mcol>'92olian harp, '92olian lyre, a musical instrument consisting of a box, on or in which are stretched strings, on which the wind acts to produce the notes; -- usually placed at an open window. Moore. -- '92olian mode (Mus.), one of the ancient Greek and early ecclesiastical modes.>A`'89r*a"tion (#), n. [Cf. F. a'82ration.]
1. Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, a'89ration of soil, of spawn, etc.
2. (Physiol.) A change produced in the blood by exposure to the air in respiration; oxygenation of the blood in respiration; arterialization.
3. The act or preparation of charging with carbonic acid gas or with oxygen.