Meaning & use
Welkin
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The sky or the upper air; the vault of heaven.
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Fireworks lit up the welkin on New Year's Eve.
The cheering crowd made the welkin ring.
A note on using this word
Welkin is now mostly seen in literary or archaic contexts, notably in the idiom 'make the welkin ring', meaning to produce a loud, resounding noise.
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