Usually means: Sky or heaven; celestial sphere.
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  1. welkin: Merriam-Webster
  2. welkin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. welkin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. welkin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. welkin: Vocabulary.com
  6. Welkin, welkin: Wordnik
  7. welkin: Wiktionary
  8. welkin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. welkin: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. welkin: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. welkin: Dictionary.com
  12. welkin: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Welkin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Welkin: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. welkin: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. welkin: Rhymezone
  17. Welkin: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. welkin: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. welkin: FreeDictionary.org
  20. welkin: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. welkin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. welkin: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. Welkin: World Wide Words

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  1. welkin: A Word A Day

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  1. welkin: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (welkin)

noun:  (also Lancashire) The sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible; the firmament.
noun:  The upper atmosphere occupied by clouds, flying birds, etc.
noun:  (religion) The place above the Earth where God or other deities live; heaven.

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