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English Dictionary: Skyscraper by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
skyscraper
n
  1. a very tall building with many stories
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Skyscraper \Sky"scrap`er\, n.
      (a) (Naut.) (1) A skysail of a triangular form. [Rare] (2) A
            name for the one of the fancy sails alleged to have been
            sometimes set above the skysail. [Obs.]
      (b) A very tall building.
      (c) Hence, anything usually large, high, or excessive. [Slang
            or Colloq.]
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