Air-built

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Air´-built`

Erected in the air; having no solid foundation; chimerical; as, an air-built castle.

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background theatre			I was grieved for him; I was grieved for the overthrow of all our air-built castles: but, with the elasticity of youth, I soon recovered the shook. Agnes Grey by Bronte, Anne View in context The glare and hurry of broad noon are not adapted to idle pursuits like mine; a glimpse of passing faces caught by the light of a street-lamp or a shop window is often better for my purpose than their full revelation in the daylight; and, if I must add the truth, night is kinder in this respect than day, which too often destroys an air-built castle at the moment of its completion, without the least ceremony or remorse. The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context			air transportable unit air transportation air transportation system air transported force air transported operations Air trap air travel air traveler air traveller air trooping Air trunk air turbine air unit air valve air vesicle Air vessel air vice-marshal air walk air wave Air way air waybill air weapons controller air well air-breathing air-breathing missile Air-built air-capable ship air-con air-condition air-conditioned air-conditioner air-cool air-cooled air-cushion vehicle Air-drawn air-dried air-drop air-dry air-entrained concrete air-filled air-freight air-intake air-launched ballistic missile air-lift pump Air-line air-minded air-raid air-raid shelter air-raid warden air-sea air-sea rescue			Air-Blown Fiber air-blown mortar air-bone gap air-bone gap air-bone gap air-bone gap air-bone gap air-borne disease air-borne disease air-borne disease air-borne disease Air-Borne Illness air-bound air-break switch air-breathing air-breathing Air-breathing engine Air-breathing engine Air-breathing engine Air-Breathing Jet Engine Air-Breathing Launch Vehicle air-breathing missile air-breathing missile Air-Breathing Organ Air-Breathing Rocket Engine Air-Britain Air-Britain Information Exchange Air-Britain: Photographic Images Collection Air-Bubble Packing Air-Bubble Packing Air-built air-capable ship Air-Club Blois-Vendome Air-combat maneuvering air-compressor unloader air-compressor valve Air-con Air-con air-condition air-condition air-conditioned air-conditioned Air-Conditioned Depot Air-Conditioned Multiple Unit Air-conditioner Air-conditioner air-conditioner lung air-conditioning air-conditioning Air-Conditioning & Mechanical Ventilation Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology Institute air-conditioning duct air-conditioning duct air-conditioning grille Air-Conditioning Heating Refrigeration air-conditioning lock Air-conditioning system Air-conditioning system Air-conditioning systems Air-conditioning systems

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