Emily Dickinson Lexicon

blew, v. [see blow, v.]

blind, adj. [OE] (webplay: eye, light, seeing, sense, sight, view).

Sightless; unable to see; in the dark; lacking the sense of vision; [fig.] ignorant; deficient in spiritual perception; (see John 9:25).

blind (-s), n. [see blind, v.] (webplay: eye, light, seeing, unseen).

1. Screen; shutter; window covering; flexible shade for a window.
2. Sightless; unseeing ones; people lacking the ability to see; [fig.] ignorant; unobservant; unenlightened; deceived; (see 1 Corinthians 2:9).

blinded, verbal adj. [see blind, adj.] (webplay: eye, seeing).

Covered; unseeing; dazed; made sightless.

blinding, adj. [see blind, adj.] (webplay: sight).

Obscuring; making it difficult to see.

blindness, n. [see blind, adj.] (webplay: dark, eye, heedless, seeing).

1. Sightlessness; inability to see; lack of vision; [fig.] ignorance; lack of spiritual discernment; (see Ephesians 4:18).
2. Darkness; obscurity; dusk; night time.

bliss (bliss'), n. [OE 'mildness, clemency'.] (webplay: blessedness, degree, exult, happiness, heavenly, highest, joy).

1. Joy; delight; happiness; felicity; blessedness; sublime peace.
2. Exaltation; afterlife; heavenly joy; eternal happiness; living by the Spirit.

blissful, adj. [see bliss, n.] (webplay: happiness, heavenly, joy).

Joyous; pleasing; peaceful; serene; calm; full of felicity; happy in the highest degree.

blister (-ed, -s), v. [ME] (webplay: burn, hurt).

Swell; sting; scorch; inflame; puff up; cause a pustule; [fig.] torment.

blithe, adj. [OE; see bliss, n.] (webplay: gay, merry).

Happy; joyous; gleeful; cheerful; mirthful; lighthearted; carefree.