welkin
pronunciation
How to pronounce welkin in British English:
UK [ˈwelkɪn]
How to pronounce welkin in American English:
US [ˈwɛlkɪn]
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- Noun:
- the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
Word Origin
- welkin (n.)
- "sky" (poetic), Old English wolcen "cloud," also "sky, heavens," from Proto-Germanic *welk- (cognates: Old Saxon wolkan, Old Frisian wolken, Middle Dutch wolke, Dutch wolk, Old High German wolka, German Wolke "cloud," from PIE *welg- "wet" (cognates: Lithuanian vilgyti "to moisten," Old Church Slavonic vlaga "moisture," Czech vlhky "damp").
Example
- 1. Were in floating the vesture of cloudy welkin .
- 2. Wuxi welkin industry system engineering co. , ltd is a company which supplies industrial equipments and professional engineering service .