Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: dower – drab
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dower (-ed), v. [see dower, n.] (webplay: life, portion, woman).
Endow; grant; confer; give as a wedding gift.
dowerless, adj. [see dower, n.]
Portionless; poor; without inheritance.
down, adv. [late OE dĂșne.]
- In a lower place.
- On paper; in letters; with an inscription.
- Into weakness; having injury; being defeated; in a low condition.
- Across; spanning through; in a linear movement along.
- Strapped; confined.
- Disappeared; vanished.
- Below; underneath.
- Fallen; flattened; demolished; from raised to level position.
- In the grave.
- Off; shut; closed.
- Below the horizon.
- Phrase. “down hill”: at an incline; in a downward direction; moving from a higher place to a lower place; [fig.] descending towards the grave.
down, n. [ON dĂșn.] (webplay: lie, soft, wind).
- Soft feathers; fine covering of baby ducks, geese, and other fowls; [fig.] gentle clouds; delicate mists.
- Pillow; cushion; comforter; bed; resting place; [word play on down, adv.] snowbank; low place on the ground.
down, prep. [see down, adv.]
- Descending; lower; (see Leviticus 19:16).
- Across; spanning through or across more linear movement.
- Lower part; inferior portion.
- Opposite direction.
downiest, adj. [superlative form of “downy”; see down, n.]
Delicate; soft; tender; fragile.
dowry (dowries), n. [AFr. dowarie; see dower, n.] (webplay: paid).
Property; fortune; asset.
dozen, n. [OFr dozeine < L. duodecim.]
Twelve; grouping of like kind.
Dr, n. [Abbreviation for doctor; see doctor, n.]
Title; doctor of medicine.
drab, adj. [synonymous with drap, cloth < Fr. drap-de-berry, cloth of Berry.]
Dull; yellowish; grayish brown; [fig.] dim; gloomy; depressing.