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Fixed foundation; established basis. [Obs.] Custom is the . . . firmament of the law. Jer. Taylor.

Pertaining to the firmament; celestial; being of the upper regions. Dryden.

lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets. "The blue firmament." Milton.

Work done by the hands; hence, any work done personally. The firmament showeth his handiwork. Ps. xix. 1.

ing the earth; esp., that which seems to be over the earth like a great arch or dome; the firmament; the sky; the place where the sun, moon, and stars appear; -- often used in the plural in this sense. I never saw the heavens so dim by day. Shak. When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heave…

Immeasurable. What an immensurable space is the firmament. Derham.

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament. [Obs. or Scot.]

The firmament; the sky. [Poetic] Shoots against the dusky pole. Milton.

rent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament; -- sometimes in the plural. The Norweyan banners flout the sky. Shak.

Situated above the firmament, or great vault of heaven. Waterland.

A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars.

To denote having as a possession or an appendage; as, the firmament with its stars; a bride with a large fortune. "A maid with clean hands." Shak.