Scottish/archaic: the present participle of 'airt'; the action of directing or guiding.
From 'airt' with the -ing suffix. Primarily Scottish dialect, with the same root as Modern English 'earth.'
In old Scottish ballads, a traveler might describe 'airting his course northward'—it's lovely language that nearly disappeared, though it survives in some remote Scottish communities and historical texts.
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