Æ-ō'li-an, a.
a. 1. Pertaining to Æolia or Æolis, in Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants; as, the Æolian dialect.
Sense 2. Pertaining to Æolus, the deity of the winds in heathen mythology; hence, pertaining to, or produced by, the wind.
Viewless hands the æolian organ play. Campbell.
Æolian attachment, a contrivance often attached to a piano-forte, by means of which it is converted into a wind-instrument at the pleasure of the performer; this is accomplished by means of a bellows moved by a pedal. Moore. — Æolian harp, or lyre, a musical instrument consisting of a box, on or within which are stretched strings, on which the wind acts to produce the notes; — usually placed at an open window. Moore.