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Air castle 14. (Paint.)
(a) The representation or reproduction of the effect of
the atmospheric medium through which every object in
nature is viewed. --New Am. Cyc.
(b) Carriage; attitude; action; movement; as, the head of
that portrait has a good air. --Fairholt.
15. (Man.) The artificial motion or carriage of a horse.
Note: Air is much used adjectively or as the first part of a
compound term. In most cases it might be written
indifferently, as a separate limiting word, or as the
first element of the compound term, with or without the
hyphen; as, air bladder, air-bladder, or airbladder;
air cell, air-cell, or aircell; air-pump, or airpump.
Air balloon. See Balloon.
Air bath.
(a) An apparatus for the application of air to the body.
(b) An arrangement for drying substances in air of any
desired temperature.
Air castle. See Castle in the air, under Castle.
Air compressor, a machine for compressing air to be used as
a motive power.
Air crossing, a passage for air in a mine.
Air cushion, an air-tight cushion which can be inflated;
also, a device for arresting motion without shock by
confined air.
Air fountain, a contrivance for producing a jet of water by
the force of compressed air.
Air furnace, a furnace which depends on a natural draft and
not on blast.
Air line, a straight line; a bee line. Hence
Air-line, adj.; as, air-line road.
Air lock (Hydr. Engin.), an intermediate chamber between
the outer air and the compressed-air chamber of a
pneumatic caisson. --Knight.
Air port (Nav.), a scuttle or porthole in a ship to admit
air.
Air spring, a spring in which the elasticity of air is
utilized.
Air thermometer, a form of thermometer in which the
contraction and expansion of air is made to measure
changes of temperature.
Air threads, gossamer.
Air trap, a contrivance for shutting off foul air or gas
from drains, sewers, etc.; a stench trap.
Air trunk, a pipe or shaft for conducting foul or heated
air from a room.
Air valve, a valve to regulate the admission or egress of
air; esp. a valve which opens inwardly in a steam boiler
and allows air to enter.
Air way, a passage for a current of air; as the air way of
an air pump; an air way in a mine.
In the air.
(a) Prevalent without traceable origin or authority, as
rumors.
(b) Not in a fixed or stable position; unsettled.
(c) (Mil.) Unsupported and liable to be turned or taken
in flank; as, the army had its wing in the air.
To take air, to be divulged; to be made public.
To take the air, to go abroad; to walk or ride out. Boastless
Boastless Boast"less, a.
Without boasting or ostentation.
CastleCastle Cas"tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Castled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Castling.] (Chess)
To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the
king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the
purpose of covering the king. CastlebuilderCastlebuilder Cas"tle*build`er, n.
Fig.: one who builds castles in the air or forms visionary
schemes. -- Cas"tle*build`ing, n. CastlebuildingCastlebuilder Cas"tle*build`er, n.
Fig.: one who builds castles in the air or forms visionary
schemes. -- Cas"tle*build`ing, n. CastledCastle Cas"tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Castled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Castling.] (Chess)
To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the
king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the
purpose of covering the king. Castled
Castled Cas"tled, a.
Having a castle or castles; supporting a castle; as, a
castled height or crag.
2. Fortified; turreted; as, castled walls.
Castle-guard
Castle-guard Cas"tle-guard`, n.
1. The guard or defense of a castle.
2. (O. Eng. Law) A tax or imposition an a dwelling within a
certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of
maintaining watch and ward in it; castle-ward.
3. A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant to perform service
within the realm, without limitation of time.
CastleryCastlery Cas"tle*ry, n. [Cf. OF. castelerie. See Castle.]
The government of a castle. --Blount. Castlet
Castlet Cas"tlet, n.
A small castle. --Leland.
CastlewardCastleward Cas"tle*ward`, n.
Same as Castleguard. MastlessMastless Mast"less, a. [See lst Mast.]
Bearing no mast; as, a mastless oak or beech. --Dryden. MastlessMastless Mast"less, a. [See 2d Mast.]
Having no mast; as, a mastless vessel. Morro castleMorro Mor"ro, n. [Sp., any spherical object.]
A round hill or point of land; hence,
Morro castle, a castle on a hill. Uncastle
Uncastle Un*cas"tle, v. t. [1st pref. un- + castle.]
To take a castle from; to turn out of a castle.
WrastleWrastle Wras"tle, v. i. [OE. wrastlen. See Wrestle.]
To wrestle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
Who wrastleth best naked, with oil enoint. --Chaucer.
Meaning of Astle from wikipedia
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Astle is an
English surname of dual origins. In the East Midlands, the
surname is
certainly of
patronymic origin. This is also a
possibility in Cheshire...
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Nathan John
Astle MNZM (born 15
September 1971) is a
former New
Zealand cricketer, who pla**** all
formats of the game. A right-handed
batsman who pla****...
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David Astle (born 9
November 1961) is an
Australian TV
personality and
radio host, and
writer of non-fiction,
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Jeffrey Astle (13 May 1942 – 19
January 2002) was an
English professional footballer who pla**** the
majority of his
career as a centre-forward for West...
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Astles is the
reigning aerobatics champion of France.
Melanie Astles was born on 30 May 1982 in Rugby, England, to a
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Marie Astle (born 17 May 1973) is a New
Zealand former cricketer who pla**** as a right-handed batter. She
appeared in a
single match for New Zealand...
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Astle is an
English surname of
multiple origins.
Astle may also
refer to:
Astle, New Brunswick, a
community in the
Canadian province of New Brunswick...
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Duncan Astle (born 24
September 1986) is a
former New
Zealand cricketer who pla**** for the New
Zealand national cricket team.
Astle began his cricket...
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Chandlee Astle (born
March 31, 1943) is an
American politician from
Maryland and a
member of the
Democratic Party. He
served four
terms in the Maryland...
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Astle Park is an area of land in the
countryside a mile or so
south of
Chelford in
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