welkin

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1. bầu trời, vòm trời

   The sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible; the firmament.

   The ſkye it ſeemes vvould povvre dovvn ſtinking pitch, / But that the Sea, mounting to th' vvelkins cheeke, / Daſhes the fire out.

   Come (Sir Page) / Looke on me vvith your VVelkin eye: […]

   I knowe more then Apollo, / For oft when hee ly’s sleeping / I see yͤ starrs att bloudie warres / In yͤ wounded welkin weeping, […]

2. tầng khí quyển trên cao

   The upper atmosphere occupied by clouds, flying birds, etc.

   [W]ho you are, and vvhat you vvould are out of my vvelkin, I might ſay Element, but the word is ouer-vvorne.

   Rhotus was going on when day appear'd, / And with its light the cloudy welkin clear'd.

   For trifles only suit an idle hour, / When school is emptied or the welkins pour.

3. thiên đường, nơi Chúa ngự

   The place above the Earth where God or other deities live; heaven.

   [T]his villanous Poetry vvill vndoe you, by the VVelkin.

   Hovv glittereth novv this place of great requeſt, / Like to the ſeat of heavenly vvelkin hie?

   Here we have the sky thrice, three welkins, three lights, three heavens, three earths.

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• welkins plural