Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: vow – vulture
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vow, v. [OFr vouer; see vow, n.] (webplay: make, pay, worthy).
Promise; solemnly swear.
vulgar, adj. [L. vulg-us, the common people.]
Uncultivated; crude; unrefined; common; rude; low; ordinary; base.
vulture, n. [AFr and OFR < L. vultur, vulturius.]
Scavenger fowl; bird of prey; winged predatory creature.