Emily Dickinson Lexicon

don't (dont), v. [contraction form; see do, v.]

Doesn't; does not.

dont, don't, contr. [see do, v. and not, v.] (webplay: answer, asked, know, have, how, just, more, two, will).

Negated action; not performing.

doom (-s, -'s), n. [OE dóm < old Germanic dômo-z, statute, ordinance; see do, v.] (webplay: destine, fate, future, penalty, suffer).

1. Fate; death; tomb; life of sufferings; end; determination affecting the outcome.
2. Finals days; last judgement; doomsday.
3. Ruin; destruction; death; final fate.
4. Condemned; damned; destined to death.

doom (-ed), v. [see doom, n.] (webplay: sentence).

1. Condemn; punishment; destine to adverse fate.
2. Damn; condemn to death.

Doon, proper n. [possibly a variant of do, v., meaning 'deed, action, feat'; see Bonnie Doon, proper n.]

door (-s), n. [OE duru.] (webplay: abroad, apartment, approach, building, chargeable, closes, enter, forgiving, gate, hinges, home, house, imputable, lie, Lord, man, next, opening, passage, room, saved, shuts, turning).

1. Entrance; opening to a building, house, room, closet, or any other enclosure; (see Genesis 6:16).
2. Frame of boards; any piece of board, plank or other material; encases the opening or entrance to a house, room, or other enclosure; moveable board or plank; rotates on hinges fastened to one side of the opening; (see Genesis 19:6).
3. A synecdochic reference for the house or building of which the door is a part; (see Exodus 12:22); [fig.] the people, the family, or the institution inhabiting the building.
4. Avenue; passage; means of approach or access; place of greeting; position of invitation; point of identification or inquiry; [fig.] place of accounting, judgement, or testing, before one is allowed to move on to a thing or place more sought after; (see Genesis 4:7).
5. Barrier; prohibiting entry or exit; (see 2 Kings 4:33); obstacle; protection.
6. Marking of boundaries; (see Deuteronomy 15:17); the beginning and end; [fig.] death.
7. Possibility; chance; opportunity; (see 2 Corinthians 2:12).
8. Grave; tomb; coffin lid; (see Mark 16:3).
9. Resurrection; (see John 10:9).
10. Dawn; morning; sunrise.
11. Hell; mortal life; (see Psalms 24:9).

dormant, a. [OFr < L. dormīre, sleep.]

Hibernation; asleep; at rest; not in action; quiet.

dost, v. [see do, v.] (webplay: come, death, haste, last, love, made, nothing, still, what).

Act; perform; strong second person singular form of the verb do; (see Genesis 32:29).

dot (-s), n. [OE dott, head of a boil.]

Small point; freckle; fleck; spot of a different color.

dot, v. [see dot, n.] (webplay: small, spot).

1. Mark; cover; or decorate with dots.
2. Scatter; disperse; sprinkle.