welkin

1. (also Lancashire) The sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible; the firmament.Examples: "He leaues the vvelkin vvay moſt beaten playne, / And rapt with vvhirling vvheeles, inflames the ſkyen, / With fire not made to burne, but fayrely for to ſhyne."; "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: […]"Synonyms: ether, heavens, lift

2. (religion) The place above the Earth where God or other deities live; heaven.Examples: "[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?"; "[…] Cassiopœia was taken, / Deep-bosomed wife of the king, whom oft far-seeing Apollo / Watched well-pleased from the welkin, the fairest of Æthiop women: […]"