welkin-eyed From welkin, the vault of heaven, the sky. Welkin-eyed means eyes that are sky blue. wont 1. Accustomed or used: . The poor man is wont to complain that this is a cold world. (Henry David Thoreau). 2. Likely: chaotic as holidays are wont to be. § yards, yardarm A yard is the long, narrow wooden spar slung at its center form the mast and serving to support and extend a square sail that is bent into it. The yardarm is either of the ends of the yard. It is from these that men were hanged. yearn 1. To have a strong, often melancholy desire. 2. To feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness: yearned over the poor child's fate. § |
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