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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Welkin

· Wel·kin · IPA /ˈwɛlkən/
01 n. The visible regions of the air; the vault of heaven; the sky.
  1. 1.
    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.