airt
a direction.
to point out the way; direct; guide.
Origin of airt
1- Also airth [airth; Scots eyrth]. /ɛərθ; Scots eɪrθ/.
Words Nearby airt
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How to use airt in a sentence
So with a taste of sour ale in their mouths man and wife rode forth from Hawick the airt of Peel Fell.
Border Ghost Stories | Howard PeaseThe menacing shadow of the finger of scorn pointing at her from every airt of heaven had disappeared.
Septimus | William J. LockeHe has complete control of the business, and can airt you the road of a good thing.
The House with the Green Shutters | George Douglas BrownIt used to come our airt, but we seem to have lost the knack o't!
The House with the Green Shutters | George Douglas BrownThe new airt of the wind, too, would send the Daisy speedily back to port.
The Pillar of Light | Louis Tracy
British Dictionary definitions for airt
airth (ɛəθ, Scottish erθ)
/ (ɛət, Scottish ert) /
Scot a direction or point of the compass, esp the direction of the wind; quarter; region
Origin of airt
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