Definition of "heaven-kissing" [heaven-kissing]

• Touching or seeming to touch the sky.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "This is the upheaval of heaven-kissing summits whose streams shall feed the farthest generations,"
• "But beyond, and high above all, as if the spirits of the air had suddenly unveiled their bright abodes, placed in scaleless altitude in the stainless sky, heaven-kissing, companions of the unattainable ether, were the glorious Alps, clothed in dazzling robes of light by the setting sun."
• "He had the lover's urge towards some heaven-kissing act which should exalt his mistress ---- A book for all the world to read -- a picture painted with"