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ting as if moved by anger; wearing the marks of anger; as, angry words or tones; an angry sky; angry waves. "An angry countenance." Prov. xxv. 23.

A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.

their readers. Fit audience find, though few. Milton. He drew his audience upward to the sky. Dryden. Court of audience, or Audience court (Eng.), a court long since disused, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury; also, one belonging to the Archbishop of York. Mozley & W. -- In general (or open) audience, publicl…

The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises.

Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless. Azure stone (Min.), the lapis lazuli; also, the lazulite.

Of an azure color; sky-blue. "The azured harebell." Shak.

us Hordeum, used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky. Barley bird (Zoöl.), the siskin. -- Barley sugar, sugar boiled till it is brittle (formerly with a decoction of barley) and candied. -- Barley water, a decoction of barley, used in medicine, as a nutritive and demulcent.…

John Barleycorn, a humorous personification of barley as the source of malt liquor or whisky.

The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors; as, the beading of a brand of whisky.

Furnished with beams, as the head of a stag. Tost his beamed frontlet to the sky. Sir W. Scott.

arkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure. [Archaic] The clouds benight the sky. Garth.

to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal; to deceive. Such darkness blinds the sky. Dryden. The state of the controversy between us he endeavored, with all his art, to blind and confound. Stillingfleet.

give promise, as by or with flowers. A better country blooms to view, Beneath a brighter sky. Logan.

Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets. "The blue firmament." Milton.

Boscage; also, the state or quality of being bosky.

Without bounds or confines; illimitable; vast; unlimited. "The boundless sky." Bryant. "The boundless ocean." Dryden. "Boundless rapacity." "Boundless prospect of gain." Macaulay.

ceremony; a marriage. Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky. Herbert.

eye; resplendent with charms; as, bright beauty. Bright as an angel new-dropped from the sky. Parnell.

ow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue.

A species of agalloch, or aloes wood, of a dusky or mottled color, of a light, friable texture, and less fragrant than calambac; -- used by cabinetmakers.