Ayre
air1 (def 8d).
Historical Examples
Eugene obeyed implicitly; and ayre, not without honest pride, recounted his Baden triumph.
Father Stafford Anthony Hope
It could not be said to rain, the waters like whole Rivers did flood in the ayre.
Southern Literature From 1579-1895 Louise Manly
ayre leant forward in his chair, and said: “How do you know she’ll refuse him?”
Father Stafford Anthony Hope
He lives a hundred years, unlesse the ayre agree not with him.
The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, January 1904, No. 157 Various
Throughout their previous acquaintance it had been Rickmansworth who was eager and excited, ayre who applied the cold water.
Father Stafford Anthony Hope
They were doubling the Point of ayre, when suddenly the wind fell to a dead calm.
The Deemster Hall Caine
Morewood, however, wouldn’t come, and ayre was forced to make the journey in solitude.
Father Stafford Anthony Hope
“We have a little question to submit to you, my dear fellow,” said ayre blandly.
Father Stafford Anthony Hope
The waters there are wholesome and cleare; the ayre dry and pure.
Spadacrene Anglica Edmund Deane
ayre thought the indifference overdone, but he took no notice of it.
Father Stafford Anthony Hope
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