welkin
welkin is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- aerial
- aeriform
- aerography
- aerology
- aerometer
- aerometry
- aeronaut
- aeronautics
- aeroscope
- aeroscopy
- aerosphere
- aerostation
- air
- airy
- and
- aneroid
- atmosphere
- atmospheric
- barometer
- baroscope
- belle
- blue
- climate
- climatology
- cloud
- cock
- common
- effervescent
- etoile
- eudiometer
- exposure
- fall
- fan
- flatulent
- fresco
- gas
- gauge
- glass
- isobar
- jove
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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