spirant

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Mira quies pelagi; ponunt hic lassa furorem �quora, et insani spirant clementius Austri.

From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I by Reeve, Henry

Floribus in pratis, legi quos ipse, coronam   Contextam variis, do, Rhodoclea, tibi: Hic anemone humet, confert narcissus odores   Cum violis; spirant lilia mista rosis.

From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Johnson, Samuel

When the lips are not tightly closed the sound produced is not a stop, but a spirant like the English w.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

Hue, foedat quos lepra, urit quos febris, adeste, Dia salutares spirant medicamina rami; Hic requies fessis: non sacra sacvit in umbra Vis boreae gelida, aut rapidi violeutia solis.

From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Johnson, Samuel

The Sco. garth has changed the original voiced spirant to a voiceless one.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias