Emily Dickinson Lexicon

doe, n. [OE dá < L. dāma, fallow deer, buck, doe.]

Female deer.

does, does'nt, v. [see do, v.] (webplay: affections, how, know, lie).

does'nt, v. [see do, v.]

dog, n. [late OE docga.] ( webplay: close, follow, man).

1. Animal; member of the genus canis; pet; companion; friend.
2. Beast; term of reproach; baser form of life; something which is a lower.

doge (-s), n. [Fr. < L. duc-em, duke.]

Chief; magistrate; leader; politician; legal authority; the chief magistrate of Venice and Genoa.

dogma (-s), n. [L. < Gk. δόγμα, opinion, tenet, decree; see doctrine.] (webplay: doctrinal).

Principle; doctrines; teachings to guide one's life.

doll, n. [a shortened pet-form of Dorothy, Dor- being modified to Dol-; Sc. Doroty, puppet.] (webplay: child, little girl).

1. Small likeness; image of one's self.
2. Toy for children; a symbol of childishness.

dollar (-s), n. [ME daler.]

Buck; one hundred pennies; twenty nickels; ten dimes; four quarters; small amount of money; lowest denomination of paper currency in the United States of America.

Dollie ('s), proper n. [clipping of Dorothy, 'gift of God' < Gk dōron, 'gift' + theos, 'god'; see doll, n. and ED's letters.]

Nickname for Susan H. Gilbert; wife of Austin Dickinson; ED's dear friend, poetic mentor, next door neighbor, and sister-in-law; [fig.] comfort; company of another.

domain (-s), n. [mod Fr. domaine < L. dominucus, of or belonging to a lord, private property.]

1. Empire; dominion; territory; compensation for the dead; sovereignty of the dead over his estate.
2. Area; realm; enclosed place to hide one's personal items.
3. Possessions; ownership; something one has control over. 1772/ex Let me not thirst … with Domains in my Pocket