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airt

  [airt; Scot. eyrt] Chiefly Scot.
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–noun
1. a direction.
–verb (used with object)
2. to point out the way; direct; guide.
Also, airth [airth; Scot. eyrth] .

Origin:
1400–50; late ME (Scots) a(i)rt < ScotGael àird point, quarter of the compass; c. Gk árdis arrowhead. The borrowing of Scots airt from ScotGael àird is exact since ScotGael d is totally voiceless and àird sounds like E arch
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airt   (ârt)   
n.   Scots
A cardinal point on the compass.

[Middle English art, from Scottish Gaelic aird, from Old Irish aird, point of the compass.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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