Emily Dickinson Lexicon

cherry (cherries), n. [ME chery < ONFr. cherise.]

Small round fruit; red, yellow, or black berry-like food that grows in trees.

cherubic, adj. [OE and ME cherubin < OTest. Heb. k'rūb.] (webplay: creatures, deity).

Angelic; pertaining to angels, images of angels, or any of their heavenly qualities.

cherubim, n. [see cherubic, adj.] (webplay: face, Jehovah, keep, life, seat, seraphs, spirits, wings).

1. Messengers; types of angel; spirits that announces the presence or God; [fig.] wings of the wind (see 2 Samuel 22:11; Psalm 18).
2. Angels; beings in the celestial hierarchy who are next in order to seraphs; those who keep guard of the tree of life with a flaming sword (see Genesis 3:24); hieroglyphical images; emblematic figures embroidered on the veils of the tabernacle (see Exodus 25); [fig.] skillful.
3. Holy creatures; angelic images in Ezekiel's vision; beings with wings, the hands of a man, and four heads, each with the face of a bull, a man, a lion, and an eagle (see Ezekiel 4, 10).
4. Two golden angels at the ends of the mercy seat; winged figures that face each other; images between which Deity appeared (Exodus 20).

chestnut, n. [OFr chastaigne < L. castanea, chestnut.] (webplay: Castanea, grows, nut).

Reddish-brown nut from a tree of the genus Castanea.

chid, v. [past tense form; see chide.]

chide (chid), v. [OE chid-an.]

Blame; rebuke; reproach; scold; utter words in anger; criticize for fault or negligence.

chief (-er, -est), adj. [ME < L. caput, head.] (webplay: borne, distinguished, divine, hand, highest, quality, side).

1. Foremost; utmost; most high; principal or most eminent; having the most influence; most important or valued.
2. Large amount; most in number.
3. Phrase. in chief: ultimate; most intense; most eminent.

chiefly, adv. [see chief, adj.] (webplay: largest).

Eminently; principally; in the first place; for the most part.

child (-ren, -ren's, -'s), n. [OE cild < root kilth-, whence also Goth. kilthei, womb, inkilthô, pregnant woman.] (webplay: advanced, age, bearing, blow, cast, coldness, country, fear, first, God, grace, humble, ignorant, judgment, mere, morals, principles, race, remote, son, speak, strictness, strong, years, young).

1. Young person of either sex below the age of puberty.
2. One weak in knowledge; a person of immature experience or judgment.
3. Descendants; offspring; posterity; [fig.] spiritual offspring of God.
4. [Fig.] innocent; saint; angel; celestial being; chosen one; pure in heart people (see Matt 18:3).

childhood (-'s), n. [OE cildhád < cild (child) + hád, state, condition.] (webplay: belonging, child, country, first, God, grace, ignorant, years).

The state of a child, or the time in which persons are children, including the time from birth to puberty; [fig.] innocence.