SKY

De 33:26; 2Sa 22:12; Job 37:18; Mt 16:2

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sky. Sky, n. the heavens, clouds, firmament, weather

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Sky (skī), n.; pl. Skies (skīz). [[OE. skie a cloud, Icel. skȳ; akin to Sw. & Dan. sky; cf. AS. scūa, scūwa, shadow, Icel. skuggi; probably from the same root as E. scum. √158. See Scum, and cf. Hide skin, Obscure.]] 1. 1. A cloud.
that blew so hideously and high, That it ne lefte not a sky In all the welkin long and broad. Chaucer. 2. 2. Hence, a shadow.
She passeth as it were a sky. Gower. 3. 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. 4. The wheather; the climate.
Thou wert better in thy grave than to answer with thy uncovered body this extremity of the skies. Shak. ☞ 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.