Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: toward – tract
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toward, prep. [OE tóweard.] (webplay: docility, eye, near).
- In; in reference to; compared with.
- To; closer to; in the direction of.
- Approaching; heading to; facing.
- Against.
- To; for; with.
towering, adv. [OE torr + -ing.] (webplay: high).
Loftily; extremely; unattainably; in an elevated manner.
town (-s), n. [OE tuun.]
- Village; hamlet; community; small settlement; cluster of homes.
- Civilization; habitations; populated places; settled areas; a group of homes.
- Parish; ward; inhabited location; [fig.] paradise; spirit world for those awaiting the resurrection from the dead.
- Enclosure; field; garden; hedge; yard; walled place; [fig.] season; winter.
- Domain; domicile; manor; territory; [fig.] kingdom.
- Land; upper shore; high beach.
- Homestead; residence; destination; place of origin.
- Crossroads; [fig.] cemetery; graveyard; burial ground.
- Society; urban district; hub of business interaction; place of social gathering.
- Fortification; row of houses; cluster of buildings; [fig.] horizon; sunset.
- Phrase. “Out of town”: gone; not at home; [fig.] dormant; inactive in the growing cycle; not blooming for the season.
toy (-s), n. [etymology unknown.] (webplay: children, gold, stay).
Child's plaything; thing for amusement with no real value.
toy (-ed), v. [see toy, n.]
Play; trifle.
trace, n. [Fr. trace.]
Remains; mark left behind; sign of former existence.
trace (-d, -ing), v. [ME trace-n.] (webplay: passing, seen, track).
- Draw; outline; mark out.
- Follow; discern; ascertain; perceive; understand.
- Sew; follow with stitches.
track (-s), n. [OFr trac.] (webplay: foot, passed, road, stepping, trace).
- Footprints; set of footsteps; trace of passing; marks left behind when one walks on a path; evidence of passing over the ground in a certain direction.
- Way; trail.
- Entity; [word play on “tract”]: area; zone; territory.
- Rail; metal path of a train; [fig.] course; line.
- Direction; mode of departure.
trackless, adj. [see track, n.]
Untrod; without a trace; not marked by footprints.
tract (-s), n. [L. tractatus.]
- Essence; continuity; extent.
- Region; area; expanse.