airtightn.

Brit.

/ˈɛːtʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈɛrˌtaɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: airtight adj.

Etymology: < airtight adj. With sense 1 compare earlier airtight stove n. at airtight adj. and adv. Compounds.

U.S.

1. = airtight stove n. at airtight adj. and adv. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > stove > types of stove

bath-stove1591

pech1591

stewpot1688

kitchen range1733

cockle1775

copper-hole1785

Franklin stove1787

kitchen stove1795

gas stove1818

calefactor1831

thermometer-stove1838

Vesta1843

airtight1844

ship-hearth1858

base-burner1861

wood-stove1875

box1878

tortoise1884

wood-burner1901

Quebec heater1903

pot belly1920

cosy stove1926–7

oil stove1934

paraffin stove1995

1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. ii. xxxi. 227 Speakin' of stoves, Par, I got..what they call an air-tight.

1864 Harper's Mag. Mar. 525/2 The open fire-place,..to which they were strangers at home, for their mother would never hear of any thing but air-tights and the cooking-stove.

1886 P. Stapleton Major's Christmas 119 She..ran upstairs to build a fire in the little airtight.

1901 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 12 Oct. 8/7 (advt.) ‘Famous’ Air-Tights... Will burn rough blocks of wood. Made of Russia iron.

1951 H. B. Hough Singing in Morning 209 An airtight..is a type of stove used for heating. The barrel is made of sheet iron and there is usually a good-sized feed door.

1974 L. Gay Compl. Bk. Heating with Wood (1980) 67 Today's best stoves are all airtights.

2003 Countryside & Small Stock Jrnl. (Nexis) 1 Jan. 22 Airtights that don't get enough air to burn just smolder and pollute more than an open fire.

2. An article of food preserved in an airtight container, esp. a can; (as a mass noun) such food collectively. Also (in quot. 1994): a can used to preserve food. Now historical.

ΚΠ

1897 A. H. Lewis Wolfville 330 What's air-tights?.. Air-tights is can peaches, can tomatters, an' sim'lar bluffs.

1907 S. E. White Arizona Nights (U.K. ed.) i. xvi. 219 On top of a few incidental pounds of chile con, baked beans, soda biscuits, ‘air tights’, and other delicacies.

1923 Outing Mar. 263/1 One afternoon I decided the party had been on airtight (canned meat) long enough.

1954 M. Sandoz Buffalo Hunters iv. 100 On larger expeditions he took along a wagon of supplies to sell to the troopers: tobacco, candy, dried fruit, some air-tights, as canned goods were called.

1994 R. Hendrickson Happy Trails 3 The old cowboys ate a lot out of airtights.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

airtightadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈɛːtʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈɛrˌtaɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: air n.¹, tight adj.

Etymology: < air n.¹ + tight adj. Compare earlier watertight adj. With the use as adverb compare tight adv., airtightly adv.

A. adj.

1. Impermeable to air. Also figurative: closed off, impenetrable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adjective] > stopping up or blocking > without leak or tight > specific

watertight1489

wind-tight1507

wind and water tighta1550

weatherproof1647

weather-tight1648

wind-fast1648

airtight1728

steam-tight1765

waterproofed1813

gas-tight1819

acid-proof1844

gas-proof1846

oil-tight1847

mudproof1897

pressure-tight1899

draught-proof1908

weather-stripped1908

spill-proof1920

vacuum-tight1927

splash-proof1929

vapour-proof1946

1728 Philos. Trans. 1726 (Royal Soc.) 34 82 The whole Box, thus fitted is made Air-tight.

1760 J. Ferguson Lect. vi. ii. 194 Push the open end of the glass tube through the collar of leathers..which it fits so as to be air-tight.

1771 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1 287 The top or cover is brazed on, and the whole made air-tight.

1800 J. Robison Let. 23 July in E. Robinson & D. McKie Partners in Sci. (1970) 343 A Gunbarrel..fitted with an airtight piston having a little water boiling in it thro a small hole in the piston.

1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic xiii. 345 Shut up in an air-tight breathing box.

1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 457/1 (advt.) Metallic Burial Cases and Caskets are the only articles that can be thus sealed and made perfectly air-tight and indestructible.

1914 Care & Repair of Gas & Oil Engines (‘Machinery’ Ref. Bk. No. 129) i. 18 If there are any openings into the cylinder from the outside,..it is necessary to make sure that they are air-tight.

1942 H. K. Smith Last Train from Berlin v. 121 They brought Hitler to power in the hope of maintaining their society against the air-tight caste of privilege maintained by the classes above them.

1968 Times 6 Apr. 9/6 You see the vast majority of your 20 million Negro brothers smothering in an air-tight cage of poverty.

1998 N. Lawson How to Eat (1999) 46 Leave it in the deep-freeze, in an airtight container, on standby for when you get home from work.

2. Originally U.S. That cannot be faulted, incontrovertible; guaranteed, assured.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > irreproachable

faultlessc1400

uncriticizable1775

reproachless1801

unquizzable1829

reproofless1832

unreprovable1851

unaccusable1853

airtight1901

1901 G. Ade 40 Mod. Fables 22 If it had been an air-tight certainty, the Nominations would have gone to the boys who do the Fine Work.

1929 W. Faulkner Sound & Fury 236 I never found a nigger yet that didn't have an airtight alibi for whatever he did.

1970 D. Dodge Hatchetman i. 17 Underwriters..are being tapped for U.S. dollar payoffs under an airtight optional-money clause.

1986 R. Ford Sportswriter ix. 238 He hated everything I had ever liked and had airtight arguments for why they were laughable.

2002 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 8 Jan. (Business) 6 The talent to do the jobs would not be available unless they were given generous and air-tight contracts.

B. adv.

So as to be impermeable to air; in a manner that ensures impermeability to air.

ΚΠ

1777 T. Cavallo Compl. Treat. Electr. iii. vii. xvi. 255 A glass tube A B, about ten inches long..; and closed air-tight at both ends by two brass caps.

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1208 An apparatus inserted air-tight into the cover of the vacuum-pan.

1881 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Austral. Grazier's Guide (1994) II. xxx. 253 The doors are also double, being 6 inches thick packed between and fitted airtight.

1921 Amer. Woman Jan. 25/2 (advt.) Because of the snug-fitting stopper it can be corked air tight, keeping the contents fresh.

2007 Archit. Rec. (Nexis) Apr. 140 In cold weather, the pavilion can be closed airtight.

Compounds

airtight stove n. a sealed wood-burning stove, constructed with a damper to limit the airflow and permit slower combustion.

ΚΠ

1818 T. Cochrane & A. Galloway Brit. Patent 4253 (1854) 2 Our said Invention consists of making and forming a machine or machines for the heating of boilers, and may be denominated improved air-tight stoves, furnaces, or fire-places.

1830 Newton's London Jrnl. 25 xxii. 341 Removing the inconvenience and annoyance of smoke and gases generated in any air-tight stove.

1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner ii. 30 He might have lived as his father had done, letting his meagre competence smoulder on almost without consuming, like the fuel in an air-tight stove.

1904 M. E. Waller Wood-carver 32 Uncle Shim took down the air-tight stove and the fire-board, and cleaned up the fire-place.

1976 J. Vivian Wood Heat iii. 98 All airtight stoves will produce creosote if operated at maximum efficiency in the closed-down mode.

1996 Muskokan (Bracebridge, Ont.) 5 Sept. c16/1 Home features four bedrooms, two baths, skylight, airtight stove & open concept living area.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	airtight
释义	airtightn. Brit. /ˈɛːtʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈɛrˌtaɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: airtight adj. Etymology: < airtight adj. With sense 1 compare earlier airtight stove n. at airtight adj. and adv. Compounds. U.S. 1. = airtight stove n. at airtight adj. and adv. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > stove > types of stove bath-stove1591 pech1591 stewpot1688 kitchen range1733 cockle1775 copper-hole1785 Franklin stove1787 kitchen stove1795 gas stove1818 calefactor1831 thermometer-stove1838 Vesta1843 airtight1844 ship-hearth1858 base-burner1861 wood-stove1875 box1878 tortoise1884 wood-burner1901 Quebec heater1903 pot belly1920 cosy stove1926–7 oil stove1934 paraffin stove1995 1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. ii. xxxi. 227 Speakin' of stoves, Par, I got..what they call an air-tight. 1864 Harper's Mag. Mar. 525/2 The open fire-place,..to which they were strangers at home, for their mother would never hear of any thing but air-tights and the cooking-stove. 1886 P. Stapleton Major's Christmas 119 She..ran upstairs to build a fire in the little airtight. 1901 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 12 Oct. 8/7 (advt.) ‘Famous’ Air-Tights... Will burn rough blocks of wood. Made of Russia iron. 1951 H. B. Hough Singing in Morning 209 An airtight..is a type of stove used for heating. The barrel is made of sheet iron and there is usually a good-sized feed door. 1974 L. Gay Compl. Bk. Heating with Wood (1980) 67 Today's best stoves are all airtights. 2003 Countryside & Small Stock Jrnl. (Nexis) 1 Jan. 22 Airtights that don't get enough air to burn just smolder and pollute more than an open fire. 2. An article of food preserved in an airtight container, esp. a can; (as a mass noun) such food collectively. Also (in quot. 1994): a can used to preserve food. Now historical. ΚΠ 1897 A. H. Lewis Wolfville 330 What's air-tights?.. Air-tights is can peaches, can tomatters, an' sim'lar bluffs. 1907 S. E. White Arizona Nights (U.K. ed.) i. xvi. 219 On top of a few incidental pounds of chile con, baked beans, soda biscuits, ‘air tights’, and other delicacies. 1923 Outing Mar. 263/1 One afternoon I decided the party had been on airtight (canned meat) long enough. 1954 M. Sandoz Buffalo Hunters iv. 100 On larger expeditions he took along a wagon of supplies to sell to the troopers: tobacco, candy, dried fruit, some air-tights, as canned goods were called. 1994 R. Hendrickson Happy Trails 3 The old cowboys ate a lot out of airtights. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). airtightadj.adv. Brit. /ˈɛːtʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈɛrˌtaɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: air n.¹, tight adj. Etymology: < air n.¹ + tight adj. Compare earlier watertight adj. With the use as adverb compare tight adv., airtightly adv. A. adj. 1. Impermeable to air. Also figurative: closed off, impenetrable. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adjective] > stopping up or blocking > without leak or tight > specific watertight1489 wind-tight1507 wind and water tighta1550 weatherproof1647 weather-tight1648 wind-fast1648 airtight1728 steam-tight1765 waterproofed1813 gas-tight1819 acid-proof1844 gas-proof1846 oil-tight1847 mudproof1897 pressure-tight1899 draught-proof1908 weather-stripped1908 spill-proof1920 vacuum-tight1927 splash-proof1929 vapour-proof1946 1728 Philos. Trans. 1726 (Royal Soc.) 34 82 The whole Box, thus fitted is made Air-tight. 1760 J. Ferguson Lect. vi. ii. 194 Push the open end of the glass tube through the collar of leathers..which it fits so as to be air-tight. 1771 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1 287 The top or cover is brazed on, and the whole made air-tight. 1800 J. Robison Let. 23 July in E. Robinson & D. McKie Partners in Sci. (1970) 343 A Gunbarrel..fitted with an airtight piston having a little water boiling in it thro a small hole in the piston. 1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic xiii. 345 Shut up in an air-tight breathing box. 1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 457/1 (advt.) Metallic Burial Cases and Caskets are the only articles that can be thus sealed and made perfectly air-tight and indestructible. 1914 Care & Repair of Gas & Oil Engines (‘Machinery’ Ref. Bk. No. 129) i. 18 If there are any openings into the cylinder from the outside,..it is necessary to make sure that they are air-tight. 1942 H. K. Smith Last Train from Berlin v. 121 They brought Hitler to power in the hope of maintaining their society against the air-tight caste of privilege maintained by the classes above them. 1968 Times 6 Apr. 9/6 You see the vast majority of your 20 million Negro brothers smothering in an air-tight cage of poverty. 1998 N. Lawson How to Eat (1999) 46 Leave it in the deep-freeze, in an airtight container, on standby for when you get home from work. 2. Originally U.S. That cannot be faulted, incontrovertible; guaranteed, assured. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > irreproachable faultlessc1400 uncriticizable1775 reproachless1801 unquizzable1829 reproofless1832 unreprovable1851 unaccusable1853 airtight1901 1901 G. Ade 40 Mod. Fables 22 If it had been an air-tight certainty, the Nominations would have gone to the boys who do the Fine Work. 1929 W. Faulkner Sound & Fury 236 I never found a nigger yet that didn't have an airtight alibi for whatever he did. 1970 D. Dodge Hatchetman i. 17 Underwriters..are being tapped for U.S. dollar payoffs under an airtight optional-money clause. 1986 R. Ford Sportswriter ix. 238 He hated everything I had ever liked and had airtight arguments for why they were laughable. 2002 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 8 Jan. (Business) 6 The talent to do the jobs would not be available unless they were given generous and air-tight contracts. B. adv. So as to be impermeable to air; in a manner that ensures impermeability to air. ΚΠ 1777 T. Cavallo Compl. Treat. Electr. iii. vii. xvi. 255 A glass tube A B, about ten inches long..; and closed air-tight at both ends by two brass caps. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1208 An apparatus inserted air-tight into the cover of the vacuum-pan. 1881 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Austral. Grazier's Guide (1994) II. xxx. 253 The doors are also double, being 6 inches thick packed between and fitted airtight. 1921 Amer. Woman Jan. 25/2 (advt.) Because of the snug-fitting stopper it can be corked air tight, keeping the contents fresh. 2007 Archit. Rec. (Nexis) Apr. 140 In cold weather, the pavilion can be closed airtight. Compounds airtight stove n. a sealed wood-burning stove, constructed with a damper to limit the airflow and permit slower combustion. ΚΠ 1818 T. Cochrane & A. Galloway Brit. Patent 4253 (1854) 2 Our said Invention consists of making and forming a machine or machines for the heating of boilers, and may be denominated improved air-tight stoves, furnaces, or fire-places. 1830 Newton's London Jrnl. 25 xxii. 341 Removing the inconvenience and annoyance of smoke and gases generated in any air-tight stove. 1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner ii. 30 He might have lived as his father had done, letting his meagre competence smoulder on almost without consuming, like the fuel in an air-tight stove. 1904 M. E. Waller Wood-carver 32 Uncle Shim took down the air-tight stove and the fire-board, and cleaned up the fire-place. 1976 J. Vivian Wood Heat iii. 98 All airtight stoves will produce creosote if operated at maximum efficiency in the closed-down mode. 1996 Muskokan (Bracebridge, Ont.) 5 Sept. c16/1 Home features four bedrooms, two baths, skylight, airtight stove & open concept living area. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1844adj.adv.1728
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