Emily Dickinson Lexicon

dateless, adj. [see date, n².] (webplay: term).

1. Timeless; consistently fashionable.
2. Eternal; everlasting; perpetual; immortal.

daughter (-s), n. [OE dohtor < Skr. duh-, to milk.]

Female offspring; child; descendant; (see Genesis 11:29); [fig.] genealogy of an inanimate object.

dauntless, adj. [OFr dante-r < L. domāre, tame, subdue.] (webplay: fearless).

Bold; courageous; fearless; unafraid.

David, proper n. [Heb. 'darling, beloved, dear one']

Old Testament giant-killer; youngest son of Jesse; man who killed Goliath with a slingshot; Israelite who calmed Saul by playing the harp; anointed king of Israel; (see 1 Samuel 17 and ED's letters).

dawn (-s), n. [ON dagan, dawn.] (webplay: beginning, break, day, first, light, morning, opening, rise, serenity, soul, sunrise, time).

1. Morning; sunrise; beginning of the new day; (see Job 3:9).
2. Immortality; eternity; afterlife.
3. Rebirth; renewal; resurgence; revitalization.
4. Newness; freshness; novelty; excitement.
5. Hope; light; love.

day (-s, -'s), n. [OE dæz < Skr. dah, burn.] (webplay: age, allowed, answer, appear, appointed, axis, bank, battle, becomes, began, begins, between, beyond, birth, British, called, celebrate, certainty, church, civil, commemorating, common, contest, continuance, countries, court, customary, dated, daily, delay, die, different, distance, distinguished, earth's, eatest, ends, evening, every, exchange, existence, fathers, first, four, gained, God, grace, granted, hear, hearts, honestly, hours, Jews, judges, keep, law, Let, life, made, magnify, man, mercy, morning, midnight, named, nations, natural, note, number, offered, only, own, part, parties, payment, period, person, prayer, presented, returnable, revolution, rising, Savior's, setting, seven, six, space, specified, suit, summoned, sun, sun-rising, sun-setting, sunshine, surely, thing, three, time, useful, Venice, victory, voice, walk, week, whole, without, won, year).

1. Time of light; duration of sunshine; period of time when the sun shines on the earth; (see Genesis 1:5).
2. Time dedicated to a particular purpose; period of action, remembrance, or observance; (see Genesis 1:8).
3. Twenty-four hour period; time of the rotation of the earth; (see Genesis 7:11).
4. Season; period of time; (see Genesis 35:3).
5. Appointed time; (see Genesis 2:17).
6. Unspecified, but completed time; (see Genesis 48:20).
7. Period of alertness; time during which man is awake and active; (see Leviticus 14:2).
8. Morning; sunrise; (see Genesis 32:24).
9. Time of light during the colder months.
10. Sunset; evening; (see Mark 4:35).
11. Future date; (see Genesis 19:37).
12. Victory; triumph; conquest; (see Exodus 13:3).
13. Stage; period of life; (see Exodus 32:34).
14. Noon sky; (see Genesis 29:7).
15. Phrase. “every day”: daily; constantly; on a regular basis; (see Genesis 39:10).

daybreak, n. [see day, n. + break, v.] (webplay: light).

1. Dawn; sunrise; early morning; appearance of light in the morning sky; [fig.] resurrection.
2. Beginning; [fig.] communion with the Lord; prayer.

daylight, n. [see day, n. + light, n.]

Morning; dawn; light of day; [fig.] publicity.

dazzingly, adv. [see dazzlingly, adv.]

dazzle (-d, -s), v. [ME, diminutive of dase, daze.] (webplay: blind, brightness, light, sun, surprise).

1. Shine; glow; burn brightly; radiate light; [fig.] amaze; amuse; enlighten; edify; catch the attention.
2. Enlighten; be revealed; [fig.] inform; acquaint; notify.