SKYSCRAPER

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A name for the one of the fancy sails alleged to have been sometimes set above the skysail. [Obs.]

2.
n.

A very tall building.

3.
n.

Hence, anything usually large, high, or excessive. [Slang or Colloq.]


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