Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: doubloon – dower
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doubloon (-s), n. [Fr. doublon.]
Money; Spanish or Portuguese coin worth double the value of a pistole.
doubly, adv. [see double, adj.]
Twice as much.
doubt (-s), n. [ME < OFr dute, doubt.] (webplay: apprehension, believe, eye, fear, knowledge, life, measure, mind, sense, scrupled, superior, uncertainty).
- Uncertainty; fear; scruple; suspicion; hesitancy to believe; fluctuation of mind arising from lack of knowledge or proof; (see Genesis 37:33).
- Chance; possibility of disappointment; (see Deuteronomy 28:66).
doubt (-ed, -s), v. [ME duten < L. dubitāre, waver in opinion, hesitate.] (webplay: believe, confidence, danger, deep, distrust, evidence, eye, fear, knowledge, scrupled, suspense, truth, uncertainty).
- Question; consider it improbable; do not expect.
- Question; waver in belief; fluctuate in opinion; (see Matthew 21:21).
- Disbelieve; distrust; suspect; (see Matthew 28:17).
doubtful, adj. [see doubt, n.] (webplay: certain, child, day, eye, knowledge, life, see).
- Not supposing.
- Unlikely; improbable, yet possible; dubious.
- Tremulous; not confident.
- Not certain or secure [fig.] two-fold.
doubting, verbal adj. [see doubt, v.] (webplay: doubt, fear, knowledge).
Uncertain; fearful; hesitating; questioning; (see Acts 11:12).
doubtless, adv. [see doubt, n.] (webplay: believe, child, divine, fear, eye, go, knowledge, pretty, question).
- Unquestionably; certainly; absolutely; undeniably; (see Psalms 126:6).
- For certain; no doubt; indisputably; (see Isaiah 63:16).
- Without doubt; [fig.] dually; as two.
dough, n. [OE dáh < pre-Germanic dhigh-, form of clay, knead.] (webplay: kneaded).
Uncooked bread paste; moist mass of flour or meal; pliable substance which becomes bread when baked; (see Exodus 12:34).
dove, n. [OE dufe < old Germanic dib-, dive, dip; analogous connection of L. columba with Gk. κολυμβίς, diver (bird).] (webplay: columba, house).
- Flying creature; pigeon-like fowl known for its loyalty; graceful bird belonging to the Columbidœ family; animate being that lives on land but travels through the air; bird that Noah sent out to look for signs of land after the flood (see Genesis 8:8-12); [fig.] emigrant; explorer; pioneer; [fig.] courier; emissary; harbinger; messenger; angel; precursor; [metaphor] Holy Spirit; potential source of peace and inspiration, like the Holy Ghost; (see Luke 3:22); [metaphor] ship; boat; little vessel of discovery; [fig.] poetry; language as a vehicle for seeking truth.
- Dear; gentle person; innocent one; beloved individual; guileless female; deceased girl; dearly departed one.
dower (-s, -'s), n. [OFr douaire < L. dōtāre, endow.] (webplay: great, life, portion, rich, woman).
- Money; property a wife brings to her husband upon their marriage.
- Inheritance; share of an estate; property a widow receives following the death of her husband; [fig.] recognition from others; remembrance by others; fame after death.
- Gift; endowment.