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airtn.

Brit. /ɛːt/, U.S. /ɛ(ə)rt/, Scottish English /ert/, Irish English /ɑːrt/
Forms: Middle English arcte (in a late copy), Middle English arte, Middle English (1800s– English regional (northern)) art, 1500s ett, 1600s eate (Welsh English), 1700s aith (English regional (Yorkshire)), 1700s– airt (chiefly English regional (northern)), 1800s airth (English regional (Yorkshire)); Scottish pre-1700 aerth, pre-1700 airte, pre-1700 airthe, pre-1700 arte, pre-1700 arth, pre-1700 ayrt, pre-1700 earth, pre-1700 1700s–1800s art, pre-1700 1700s– airt, pre-1700 1700s– airth; Irish English 1700s–1800s art (northern), 1800s ete (southern), 1800s– airt, 1900s– aird, 1900s– ait (Wexford), 1900s– ert (northern).
Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from Irish. Probably partly a borrowing from Scottish Gaelic. Etymons: Irish aird; Scottish Gaelic àird.
Etymology: Probably < Irish aird compass point, quarter, direction and its cognate Scottish Gaelic àird (Early Irish aird point, especially compass point), perhaps < the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek ἄρδις spearhead.
Chiefly Scottish, Irish English (northern) and English regional (northern)
A quarter of the heavens; a point of the compass; a direction. Hence more generally: a quarter, a locality. all airts and pairts: all directions.
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the world > space > direction > [noun]
sideOE
wayOE
coast1377
partc1380
airta1400
quarter1604
carriage1663
direction1665
range1678
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 2268 (MED) Babiloyne..Þere were alle þe speches part Of dyuerse londes to dyuerse art.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) i. l. 308 Our kyne ar slayne..And othir worthi mony in that art.
a1500 Wisdom of Solomon (Cambr. Kk.1.5) in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 177 The sonne..serclis the erd about al artis anis euery day.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 298 In sindrie airthis baith be south and north.
1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 134 (MED) And yf any met another at any arcte [v.r. ane arte]..he shuld his felowe tell His auentures.
1570 in C. Innes Registrum Honoris de Morton (1853) I. 59 As for novellis in this contrey few ar belevit with yow that cumis out of this airthe.
1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. xciv. 244 Oh, if I cd turn my sails to Christ's right airth!
1661 in W. Fraser Red Bk. Grandtully (1868) II. 155 We might meit with sumquhatt off trouble from that airthe.
1721 T. Boston Let. 25 Sept. in Memoirs (1776) App. 30 They can have little hope from that airth.
1790 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum III. 244 Of a' the airts the wind can blaw, I dearly like the west.
1839 T. De Quincey Sketches Life & Manners in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 580/1 Suppose..a pole, fifteen feet high..with two cross-spars..to denote the airts, (or points of the compass).
1863 J. C. Atkinson Whitby Gloss. Airt or Airth, quarter or direction. ‘The wind blows from a cold easterly airt.’
1876 W. Morris Story of Sigurd iii. 170 The airts whence the wind shall blow.
1899 S. MacManus In Chimney Corners 94 Tourists..come flockin' from all arts and parts to see him.
1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 2/2 T'wind is iv a cawd airt.
1953 Mariner's Mirror 39 121 Oddi uses the old Norse names for the airts.
1985 A. Blair Tea at Miss Cranston's iv. 34 Jim Lillie's father too, travelled to all airts and pairts with his merchandise.
1996 Orcadian 4 Jan. 13 A sounding gaggle of geese passed over Hoy as I turned the camera in that airt.
2004 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 7 Aug. 26 A wus oot earlie tae cetch a bus alang wi foarty neebors an ither fowk frae aa airts o' aist Dinnygal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

airtv.

Brit. /ɛːt/, U.S. /ɛ(ə)rt/, Scottish English /ert/, Irish English /ɑːrt/
Forms: see airt n.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: airt n.
Etymology: < airt n.
Scottish and Irish English (northern)
1. transitive. To direct, guide (a person or thing) to a place; to point or set moving in a certain direction. Also: to point out, show (something) to a person.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > guide, lead, or show one the way
to show the waya1382
reduct1580
directa1616
inform1637
manuduct1641
pilot1649
set1678
airt1782
steer1859
1782 J. Sinclair Observ. Sc. Dial. i. 26 To art one to any thing, to direct or point out anything to one.
a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 226 Her kind stars hae airted till her, A good chiel wi' a pickle siller.
1807 R. Tannahill Soldier's Return 147 Ah! gentle lady, airt my way Across this langsome, lanely moor.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 186 To keep sight of my ain duty, or to airt you to yours.
1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire 8 See, lads, it ye airt the stooks richt.
1879 A. G. Murdoch Rhymes & Lyrics 79 Hooch! but the win's are adverse airted.
1900 E. H. Strain Elmslie's Drag-net 51 They never missed a chance o' airtin' business my way.
1901 ‘G. Douglas’ House with Green Shutters 128 He has complete control of the business, and can airt you the road of a good thing.
1990 J. A. Begg in J. A. Begg & J. Reid Dipper & Three Wee Deils 71 An Peter, wha kenned hou they'd run their race, Airted each ane tae his proper place.
2001 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 3 Mar. 26 Dinnae airt us intil temptin bot sair us frae aa ills.
2. intransitive. To direct one’s way to or towards, to make for. Also of a wind: to blow (from a certain quarter).
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1792 Johnie Blunt in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum IV. 376 They airted by the line o' light Fu straught to Johnie Blunt's door.
1840 in Tait's Edinb. Mag. 7 588 And he airts away to the mirk of heaven.
1855 H. Ainslie Sc. Songs, Ballads, & Poems 21 Our anger't carle grew douce, An' airting towards Robin's house, Took sic lang strides, an' strade sae fast, A lang Scots mile was shortlings past.
1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire 8 The ween's gain t' airt fae the east.
1917 D. G. Mitchell Kirk i' Clachan 163 Did you ken it was that same Traveller airtin to gang wi' you.
1920 J. Black Airtin' Hame 21 The langest journey has a turn When facin' roon ane airts for hame.
1925 ‘H. Haliburton’ Horace in Homespun 171 The townsman airtin' to the hills Does weel to charge his pistol.
2000 D. Kerr Puckle Poems 75 The seedlin thocht airts ti the licht tifin its soul.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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