Aery \Ae"ry\, n.
An aerie.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Aery \A"["e]r*y\, a. [See Air.]
A["e]rial; ethereal; incorporeal; visionary. [Poetic] --M.
Arnold.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "aery":
aerial, aeriform, aerodynamic, aerostatic, airish, airlike, airy,
alfresco, atmospheric, breezy, ethereal, exposed, fuming, fumy,
gaseous, gasified, gasiform, gaslike, gassy, light, mephitic,
miasmal, miasmatic, miasmic, open-air, oxyacetylene, oxygenous,
ozonic, pneumatic, reeking, reeky, roomy, smoking, smoky, steaming,
steamy, tropospheric, vaporing, vaporish, vaporlike, vaporous,
vapory
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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