pple. and a. [f. AIR + -ED.]
1. Exposed to the open air, ventilated; heated so as to remove damp incurred by being in a damp air.
a. 1540. T. Cromwell, Care of Pr. Edward, in Athenæum, 3 Dec. (1842), 1040/1. Purely brushed, made clean, aired at the fire, and perfumed thoroughly.
1616. Surflet, Countrey Farme, 429. The more that oyle is ayred and stirred, so much the more clear it is.
1722. De Foe, Plague, 189. They caused the bales of goods to be opened and aired.
1756. Nugent, Grand Tour, IV. 22. Take particular care to see the sheets aired.
1802. Mar. Edgeworth, Mor. T. (1816), I. xvii. 141. To keep the room aired and swept.
Mod. Well-aired beds.
2. fig.
1611. Shaks., Wint. T., IV. ii. 6. Though I haue (for the most part) bin ayred abroad, I desire to lay my bones there.
3. -aired, in comb.: having an air (breath, manner, mien, tune) of a defined kind, as in well-aired.
1505. in National MSS., I. lxvi. The said quyne ys lyke for to be of a sewit savour, and well eyred.
1674. N. Fairfax, Bulk & Selv., 17. A right handsome address of words and well aird periods.
1879. Daily News, 16 April, 3/1. A string of shaggy, supercilious-aired camels.
1881. Academy, 5 March, 167/3. A severe aunt and a grand-aired cousin.
1882. Exch. & Mart, 8 Jan., 91/3. Splendid eight-aired musical box.