Emily Dickinson Lexicon

build (-ed, -ing, -s, built), v. [OE < bold 'construct a dwelling'.] (webplay: air, art, barn, edifice, erecting, firmness, form, God, hopes, house, mason, raise, rest, settle, support, together, wall).

1. Form; shape; fashion; pile up; [fig.] cultivate.
2. Provide; furnish; render; supply; put up; [fig.] augment.
3. Construct; erect; frame; make; establish; put together; (see 1 Kings 6:15).
4. Create; design; [fig.] intend; designate.

builder, n. [see build, n.] (webplay: art, form, together).

Journeyman; master craftsman; professional wood-worker; expert in construction; highly skilled artisan; [fig.] lord; supervisor; overseer; higher power; divine being (see Hebrews 11:10).

bulb, n. [L. < Gk. 'onion, bulbous root'.]

1. Root ball; plant node; underground organic structure; round mass from which flowers rise and bloom; subterranean vegetation nugget that sprouts in the spring; [fig.] physical body in the resurrection.
2. Cell; vital organ; essential body part; [fig.] tone; note; strain; tune; melody; phrase of a song; musical instrument.

bulk, n. [poss. from ON.]

Load; mass; material; substance; cargo; hull of a ship; [fig.] body; carcass.

bullet (-s), n. [Fr. boulette, little ball.]

1. Trauma; gunshot wound; combat injury; [fig.] mark of bravery; sign of courage; token of valor.
2. Shot; metal pellet; ball of iron; piece of lead; projectile from a gun; fatal missile fired from a weapon.

bulletin (-s), n. [It. and Fr. 'little bullet'; see bullet, n.]

Message; account; publication; tidings; intelligence; written word; public announcement; bank note; financial statement; documentation of health status from a doctor; paper program for a church service; official report of happenings; printed notice of current events; [fig.] revelation; inspiration; scripture; holy writ.

bullion, n. [Anglo Fr. < Fr. < L. 'boil,' 'melt'.]

Plate; ingot; bar; ore not yet stamped into coins; lump of smelted metal not yet completely refined; [fig.] reward; payment; wage; compensation; recompense; remuneration.

bulwark, n. [poss. Scandinavian.]

Bastion; rampart; wooden fortification; defense wall made of trees; palisade that protects a place from invasion; (see Deuteronomy 20:20).

bumble, n. [see bomb, n. and boom, v.]

Hum; buzz; drone; whirr; repetitive noise; low vibrating sound; [fig.] chant; spell; incantation; enchantment.

bumble bee (-s, -'s, bumblebee), n. [see bumble, n. and bee, n.] (webplay: named).

1. Buzzing insect sound; vibrating apis noise; [fig.] chanting; humming; droning voice; nature's music.
2. Flying insect; pollen-collecting apis that makes honey.
3. Humblebee; species of the apis insect.