welkin
[wel-kin]
noun Chiefly Literary.
the sky; the vault of heaven.
Origin of welkin
before 900; Middle English welken(e), Old English welcn, variant of wolcen cloud, sky; cognate with German Wolke cloud
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Related Words for welkin
firmament, heaven, blast, whiff, sky, waft, breath, breeze, draft, puff, wind, ozone, zephyr, ventilation, stratosphere, troposphere, heavensExamples from the Web for welkin
Historical Examples of welkin
All right, then; that letter I wrote is a shirt, and the welkin's the ruffle on it.
Tom Sawyer AbroadMark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
I really had the facts from Welkin, who had them from his wife.
Quaint CourtshipsVarious
I wish you and mother could have seen the view on the top of Welkin Beacon.
Follow My leaderTalbot Baines Reed
"It's the writing of that fellow Welkin," said Smythe gruffly.
The Innocence of Father BrownG. K. Chesterton
First, there was the fact that this Welkin went for long walks.
The Innocence of Father BrownG. K. Chesterton
welkin
noun
Word Origin for welkin
Old English wolcen, welcen; related to Old Frisian wolken, Old Saxon, Old High German wolcan
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