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skī(e
n.
Additional spellings:
skie
49 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The sky, heavens, firmament; -- often pl.; also
fig.
;
ski of night
, darkness, night;
al the wateres under the ski
, all the rivers, etc. in the world;
bi o side of the ski
, in the same quadrant of…
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