aeroscepsy (aero skeps i)

[(Gr. ἀήρ (άερ-), air, + σκέψις, a viewing, perception, (σκέπτεσθαι, look at, watch: see sceptic, skeptic.] In zoöl., ability to perceive the state of the atmosphere such susceptibility to atmospheric conditions as various animals (insects and snails, for example) are supposed to po e ; the sense of aëroscopy; the faculty of exercising aëroscopy in IMG:content-0332.png:[blocks in formation] A memorable event in the history of aërostatic science. The American, VIII. 317. A... kind of salt drawn out of ferreous and eruginous earths, partaking chiefly of iron and copper. Sir T. Browne. 2. Of the color of verdigris. Also spelled eruginous . gris pre prepared from it, æs ( ær- ), copper, bronze: see æs .] Verdigris (which see). - Ærugo nobilis (noble verdigris), or simply ærugo , a greenish crust found on antique bronzes; the patina. See patina. aeryl (a'ri, a'er-i), a. [Early mod. E. aerie ; for airy , with forced spelling, in imitation of L. aëreus , aërius , airy, aërial: see airy1 , aërial .] Airy; breezy; exposed to the air; elevated; lofty; ethereal; visionary. [Rare and poet i- cal.] The shepherd's pipe came clear from aery steep. Keats . Whence that aery bloom of thine, Like a lily which the sun Looks thro' in his sad decline? aery2, aerie (a'ri, ā'ri, ā'è-ri, or e'ri: see etym., etym., at end), n.; pl. aeries (-riz). [Also written airy, eyry, eyrie, and in early mod. E. airie , aiery , ayry, ayery, eyery, eyerie, etc., a lengthened form (with added syllable -y or -ie after E. airyl , a., or the ML. form aërea ) of early mod. E. aire , ayre, air , an aery (rare, and found only in the phrase hauke of noble air (var. nobulle eyre ), after OF. faucon de gentil or bon aire , i. e., a hawk of noble or good stock: see under debonair ), aire , m., an airie or nest of hawkes" (Cotgrave), OF. also f., mod. F. aire , f., = Pr. aire , aria , aerea , aeria , the nest of a bird of prey; of uncertain origin, but prob. only a special use of the common L. area , also writ- ten aria , an open space, floor, area, the spell- ings aerea , aeria , being due to a supposed con- nection with L. aëreus, aërius, aërial, airy, such nests being built in lofty places. Owing to its poetical a ociations, and to confused notions as to its origin, this word has suffered unusual changes of spelling and pronunciation, The reg. mod. form, repr. ME. #aire , air, eyre, would be * air (pron. ar), or, with the added syllable, airy (pron. a'ri). The mod. spelling aery or aerie is in imitation of the ML. aërea , genitals exposed. from the ME. form eyre (which would give * air , as said above), but is a 17th century archaistic in current popular use, the pronunciation, prop. a'ri in all spellings, has varied with the spell- ing; the form aery or aerie is also pron. a'ri or a'e-ri, while many dictionaries, following Walker, give as the exclusive or as an altern a- tive pronunciation ē'ri, a purely pedantic pro- nunciation, due to mistaking the ae- for the diphthong ae or œ . Similarly, the form eyry or eyrie, pron. usually like aery or aerie , is in pres- ent usage sometimes pron. i'ri.] 1. The nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk; hence, a lofty nest of any large bird. There the eagle and the stork On cliffs and cedar-tops their eyries build. 2. The brood in the nest; the young of a bird of prey; figuratively, children. Glo. Our aiery buildeth in the cedar's top.... Q. Mar. Your aiery buildeth in our avery's nest. Shak., Rich. III., i. 3. Wherever beauty dwell, In gulf or aerie , mountain or deep dell. aërotherapeutics (a"e-rō-ther-a-pu'tiks), n. [ therapeutics .] A mode of treating disease by varying the pre ure or modifying the composition of the air surround- ing the patient. aërothermal (a"e-ro-thermal), a . Pertaining to or using hot air: as, Mouchot's aërother- mal bakery, that is, a bakery in which the baking is effected by heated air. Ure , Dict.,