air sb. (senses 2, 3, and 4 become common after S., as also the sense of ‘tune’ MND. I. i. 183)
1.
breath
Wint. V. iii. 78
“There is an air comes
from her,”
2H6 III. ii. 371*
“catch the air.”
2.
“take air,” (of a plan)
to get abroad
Tw.N. III. iv. 147
“lest the device take
air.”
3.
manner, style Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 758
“the air of the court,”
Tim. V. i. 26
“Promising is the very
air o' the time.”
4.
mien, demeanour
Wint. V. i. 128
“Your father's image.,
His very air.”
