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A peasant bride is seated at an open-air table, under a wreath. In the foreground dancing peasants and peasant women and two bagpipe players at a barrel. In the background a church. Below the performance a line in Dutch.
A peasant bride is seated at an open-air table, under a wreath. In the foreground dancing peasants and peasant women and two bagpipe players at a barrel. In the background a church. Below the performance a line in Dutch.
  1. (adj) aired
    open to or abounding in fresh air "airy rooms"
Illustrations
The sultan is portrayed in the open air accompanied by two servants. In the background we see some buildings. This may represent the harem part of the sultan's palace, Topkapı Sarayı. Ahmed III wears a fur-lined kaftan and a turban called kâtibî. This type of turban was draped around a flat headdress and decorated with a fan-shaped ornament. The sultan's belt is also richly set with jewels, as is the ceremonial staff that he holds in his right hand. Standing full-length, scepter in right hand. In the background, two followers in front of the palace.
The sultan is portrayed in the open air accompanied by two servants. In the background we see some buildings. This may represent the harem part of the sultan's palace, Topkapı Sarayı. Ahmed III wears a fur-lined kaftan and a turban called kâtibî. This type of turban was draped around a flat headdress and decorated with a fan-shaped ornament. The sultan's belt is also richly set with jewels, as is the ceremonial staff that he holds in his right hand. Standing full-length, scepter in right hand. In the background, two followers in front of the palace.
Depiction on two sheets of a company enjoying themselves in the open air by a fountain with food, drink, music and courtship. In the background you can see a man being chased away from a building. Below the scene an eight-line Latin poem.
Depiction on two sheets of a company enjoying themselves in the open air by a fountain with food, drink, music and courtship. In the background you can see a man being chased away from a building. Below the scene an eight-line Latin poem.
A driving school on a field in the open air. In the foreground and left some horses, figures and dogs. On the right a carriage for a coach house. In the distance is a mill on a hill.
The driving school
In the center of a cartouche an image of a party in the open air. People dance and play music in a large garden. A game is played in the background. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series about the four seasons.
In the center of a cartouche an image of a party in the open air. People dance and play music in a large garden. A game is played in the background. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a series about the four seasons.
The planet god Mars floats in the air, surrounded by all kinds of weaponry. In the foreground the personification of Discretio, distinction. Its attributes are the scales, the measuring cup and the sieve. Next to her is a soldier with a lance. In the background a battle. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a seven-part series about the power of the seven planets over the seven ages of man.
The planet god Mars floats in the air, surrounded by all kinds of weaponry. In the foreground the personification of Discretio, distinction. Its attributes are the scales, the measuring cup and the sieve. Next to her is a soldier with a lance. In the background a battle. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a seven-part series about the power of the seven planets over the seven ages of man.
The apostles are gathered around the empty tomb of Mary. In the air the kneeling Virgin Mary, her arms outstretched. The angel choir around her.
The apostles are gathered around the empty tomb of Mary. In the air the kneeling Virgin Mary, her arms outstretched. The angel choir around her.
A group of naked people at a set table in the open air. They party, make music, eat and commit fornication. A woman is playing the viola da gamba. Left behind the flood with the ark. Below the picture an explanatory text in Latin. Print is part of an album.
A group of naked people at a set table in the open air. They party, make music, eat and commit fornication. A woman is playing the viola da gamba. Left behind the flood with the ark. Below the picture an explanatory text in Latin. Print is part of an album.
The personification of Air, surrounded by ornamental decorations. Some birds including a peacock and an ostrich are around her. In the four corners of the print the four points of the compass. The print is part of a series about the four elements.
The personification of Air, surrounded by ornamental decorations. Some birds including a peacock and an ostrich are around her. In the four corners of the print the four points of the compass. The print is part of a series about the four elements.
Quotations
Christopher Marlowe
O, thou art fairer than the evening air clad in the beauty of a thousand stars.
Christopher Marlowe
Doris Lessing
If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air.
Doris Lessing
John Quincy Adams
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
John Quincy Adams
Fred Astaire
I just put my feet in the air and move them around.
Fred Astaire
Samuel Beckett
Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards, I take the air there willingly, perhaps more willingly than elsewhere, when take the air I must.
Samuel Beckett
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Idioms

Air your dirty laundry in public - If you air your dirty laundry in public, you reveal aspects of your private life that should really remain private, by telling a secret, arguing in public, etc.

Castles in the air - Plans that are impractical and will never work out are castles in the air.

Dead air - When there is a period of total silence, there is dead air.

Full of hot air - Someone who is full of hot air talks a lot of rubbish.

Hot air - Language that is full of words but means little or nothing is hot air.

Into thin air - If something vanishes or disappears without trace, it vanishes into thin air; no-one knows where it has gone.

Usage in the news

Air Force Airman Xavier Y Gaure graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. lehighacrescitizen.com

They have deals with HBO/Cinemax, Sundance Channel, Continental Airlines, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Warner Bros Online, @home and a bunch of other places that don't usually come up in articles featuring exploding gerbils . villagevoice.com

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE — Col. David E Graff assumed command of the 325th Fighter Wing at Tyndall Air Force Base on Wednesday morning. newsherald.com

Seventy percent of the incoming US Army and Air Force families are expected to settle in and around Crestview, which lies just up the road from Eglin Air Force Base. pwmag.com

UK air traffic management group NATS is hoping to take the lead in helping Gulf states develop sufficient infrastructure to manage rapidly growing volumes of air traffic. ainonline.com

View full size AP Photo/Haraz N Ghanbari Members of the Air Force Honor Guard hold American flags to be presented to family members during a burial service for Air Force Col. Joseph Christiano, Col. Derrell B Jeffords, Lt Col. blog.oregonlive.com

MONTREAL — Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI) president Warren Heeley and Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) senior vice president Dave Calabrese attended the Canada-U. achrnews.com

Air France-KLM Says EU States Should Harmonized Air Security. securityinfowatch.com

It is basically a refrigerated air conditioning system in which the air flow is instantly reversible. knvn.com

The News-Miner published an article Sept 16 titled "Grid plan prompts questions" regarding the Air Force plan connecting Clear Air Force Station to the Golden Valley Electric Association network. newsminer.com

MSG Network announced today that it will air two Kontinental Hockey League games, on Friday and Wednesday, Oct 31, both same-day tape at 1 pm with re-airs at 8 p.m. blog.timesunion.com

REENA ROSE SIBAYAN/JOURNAL FILE PHOTO Nine Brazilian Air Force turboprop airplanes fly over the Statue of Liberty as part of Air Force Week in 2010. nj.com

SAN ANTONIO — An Air Force instructor charged in a widening sex scandal at Lackland Air Force Base has admitted to having a tryst with a boot camp graduate. ashingtonpost.com

Air Force Airman Alexandrea Luckett graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. mlive.com

Air Force Airman Thomas J Walser graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. tnonline.com

Usage in scientific papers

Of course, each TL-state determines some landing state simply by forgetting how long each ball has been in the air.
Juggling probabilities

Es probable que, en muchos casos, incluso manipulen y distorsionen los datos globales de sus planetas (temperatura, composici´on del aire, etc.), para confundir a los observadores externos, con el prop´osito de disuasi´on8 .
Brane Worlds, the Subanthropic Principle and the Undetectability Conjecture

Verdet constant and Cotton-Mouton constant of the air are measured as a test.
Building a 3.5 m prototype interferometer for the Q & A vacuum birefringence experiment and high precision ellipsometry

We measure the Faraday rotation of air (polarization rotation angle ψv = CvB0Lef f ) and determine the Verdet constant Cv using the 3.5 m prototype interferometer.
Building a 3.5 m prototype interferometer for the Q & A vacuum birefringence experiment and high precision ellipsometry

We will illustrate a preliminary analysis of selected air showers.
Performance of the Pierre Auger Fluorescence Detector and Analysis of well recontructed events

Usage in literature

He sees, perhaps, a white column of smoke rising in the clear air. "The Western World" by W.H.G. Kingston

One flew to pieces in mid-air. "Space Platform" by Murray Leinster

Where did they find that the air came in which crowded the warm air up the chimney? "Rollo's Philosophy. [Air]" by Jacob Abbott

There is probably a vaster difference between air and ether than between water and air. "Pharaoh's Broker" by Ellsworth Douglass

There was never a sound in the air above the rustle of a leaf, and Pete's imagination could carry him no further. "The Manxman A Novel - 1895" by Hall Caine

Neither has it the air of stupidity. "Popular Adventure Tales" by Mayne Reid

Jasper went along singing, for his heart was happy, and he felt the cheerful influence of the vernal air. "In The Boyhood of Lincoln" by Hezekiah Butterworth

A ventilating machine to draw off the foul air from the hold of a ship, and induce a current of fresh air into it. "The Sailor's Word-Book" by William Henry Smyth

He assumed an air of indifference. "A Son of Hagar" by Sir Hall Caine

This air had all the properties of a pure fire-air. "Discovery of Oxygen, Part 2" by Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Usage in poetry
So crooked, so knotty,
So jaggèd and bare—
Indeed would the dew
Keep her mansion of air!
"The Dew-Drop: A Metrical Fantasy" by Samuel Lover Author object (598)
Light the air and clear the sky,
Clear the sky,—
Hurrah! onward, she is nigh,
She is nigh.
"Hunting Song" by Bjornstjerne Bjornson Author object (80)
More than air
More than water
More than lips
Light light Your body is the trace of your body
"Passage" by Octavio Paz Author object (514)
Lullaby on the wing
Of my song, O my own!
Soft airs of evening
Join my song's murmuring tone.
"Pride: Fate" by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Author object (583)
The air is like a butterfly
With frail blue wings.
The happy earth looks at the sky
And sings.
"Easter" by Alfred Joyce Kilmer
Sudden the cold airs swing.
Alone, aloud,
A verse of bells takes wing
And flies with the cloud.
"Chimes" by Alice Meynell Author object (30)