From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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On the welkne shoon the sterres lyght. --Chaucer.
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The fair welkin foully overcast. --Spenser.
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When storms the welkin rend. --Wordsworth.
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Note: Used adjectively by Shakespeare in the phase, "Your
welkin eye," with uncertain meaning.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
welkin
n 1: 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}, {welkin}]
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