Emily Dickinson Lexicon

coffer (-s), n. [Me cofre < Gk. kophinos, basket; see coffin, n.]

Chest; strong box in which money or valuables are kept; [wordplay on “coffin”] burial casket.

coffin, n. [ME < OFr cofin, little basket, case < Gk. kophinos.]

Casket; box for burial; container for a dead person's body; placed into the ground or a vault; [fig.] desolation; empty place.

cog (-s), n. [ME cogge, found from 13^th c.] (webplay: wheels).

Tooth or part of a wheel that interlocks with other parts to cause motion to another body or receive motion from a body.

cohere, v. [L. cohær-ere, cleave together.]

Cleave; unite; stick together.

cohesive, adj. [L. cohæs-, ppl. stem of cohærēre, cohere.]

United; stuck together with another thing.

coil, n. [see coil, v.]

Length of spider web when 'coiled' or gathered up.

coil, v. [Fr. cueillir, gather, collect, cull.]

Twist; curl; wind around.

coin (-s), n. [Fr., wedge, corner, die for stamping money or medals.]

Piece of money; metal, such as gold, silver or copper, stamped into money; once used to weigh down the eyes to keep them closed after a person had died.

cold, adj. [OE; Anglian cald.] (webplay: air, chill, cool, feeling, hasty, indicating, indifferent, look, lover, passes, spiritless, stone, touch, warm, water).

1. Lacking emotion; devoid of deep feeling; missing warmth, passion, or ardor.
2. Spiritless; lacking enthusiasm; not feeling well; having no energy.
3. Low temperature; temperature considerably lower than that of the living human body; sometimes refers to the human body when it is without heat, particularly in death.
4. Stark; bleak; dismal; somber; dispiriting; [fig.] empty; void; senseless; meaningless.

cold, n. [OE cald.] (webplay: air, feeling, look, passes, shivering, wanting, warm).

1. Absence of heat; low temperature; cool weather; freezing atmospheric state; chilly physical environment.
2. Solitude; loneliness; absence of affection; social margin.
3. Chill; lack of body heat; sensation of physical cooling.