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welkin |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Welkin \Wel"kin\, n. [OE. welken, welkene welkne wolcne weolcne AS wolcen pl wolcnu a cloud; akin to D. wolk, OFries wolken OS wolkan G. wolke, OHG. wolchan and probably to G. welk withered, OHG. welc moist, Russ. & OSlav. vlaga moisture, Lith. vilgyti to moisten.] The visible regions of the air; the vault of heaven; the sky. On the welkne shoon the sterres lyght. --Chaucer. The fair welkin foully overcast. --Spenser. When storms the welkin rend. --Wordsworth. Note: Used adjectively by Shakespeare in the phase, ``Your welkin eye,'' with uncertain meaning. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: welkin n : the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected [syn: {celestial sphere}, {sphere}, {empyrean}, {firmament}, {heavens}, {vault of heaven}]
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