SKY
ADJECTIVES
► CUMATICAL blue; of a sky colour → 1622 obs.
► ELEMENTAL pert. to the sky; also, governed by celestial influences → 1527 obs.
► GREASY of the weather or the sky: thick, dirty → 1825
► GROUTY of the sky, weather: thundery, threatening rain → 1744-50 Eng. dial.
► HAZELY said of a grey sky, no sun → 1968 Amer. dial.
► HEAVEN-DIRECTED directed or pointing towards the sky → 1732
► HEAVY of the sky, clouds, etc.: overcast with dark clouds; lowering, gloomy → 1583
► LOURY ► LOWERY of the sky: dull, gloomy, threatening → 1686
► MACKEREL-BACKED of clouds, the sky: dappled with small white fleecy clouds → 1844
► SCAUMY of the sky: bright, clear → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SKIED seeming to touch or reach the sky; lofty → 1730-46
► SMEARED of the sky: overcast → 1950 Amer. dial.
► SUBDIAL being in the open air, or under the open sky → 1647 obs.
NOUNS
► AIR the sky, clouds → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► APPLE PIE the sky → 1940s rhyming sl.
► BLUE ► BLUE THE the sky → 1647
► BLUE BLANKET the sky → 1726
► BORIE a clear opening of the sky in wet weather → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BUTTERMILK SKY the sky when filled with small, curd-like or patchy clouds; the clouds themselves → 1946 Amer. dial.
► CARRY the clouds collectively, sky → 1788
► CURDLED SKY a cloud-filled sky, usually presaging rain → 1930 Amer. dial.
► DARKEE ► DARKEY ► DARKY a cloudy sky → E19 US criminals’ sl.
► ELEMENT the sky → c1485 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
► GLIN ► GLINN a bright streak in the sky → 1903 Amer. dial.
► HAWK’S MOUTH a light sky with a sullen horizon above a black sea; it is considered a sure sign of bad weather → 1985 Amer. dial.
► LAVEROCK-HALL the sky, the Heaven → 1700 Sc.
► LAVEROCK’S HOUSE the sky → 1915 Sc.
► LIFT the sky → 1952 Amer. dial.
► MACKEREL-SKY a sky dappled with small white fleecy clouds (cirro-cumulus) → 1669
► OCCIDENT the region of the sky in which the sun and other heavenly bodies set, or the corresponding region of the earth; the west → c1386
► OCCIENT the region of the sky in which the sun and other heavenly bodies set, or the corresponding region of the earth; the west → c1460 obs.
► PACKET-BOYS small, well-defined, roundish masses of cloud; a mackerel sky → 1873 Sc.
► POLE the sky, the heavens → 1572 poetic usage, arch.
► SCAM a sudden glow of heat or red in the sky → 1939 Sc.
► SHEPHERD’S PIE the sky → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► SKEW the sky or heaven → a1300 obs.
► SKEWS the skies, heavens, or clouds → c1320 obs.
► SLATCKY SKY a sky with blue showing through the clouds → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
► LAPPER of the sky: to have a blotched or mottled appearance → 1923 Sc.
► PUCKER UP of the sky or weather: to cloud up, to become threatening → 1939 Amer. dial.
► RACK UP of the sky or clouds: to clear up → 1626
► SCOUL of the sky: to look red → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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