.s.s, S.
_Douglas._
2. A particular quarter of the earth.
_Wallace._
_On every art_, on every hand, on all sides.
_Douglas._
Gael. _aird_, a cardinal point; Germ. _ort_, _wart_, Belg. _oorde_, a place or quarter; Isl. _vart_, Moes. G. _wairths_, versus, towards.
_To_ AIRT, ART, ERT, _v. a._
1. To direct, to mark out a certain course, used with respect to the wind, as blowing from a particular quarter, S.
_Law Case._
2. To give direction or instruction, in order to find out a certain person or place, or any other object, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
3. _To airt on_, to urge forward, Galloway.
_Davidson._
AIRT and PART.
V. ~Art~.
AISLAIR, _adj._ Polished, S.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
AISMENT, AYSYAMENT, _s._ Used in the same sense with E. _eas.e.m.e.nt_, as denoting a.s.sistance, accommodation. Fr. _ais.e.m.e.nt_, commodum.
_Stat. Rob. I._
