Emily Dickinson Lexicon

daring, adj. [see dare, v.] (webplay: heaven-daring).

Fearless; dauntless; courageous; bold.

dark (-er), adj. [OE deorc < OHG. tarchanjan, conceal, hide.] (webplay: black, blind, fire, heart, obscure, opposite, saying, time, ways, white).

1. Unilluminated; devoid of light; (see Job 3:9).
2. Empty; vacant; lifeless; without light or signs of movement; (see Psalms 74:20).
3. Uncheerful; gloomy (see Job 22:13).
4. Secretive; concealed; (Psalms 78:2).
5. Lonely; frightening; terrifying.
6. Black; ebony; onyx; (see Proverbs 7:9).
7. Melancholy; mournful; saddened; [fig.] funeral Procession; (see Lamentations 3:6).
8. Blackish hue; (see Leviticus 13:56); [fig.] trials; tribulations; struggles of life; sins of the world.
9. Callous; unfeeling; cold; hardened; (see Daniel 8;23).

dark, n. [see dark, adj.] (webplay: blazes, chalk, cheerful, concealed, darkness, easily, every, explained, hear, heavenly, ignorance, keeping, known, learning, light, obscure, saying, spark, unknown, ways, vision).

1. Sin; iniquity; transgression; weakness; (see Isaiah 29:15).
2. Absence of light; place without light; (see Genesis 15:17).
3. Time before dawn; period before morning; hours before the aurora of sunrise; [fig.] state of being that receives enlightenment.
4. Night; nightfall; evening; (see Joshua 2:5).
5. Sorrow; grief; heartache; sadness.
6. Obscurity; anonymity; a hiding place; (see Psalms 88:12).
7. Gloominess; loneliness; isolation [fig.] fear of death. (405)
8. Separation; parting; farewell.
9. Mystery; the unknown; unenlightened state; lack of knowledge; (see Job 12:25).

darkness (-es), n. [see dark, adj.] (webplay: day, face, light, place, trouble).

1. Blackness; absence of light; lack of vision or sight; (see Genesis 1:2).
2. Trouble; affliction; distress; sorrow; (see Genesis 15:12).
3. Nighttime, nightfall; evening; twilight; (see Genesis 1:5).
4. Hiding place; private place; clandestine location; (see Job 20:26).
5. Uncertainty; doubt; [fig.] cloudiness in the mind; (see Deuteronomy 28:29).

darling (-s), n. [OE déorling; (dear + ling).] (webplay: favorite, tenderness).

Loved one; favorite friend; companion; (see Psalms 35:17).

dart, n. [OFr.] (webplay: hand, shot).

1. Dagger; pointed missile; piercing weapon; small penetrating piece of metal; (see Job 41:26).
2. Pain; wound; [fig.] grief; heartache; heartbreak.
3. Point; arrow; [fig.] love; affection; keen desire; special feeling for someone; influence of the demigod Cupid.

darting, verbal adj. [see dart, n.]

Sharp; acute; keen; [fig.] surprising; suddenly shifting; abruptly changing. 87/App 13 A darting year … that what one waked for, / inhales the different dawn.

date, n¹. [OFr < Gk. δάκτυλος, finger.]

Fruit of the Date-Palm; sweet oblong fruit of Asia and Africa.

date (-s), n². [Fr. < L. datus, given.] (webplay: contracts, day, done, note, rights, time).

1. Time; day on which an event takes place.
2. Record; testament; confirmation; proof.
3. Memory; recollection; past time and place.
4. Onset; start; beginning; commencement.
5. Appointment; engagement; prearranged meeting.
6. Moments; instances.

date (-d, dating), v. [see date, n².] (webplay: day, place).

1. Declare; dedicate; consecrate.
2. Inscribe; number; consider; enroll.
3. Assign a time; fix a point; make a reference.