Hypertext Webster Gateway: "airing"
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) 1.7 (wn)
airing
n 1: the opening of a subject to public discussion and debate
[syn: {dissemination}, {circulation}, {public exposure},
{spreading}]
2: an short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air; "he
took the dogs for an airing"
3: the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air
[syn: {ventilation}]
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