airth

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English

Noun

airth (uncountable)

  1. (chiefly Scotland, Mid-Ulster) Alternative spelling of earth
    • 1857, S. H. Hammond, Wild Northern Scenes:
      I've hearn some folks pretend that it comes from the bowels of the airth, but it don't; its a thing of the air, and I've a notion it travels a mighty long way from its startin' place afore it reaches us. "
    • 1889, Annie Trumbull Slosson, Fishin' Jimmy:
      "As I was tellin' ye," he said, "I allers loved fishin' an' knowed 't was the best thing in the hull airth.
    • 1901, Henry van Dyke, The Ruling Passion:
      I guess there ain't nothin' on airth he loves better 'n that holler piece o' wood, and the toons that's inside o' it.

Anagrams

Scots

Etymology 1

Noun

airth (plural airths)

  1. Alternative form of airt (art)

References

Etymology 2

Noun

airth (plural airths)

  1. Alternative form of airt (direction)

Verb

airth (third-person singular simple present airths, present participle airthin, simple past airthit, past participle airthit)

  1. Alternative form of airt (to direct)

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Etymology 3

Noun

airth

  1. earth