Emily Dickinson Lexicon

bonnie, adj. [Poss. < Fr. bon, good < L. bonus.]

Good; dear; beloved; precious; blessed.

Bonnie Doon, proper n. [see bonnie, adj., boon, n., and Doon, proper n.]

Phrase. “Bonnie Doon”: poem; lyric; valentine; Celtic folk song; (see “The Banks o' Doon” by Robert Burns); [fig.] flower; blossom; good deed; kind act; fine gift.

book (-s), n. [OE bóc.] (webplay: beech-tree, learning, literary, reading, registering, remembrance, volume).

1. Tome; written work; published literary composition; set of printed sheets of paper bound together; [fig.] piece of knowledge; compilation of wisdom; [biographical] copy of Emerson's poems that Dickinson received from Benjamin Newton.
2. Biography; life story; personal history; [fig.] immortality; eternal life.
3. Scripture; Bible; sacred record; (see Luke 4:20).
4. Author; writer from the past.
5. Record; registry; account; chronicle; hotel sign-in; volume for guests; [fig.] tree; home; resting place.
6. Holy Bible; Old and New Testament; [fig.] summer; warm season; time of year.

boom (-ing), v. [Imitative origin.]

Hum; buz; roar; make a deep resonant sound; [sense play] move rapidly; rush forward; [word play] sail; push off with stinger as a spar; [fig.] flourish; thrive; prosper.

boon, n. [OE bén, prayer.]

1. Blessing; gift; present; gratuity; good thing; favor granted graciously.
2. Meal; feast; repast; feeding; serving of food; [fig.] act of charity.
3. Opportunity; privilege; advantage; prerogative.
4. Fulfillment; resolution; result of an entreaty; reply to a request; response to a petition; answer to prayer.

Boon, Daniel, proper n. [see Boone, Daniel, proper n. and ED letters.]

Boone, Daniel, proper n. [see boon, n. and Daniel, proper n.]

Daniel Boone (1735-1820); American folk hero; frontiersman known for his pioneering of the Ohio valley; [fig.] explorer; adventurer.

boot (-s), n. [ME > OFr < L.] (webplay: foot, shoe).

1. Hoof; animal foot.
2. Tread; pace; stride; step in a funeral march; [fig.] load; weight; encumbrance; heavy burden.
3. Footwear; high-top walking shoe; leather casing for feet; covering for the foot and lower leg; [fig.] progression; initiative; forward motion.
4. Will to act; desire to serve.
5. Claw; pincer; bird's lower extremity; bird appendage for perching.
6. Root; underground fibrous system for a plant; [fig.] base; foundation.

booty, n. [ME 'advantage, profit'.] (webplay: dishonesty, plunder).

1. Loot; spoils; pillage; treasure; stolen goods; property obtained by the use of force; [fig.] landscape; earth; horizon; (see Numbers 31:32).
2. Loved ones; beloved dead; deceased people.
3. Profit; gain; advantage; goodness; blessing; [word play] beauty.

boquet, n. [see bouquet, n.]