200 DICTIONARY OF AVIATION
sky-aspect 'skai,D-spekt n. the aspect of the sky. see under
aspect. sky-battle 'skai,bsetl n. a battle fought in the sky; a battle
or combat in the air. sky-boat 'skai,boot n. a boat or ship for sailing the sky; an
air^boat; an airship; a flying^machine. sky-climber 'skaijkz.ai-maz n. an aircraft designed for
climbing high into the sky; an altitude^machine; a height^
machine. sky-craft 'skai,ksa:ft . a craft for sailing the sky; a sky#
boat; an airship. sky-cycler 'skai,sai-ki,3z n. one who practises mechanical
flight, or, as it were, cycles about in the sky or air; an
aviator. skyey 'skai-i adj. like the sky; ef or situated in the sky or
upper air. sky-flight 'skai,ftait . the art of flight in the sky; aerial
flight; air^f light; aviation. sky-flyer 'skai,fz.ai-3z n. [also spelt skytflier'] one who flies
in the sky; an air^sailor; an aviator.
sky-gazing 'ska^gee-zirj n. given to gazing or looking ex- pectantly into the sky; prone to look skyward for airships.
compare airshipigazer. sky-glow 'skai,gh>o n. a peculiar glow recently observd in
the sky at Copenhagen and other places. sky-gun 'skai,gAn n. a gAii for shooting into the sky; a gun
or cannon for firing at airships. sky-high ,skai / hai, (assumptivly) 'skai,hai adj. as high as
the sky; very high.
sky- journey 'ska^dsszni n. [also spelt sky journey'] a jour- ney in the sky; a trjp thru the skies; an air^trjp. skylight 'skai,lait n. the light of the sky; sunlight as it
comes from the sky. sky-line 'skai,lam n.
1. the line tuhere the sky and the earth or objects en the earth appear to meet; the horizon^line; the horizon.
2. a line or route of travel or transport in the sky, or thru the air; the sky^way; an air^way, an airline (sense 2).
sky-man 'ska^msen n. [ploral sky*men\ a man of the sky; an
airman ; a sky^pilot ; an aviator. sky-pilot 'skai,pai-tet n. a pilot of the sky; a guide who
works in the sky; the steersman of a sky^craft; an air*
pilot ; an aviator. sky-road 'skai^ood n. a road or way in or thru the sky; a
highway thru the air or atmosfere; a sky^way; an ahvroad.
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