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air vb. (1 is now associated with ‘to put on airs’)
1. to wear openly, expose to public view Cym. II. iv. 96 “to air this jewel.”
2. “aired abroad”*, exposed to the airs of foreign lands Wint. IV. i. [ii.] 6
A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T. Onions. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1911.

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