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 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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