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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.]
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[A wind] that blew so hideously and high,
That it ne lefte not a sky
In all the welkin long and broad. --Chaucer.
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2. Hence, a shadow. [Obs.]
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She passeth as it were a sky. --Gower.
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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.
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The Norweyan banners flout the sky. --Shak.
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4. The wheather; the climate.
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Thou wert better in thy grave than to answer with
thy uncovered body this extremity of the skies.
--Shak.
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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.
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{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.
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Sky \Sky\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skied}or {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.]
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Brother Academicians who skied his pictures. --The
Century.
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2. To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket.
[Colloq.]
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