亚洲网紅露点

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airt

[ airt; Scots eyrt ]

noun

  1. a direction.


verb (used with object)

  1. to point out the way; direct; guide.

airt

/ er胃; ert; 蓻蓹t; 蓻蓹胃 /

noun

  1. a direction or point of the compass, esp the direction of the wind; quarter; region
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of airt1

1400鈥50; late Middle English ( Scots ) a ( i )rt < Scots Gaelic 脿颈谤诲 point, quarter of the compass; cognate with Greek 谩谤诲颈蝉 arrowhead. The borrowing of Scots airt from Scots Gaelic 脿颈谤诲 is exact since Scots Gaelic d is totally voiceless and 脿颈谤诲 sounds like English arch
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of airt1

C14: from Scots Gaelic aird point of the compass, height
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鈥淲e have done with that I make no insinuations about the woman, if it be proper not to do so. I speak of what airt your own judgment is to be.鈥

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Empty the temple, empty the lover, Empty each airt, empty all!

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O a' the airts the wind can blaw I dearly like the west, For there Silurian beds abound, The beds that I lo'e best; There's limestone blue, and sandstone too, Wi' slate and shale between.

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And he waved his hands to the four airts of heaven, and called us to hearken to the hills shaking themselves to pieces.

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We know not in what airt to look for him, for who knows but it may now be afternoon?

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