Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: dingy – direction
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dingy, adj. [origin uncertain.]
Dark, dreary, weighty.
dining, adj. [see dine, v.] (webplay: between, dine, dines, life, noon, people).
Eating; consuming; feasting.
dinna, v. [Scottish for “do not”; see do, v.] (webplay: thou).
Did not (see Burns “Here's to Thy Health”).
dinner, adj. [see dinner, n.]
Pertaining to the meal.
dinner, n. [ME; see dine, v.] (webplay: dine, have, meal, noon).
Principle meal of the day in late afternoon.
dip, n. [see dip, v.]
- Arc; swing; slant; tipping motion; [fig.] reverberation.
- Baptism; immersion; inundation; flood; deluge; bathing completely in water; [fig.] basin; bowl; font.
dip (dipped, -s), v. [OE dyppan.] (webplay: finger, horizon, short, string, time).
- Sail; sink; dive; plunge; swoop.
- Sweep; drop quickly; move downward suddenly.
- Put; place; rest; immerse; douse; mix; mingle; [fig.] touch; feel; (see Genesis 37:31).
- Curve; arc; arch; swerve; slope.
- Slip; slide; incline; move below the horizon.
- Bow; lower; tip down.
dipping, verbal adj. [see dip, v.]
Sailing; plunging; diving; swooping; immersing; moving up and down through the air.
direct, adj. [Fr. < L. dīrigere, straighten, direct, guide.] (webplay: safety, straight, transact, way).
- Open; unambiguous; overt; forthright.
- Straight; frank; forward; to the point.
direction, n. [L. dīrectiōn-em.] (webplay: all, Bible, written).
Rule; order; governing; instruction.