Sky"scrap`er (?), n. 1.
(Naut.) (a) A skysail of a triangular form. [Rare]
(b) A name for the one of the fancy sails alleged to have been
sometimes set above the skysail. [Obs.] 2.
(a) A very tall building. (b) Hence,
anything usually large, high, or excessive. [Slang or
Colloq.]
© Webster 1913.
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