Category:Welkin

Wel"kin, n. Etym: [oe. welken, welkene, welkne, wolcne, weolcne, as. Wolcen, pl. wolcnu, a cloud; akin to d. wolk, ofries. wolken, os. Wolkan, g. wolke, ohg. wolchan, and probably to g. welk withered, Ohg. welc moist, russ. & oslav. vlaga moisture, lith. vilgyti to Moisten.]

Defn: the visible regions of the air; the vault of heaven; the sky. On the welkne shoon the sterres lyght. Chaucer. The fair welkin foully overcast. Spenser. When storms the welkin rend. Wordsworth.

Note: used adjectively by shakespeare in the phase, "your welkin Eye," with uncertain meaning.