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See Terrier.

Surrounded by sky. [Poetic & R.] "The skyed mountain." Thomson.

Like the sky; ethereal; being in the sky. "Skyey regions." Thackeray. Sublime on the towers of my skyey bowers, Lightning, my pilot, sits. Shelley.

Like the sky, or approaching the sky; lofty; ethereal. [R.] Shak.

Europe and in some parts of Asia, and celebrated for its melodious song; -- called also sky laverock. See under Lark.

The act of running about the rigging of a vessel in sport; hence, frolicking; scuffing; sporting; carousing. [Colloq.]

A window placed in the roof of a building, in the ceiling of a room, or in the deck of a ship, for the admission of light from above.

An aëronaut. [Slang]

A rocket that ascends high and burns as it flies; a species of fireworks.

The sail set next above the royal. See Illust. under Sail.

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

Toward the sky.

Of a sleek, or smooth, and glossy appearance. Thomson.

Thin; lank. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]

Smart; jaunty; spruce. See Smirk, a. [Obs.] So smerk, so smooth, his pricked ears. Spenser.

Smirk; smirking.

Emitting smoke, esp. in large quantities or in an offensive manner; fumid; as, smoky fires.

ine; winding. The red light playing upon its gilt and carving gave it an appearance of snaky life. L. Wallace.

Like a sneak; sneaking.

Full of moisture; wet; soppy.