Aery

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aery \Ae"ry\, n.
     An aerie.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Aery \A"["e]r*y\, a. [See {Air}.]
     A["e]rial; ethereal; incorporeal; visionary. [Poetic] --M.
     Arnold.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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