To viciously humiliate or insult.
The sky, the heavens; the void, nothingness.
Starting fluid.
Diethyl ether (C₄H₁₀O), an organic compound with a sweet odour used in the past as an anaesthetic.
The medium breathed by human beings; the air.
A particular quality created by or surrounding an object, person, or place; an atmosphere, an aura.
Any of a class of organic compounds containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.
The atmosphere or space as a medium for broadcasting radio and television signals; also, a notional space through which Internet and other digital communications take place; cyberspace.
Often as aether and more fully as luminiferous aether: a substance once thought to fill all unoccupied space that allowed electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without exerting any resistance to matter or energy; its existence was disproved by the 1887 Michelson–Morley experiment and the theory of relativity propounded by Albert Einstein (1879–1955).
To cause great offense to (someone).
To disgrace.
To reduce the area and efficiency of a sail by expedient means (e.g. slacking the peak and tricing up the tack) without properly reefing, thus slowing boat speed.
To reproach.
To libel.