welkin

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible; the firmament.

   “He leaues the vvelkin vvay moſt beaten playne, / And rapt with vvhirling vvheeles, inflames the ſkyen, / With fire not made to burne, but fayrely for to ſhyne.”

2. isim The upper atmosphere occupied by clouds, flying birds, etc.

   “[W]ho you are, and vvhat you vvould are out of my vvelkin, I might ſay Element, but the word is ouer-vvorne.”

3. isim The place above the Earth where God or other deities live; heaven.

   “[T]his villanous Poetry vvill vndoe you, by the VVelkin.”