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单词 airt
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Definition of airt in English:

airt

noun ɛːt
Irish English, English Regional, Scottish, Northern
  • A quarter of the heavens; a point of the compass; a direction. Hence more generally: a quarter, a locality.

verb ɛːt
Irish English, Scottish, Northern
  • 1with object To direct, guide (a person or thing) to a place; to point or set moving in a certain direction.

  • 2no object To direct one’s way to or towards, to make for. Also of a wind: to blow (from a certain quarter).

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in Cursor Mundi: a Northumbrian poem of the 14th century. Probably from Irish aird compass point, quarter, direction and its cognate Scottish Gaelic àird (Early Irish aird point, especially compass point), perhaps from the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek ἄρδις spearhead
late 18th century; earliest use found in John Sinclair (1754–1835), agricultural improver, politician, and codifier of ‘useful knowledge’. From airt.

 
 

Definition of airt in US English:

airt

nounɛːt
Irish English, English Regional, Scottish, Northern
  • A quarter of the heavens; a point of the compass; a direction. Hence more generally: a quarter, a locality.

verbɛːt
Irish English, Scottish, Northern
  • 1with object To direct, guide (a person or thing) to a place; to point or set moving in a certain direction.

  • 2no object To direct one’s way to or towards, to make for. Also of a wind: to blow (from a certain quarter).

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in Cursor Mundi: a Northumbrian poem of the 14th century. Probably from Irish aird compass point, quarter, direction and its cognate Scottish Gaelic àird (Early Irish aird point, especially compass point), perhaps from the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek ἄρδις spearhead<br>late 18th century; earliest use found in John Sinclair (1754–1835), agricultural improver, politician, and codifier of ‘useful knowledge’. From airt.

 
 
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