Emily Dickinson Lexicon

haunt (-ed, -ing, -s), v. [Fr. hanter, origin uncertain.] (Apparition, fear).

1. Trouble; distract; intrude on.
2. Frequent; return often, visit regularly.
3. Instill fear in; cause incredulity to.

haunt (-ed), verbal adj. [see haunt, v.] (webplay: houses, specter).

Visited by spirits; frequented by apparitions.

have (had, had'st, has, hast, hath, having, hav'nt), v. [OE habban; auxiliary or modal] (webplay: befall, esteem, fall, hastily, power, seize, take).

1. [Present perfect.]
2. [Past perfect.]
3. [Subjunctive] if.
4. [Subjunctive possessive.]
5. [Had + infinitive.]
6. [Have + infinitive.]
7. Phrase. “Have to” [periphrastic modal]: must; should; ought to.

have (had, had'nt, had'st, hadst, has, has'nt, hast, hath, hav'nt), v. [OE habban; lexical or principal verb.] (webplay: away, befall, belong, fall, happen, obligation, possess, power, rather, snatch, take).

1. Hold in the hand; bear on one's person.
2. Possess; own as property; keep at one's disposal.
3. Bear; carry; contain.
4. Possess as an identifying quality; exhibit as a figurative feature.
5. Experience; be affected with.
6. Know; comprehend; understand.
7. Able; obligated; possess as a duty; urged by necessity.
8. Eat; drink; imbibe.
9. Be related to.
10. Be subservient to; be subordinate to.
11. Retain as a constituent part; include as a component of self.
12. Keep up; carry on; engage in; continue an act; perform some action.
13. Entertain in the mind; maintain an opinion; hold in estimation.
14. Gain; obtain; procure; receive into possession.
15. Win; pass; gain superiority.
16. Phrase. “have away”: leave; remove; take elsewhere.
17. Phrase. “have to do with”: relate to; affiliate with; associate with.
18. Phrase. “had rather”: denotes wish; indicates preference.
19. Phrase. “have on”: wear; be adorned with.
20. Phrase. “have at”: go at; strike at; have an attempt at.
21. Phrase. “have done”: cease; desist; make an end.
22. Phrase. “had as lief”: would prefer; expression of comparative desirability.
23. Phrase. “have part”: share in; retain a portion.

haven (-s), n. [OE hæfen.]

Asylum, shelter, place of safety.

havoc, n. [OFr havot.]

Waste; devastation; destruction.

Haworth, proper n. [OE haga, hedge, and worth, enclosure > 'open place in a village'.]

Town in Yorkshire, England; place where the famous Brontë family resided; village where Emily and Charlotte Brontë are buried; [word play] cemetery; graveyard; church grounds.

hay, n. [OE híe < Germanic that which can be mowed.] (webplay: grass, mow).

1. Cut, dry grass that is used in stables.
2. Phrase. "Make hay while the sun shines": work hard.

hay, v. [see hay, n.] (webplay: mow).

Cut and dry grass.

hazard, n. [OF hasard < L. casus, fall.]

1. Dice game.
2. Danger; trouble; sudden accident.