make the welkin ring

English

Alternative forms

ring the welkins

Etymology

See etymology at welkin; and ring, verb sense 1.

Verb

make the welkin ring

To make a loud noise.
(idiomatic) To celebrate or revel.
- 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter IV, page 44:
  There was nothing like that spirit which, when the heart goes with the decree of the ruler, makes the welkin ring with its unregulated rejoicings.

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