Emily Dickinson Lexicon

art (-s), n. [OFr < L. ars, to fit.] (webplay: acquired, building, can, experience, grow, hands, human, making, man, mind, nature, painting, poetry, power, science, second, serving, skill, things).

1. Ability; power; competence; faculty; that which enables one to perform various tasks.
2. Trade; craft; set of rules which enables one to create.
3. Gift; talent; genius; aesthetic sensibility; mastery of dance, music, painting, or other enhancing skills.
4. Technique; method; procedure; approach; strategy.
5. Decoration; embellishment; [fig.] natural beauty.

art, v. [L. es-, be, exist.] Suppletion form of the verb “be”; the singular second-person present-tense form.

1. [Used for the lexical verb, indicating location or existence.]
2. [Used for the copula.]
3. [Used for the progressive.]

arterial, adj. [see artery, n.] (webplay: inner, outer).

Capillary; venous; having a network of blood vessels; [fig.] living; animate; [word play on “art”] artistic; elaborate; elegant; exquisite; beautiful and intricate in substance.

artery, n. [L. < Gk 'raise, lift up' or 'air'.] (webplay: blood, heart, lung, motion, name, vein, venous, wind-pipe).

1. Outgoing blood channel; major blood vessel; main tube carrying blood from the heart; [fig.] source of life; means of existence.
2. [Fig.] colorful woods; scene of trees having red leaves.

article (-s), n. [Fr. < L. artus, joint < ar-, join.] (webplay: specific).

1. Thing; element; material; substance; skin; piece of cloth; [fig.] being; creature; entity.
2. [Legal term] statement; provision; item in a contract; clause in a written document.

artifice, n. [Fr. < L. arti, art + ficium, making.] (webplay: skill).

Sham; superficiality; contrived strategy; ingenious agenda.

artificial, adj. [see artifice, n.]

Unnatural; concocted; simulated; synthetic; induced; forced; contrived.

artillery, n. [Fr. < L. ar-, art.] (webplay: arrows, shot).

Weapons; ammunition; firearms; cannons and guns; [fig.] force; instruments of death; power to kill.

artisan, n. [Fr. from L. artī-re, to instruct in the arts.] (webplay: making, nature).

Craftsman; artist; skillful worker; person having various trades and skills.

artist (-s), n. [Fr. < L. ars, art.] (webplay: hands).

1. Painter; person who draws; one who uses tools to render images; master of drawing, sketching, or painting; [fig.] sunrise or sunset colors; lights and shapes of clouds in the sky at dusk or dawn.
2. Craftsman; builder; creator; skillful worker; one having a special trade or skill.