Emily Dickinson Lexicon

bode, n. [OE > Germanic beudan, to offer.]

Promise; hope; assurance; anticipation; omen; portent.

bodiless, adj. [see body, n.] (webplay: man, soul).

Incorporeal; nonmaterial; spiritual; lacking physical form.

bodiless, n. [see body, n.] (webplay: alone, soul).

Spirits; souls; incorporeal; ones without bodies.

body (bodies), n. [OE] (webplay: alone, common, corporeal, dwells, forces, Godhead, living, man, material, real, set, soul, spirit, wings).

1. Fleshly tabernacle; corporeal identity; mortal part of individual existence; physical aspect of a human being; (see 1 Corinthians 15:35).
2. Resurrected being; glorified and perfected physical identity; (see 1 Corinthians 15:35).
3. Part; entity; segment; manifestation of existence; distinct but complementary component.
4. Material frame; physical structure; external component of flesh and blood.

bog (-s), n. [Ir. bogach < bog, 'soft'.] (webplay: bend, land, little, man).

Marsh; fen; swamp; quagmire; muddy area; piece of wet, spongy ground.

boggy, adj. [see bog, n.] (webplay: grass, spot).

Swampy; spongy; marshy; wet; moist.

Bohea, proper n. [Chinese Wu-i(shan), mountain, hills north of Fuhkien.] (webplay: tea).

Coarse herb; cheap hot drink; low-priced tea from China; area that first exported black tea to England (see E.B. Browning's Aurora Leigh); [word play on “Bohemian”] vagabond; gypsy; roaming artist; [fig.] waxwing; noisy bird; personified migratory fowl.

boiling, verbal adj. [ME < L bullī-re, to form bubbles.]

Churning; seething; rolling; raging; agitating; wrenching; writhing; turning; spiraling; funneling; [fig.] windy; stormy; cyclone-like; hurricane-like.

bold (-er, -est), adj. [OE bald.] (webplay: confident, daring, enters, eye, fearless, God, liberty, men, near, spirit, standing, striking, water).

1. Courageous; brave; not afraid; able to move forward; (see Proverbs 28:1).
2. Assertive; self-assured; positive.
3. Intrusive; intervening; interfering; meddlesome.
4. Aggressive; forward; discourteous; rude.
5. Bright; vivid; vibrant; sunny; shining; blazing.
6. Impressive; spectacular; stirring.
7. Strong; healthy; well-made; [fig.] lasting; eternal; immortal; resurrected.
8. Powerful; mighty; authoritative; commanding; lordly; masterful.
9. Loud; raucous; blaring; jarring; squawky.
10. Fresh; new; glowing; blooming.

bold (-ly), adv. [see bold, adj.] (webplay: approach, confident, enters, eye, God, men, open, presumption, spirit, standing, water).

1. Bravely; courageously; fearlessly; assertively; with confidence; (see Mark 15:43).
2. Resolutely; unyieldingly; unshakably; calmly; without revealing anything.
3. Securely; sturdily; firmly.