Hypertext Webster Gateway: "aery"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aery \Ae"ry\, n.
An aerie.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aery \A"["e]r*y\, a. [See {Air}.]
A["e]rial; ethereal; incorporeal; visionary. [Poetic] --M.
Arnold.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aery
adj : characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as
impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and
aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas
Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition";
"physical rather than ethereal forms" [syn: {aeriform},
{aerial}, {airy}, {ethereal}]
n 1: the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
[syn: {aerie}, {eyrie}, {eyry}]
2: any habitation at a high altitude [syn: {aerie}, {eyrie}, {eyry}]
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