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Welkin
Welkin meaning
The sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible; the firmament. | The upper atmosphere occupied by clouds, flying birds, etc. | The place above the Earth where God or other deities live; heaven.
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He pondered in the days gone by that he had been their king, that when he strolled up to the plate they made the welkin ring; but now his nerve had vanished, for when he heard them hoot he "fanned" or "popped out" daily, like some minor league recruit.
In 1739, Charles Wesley composed a hymn, "Hark, how all the welkin rings”.