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Definition of Sky

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Sky Sky, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skiedor Skyed; p. pr. & vb. n. 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. --The Century. 2. To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket. [Colloq.]
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Sky Sky (sk[imac]), n.; pl. Skies (sk[imac]z). [OE. skie a cloud, Icel. sk[=y]; akin to Sw. & Dan. sky; cf. AS. sc[=u]a, sc[=u]wa, shadow, Icel. skuggi; probably from the same root as E. scum. [root]158. See Scum, and cf. Hide skin, Obscure.] 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. --Chaucer. 2. Hence, a shadow. [Obs.] She passeth as it were a sky. --Gower. 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. --Shak. 4. The wheather; the climate. Thou wert better in thy grave than to answer with thy uncovered body this extremity of the skies. --Shak. 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. --Totten. Under open sky, out of doors. ``Under open sky adored.' --Milton.

Meaning of Sky from wikipedia

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- Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel and organisation. Sky News is distributed via an English-language radio news service, and through...
- Sky blue refers to a collection of shades comparable to that of a clear daytime sky. Typically it is a shade of cyan or light teal, though some iterations...
- Look up blue-skies or blue-sky in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blue Sky, BlueSky or Bluesky may refer to: Blue Sky, Colorado, U.S. Bluesky, Alberta...
- In comparative mythology, sky father is a term for a recurring concept in polytheistic religions of a sky god who is addressed as a "father", often the...
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