Sky

skī, n. the apparent canopy over our heads: the heavens: the weather: the upper rows of pictures in a gallery.— v.t. to raise aloft, esp. to hang pictures above the line of sight.— adjs. Sky′-blue , blue like the sky; Sky′-born , of heavenly birth.— n. Sky′-col′our , the colour of the sky.— adjs. Sky′-col′oured , blue, azure; Skyed , surrounded by sky; Sky′ey , like the sky: ethereal; Sky′-high , very high; Sky′ish ( Shak. ), like or approaching the sky, lofty.— n. Sky′lark , a species of lark that mounts high towards the sky and sings on the wing.— v.i. to engage in any kind of boisterous frolic.— ns. Sky′larking , running about the rigging of a ship in sport: frolicking; Sky′-light , a window in a roof or ceiling towards the sky for the admi ion of light; Sky′line , the horizon; Sky′-par′lour , a lofty attic; Sky′-pī′lot , a clergyman.— adj. Sky′-plant′ed , placed in the sky.— n. Sky′-rock′et , a rocket that ascends high towards the sky and burns as it flies.— v.i. to move like a sky-rocket, to rise and disappear as suddenly.— ns. Sky′sail , the sail above the royal; Sky′scape , a view of a portion of the sky, or a picture of the same; Sky′-scrāp′er , a sky-sail of a triangular shape: anything shooting high into the sky.— adj. Sky′-tinc′tured , of the colour of the sky.— adv. Sky′ward , toward the sky. [Ice. ský , a cloud; akin to A.S. scúa , Gr. ski a , a shadow.]