What is mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words. Nor think thou with wind Of airy threats to awe. Milton called?
wind — Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words. Nor think thou with wind Of airy threats to awe. Milton. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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