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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Airing \Air"ing\ ([^a]r"[i^]ng), n. 1. A walk or a ride in the open air; a short excursion for health's sake. 2. An exposure to air, or to a fire, for warming, drying, etc.; as the airing of linen, or of a room From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Air \Air\ ([^a]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aired} ([^a]rd); p. pr & vb n. {Airing}.] [See {Air}, n., and cf {A[eum]rate}.] 1. To expose to the air for the purpose of cooling, refreshing, or purifying; to ventilate; as to air a room It were good wisdom . . . that the jail were aired. --Bacon. Were you but riding forth to air yourself --Shak. 2. To expose for the sake of public notice; to display ostentatiously; as to air one's opinion. Airing a snowy hand and signet gem. --Tennyson. 3. To expose to heat, for the purpose of expelling dampness, or of warming; as to air linen; to air liquors. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: airing n 1: opening to public discussion and debate [syn: {dissemination}, {circulation}, {public exposure}, {spreading}] 2: an short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air; "after lunch he took the air"; "he took the dogs for an airing" [syn: {air}] 3: the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air [syn: {ventilation}]
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