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. A form of the prefix in-. See In-.

Erected in the air; having no solid foundation; chimerical; as, an air-built castle.

Drawn in air; imaginary. This is the air-drawn dagger. Shak.

Slacked, or pulverized, by exposure to the air; as, air-slacked lime.

So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder.

See Chiaroscuro.

Having fair or light-colored hair.

A block, or ring, serving as a guide for the running rigging or for any rope.

Unprejudiced; just; judicial; honest. -- Fair"*mind`ed*ness, n.

Well-disposed. "A fair-natured prince." Ford.

fair speech, or uttered with fairness; bland; civil; courteous; plausible. "A marvelous fair-spoken man." Hooker.

pleasant weather, or in circumstances involving but little exposure or sacrifice; as, a fair-weather voyage. Pope.

State of prosperity. [Obs.] They think it was never fair-world with them since. Milton.

Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is composed of equal proportions of red and green.

A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers.

Conveying or containing air; air-bearing; as, the windpipe is an aëriferous tube.

ical compounds, in inflective languages to chemical compounds. R. Morris. Cf. man-kind, heir-loom, war-like, which are agglutinative compounds. The Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, the Tamul, etc., are agglutinative languages. R. Morris. Agglutinative languages preserve the consciousness of their roots. Max Müller.…

ed, in the visceral cavity of many fishes. It originates in the same way as the lungs of air-breathing vertebrates, and in the adult may retain a tubular connection with the pharynx or esophagus.

An air-filled gap in a magnetic or electric circuit; specif., in a dynamo or motor, the space between the field-magnet poles and the armature; clearance.

A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming.