2. Hence, a shadow. [Obs.]

She passeth as it were a sky.

Gower.

3. The apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a

blue color; the heavens; the firmament; - - sometimes in the plural.

The Norweyan banners flout the sky.

Shak.

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