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noun

Sky n. (pl. skies)

1.

A cloud. (Obs.) "(A wind) that blew so hideously and high, That it ne lefte not a sky In all the welkin long and broad."

2.

Hence, a shadow. (Obs.) "She passeth as it were a sky."

3.

The apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament; sometimes in the plural. "The Norweyan banners flout the sky."

4.

The wheather; the climate. "Thou wert better in thy grave than to answer with thy uncovered body this extremity of the skies." Note: Sky is often used adjectively or in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sky color, skylight, sky-aspiring, sky-born, sky-pointing, sky-roofed, etc.

Sky blue, an azure color.

Sky scraper (Naut.), a skysail of a triangular form.

Under open sky, out of doors. "Under open sky adored."

verb

Sky v. t. (past & past part. skied or skyed; pres. part. skying)

1.

To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it can not be well seen. (Colloq.) "Brother Academicians who skied his pictures."

2.

To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket. (Colloq.)

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Etymology of 'Sky'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sky" Quotes from Famous Books

... upon all men as from the sky, as atoms with whom he had nothing in common; even his brothers scarcely appeared connecting links between himself and human nature, although all had been educated together in perfect equality. His sense and penetration shone through everything. His replies, even ...

— Marguerite de Navarre - Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois Queen of Navarre • Marguerite de Navarre

... the shore of which a boat is found. When looking upwards, it appears as if a canopy of black clouds hung over their heads. On either side can be seen precipitous cliffs, rising apparently into the sky. Silence and darkness reign around, the smooth sluggish water alone reflecting the glare of the torches. The visitors are not disposed to utter a word, until the voice of one of the native guides suddenly bursts forth into a melancholy chant, ...

— The Mines and its Wonders • W.H.G. Kingston

... feel so contented when I'm with you. Why, I find you so perfect that I can no longer imagine life without you! Now the clouds have blown away. Now the sky is clear! The wind soft—feel how it caresses us! This is Life! Yes, now I live. And I feel my spirit growing, spreading, becoming tenuous, infinite. I am everywhere, in the ocean which is my blood, in the rocks that are my bones, in the trees, in the flowers; ...

— The Road to Damascus - A Trilogy • August Strindberg

... up to the sky. At taunts of treason or defection I flip my fingers. What care I? For I do ...

— Punch, Or the London Charivari, Vol. 102, Feb. 13, 1892 • Various

... loves to talk nonsense with youth. Therefore, if the threads of the story do not seem very intimately to connect the chapter we are now writing with the one we have just written, we do not intend to give ourselves any more thought or trouble about it than Ruysdael took in painting an autumn sky, after having finished a spring-time scene. We accordingly resume Raoul de Bragelonne's story at the very place where our ...

— Louise de la Valliere • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

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