Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: dressing – drink
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dressing, n. [see dress, v.] (webplay: men).
Clothing; covering; protection.
drest, verbal adj. [same as dressed; see dress, v.]
Clothed; covered; adorned.
drew, v. [past tense of draw, v.]
dried, verbal adj. [see dry, v.]
Dehydrated; made solid; rendered as a tangible substance.
drift (-s), n. [early ME; compare Ger. trift, passage for cattle; see drive, v.] (webplay: snow).
- Heap; mass; substance collected by wind; [fig.] cloud bank.
- Bank; pile; mound of snow.
drift (-ed), v. [see drift, n.] (webplay: driving, mining, snow).
- Wander in; travel to; sail into; explore aimlessly in.
- Drive along; collect in heaps; [fig.] cover; hide; surround.
drifting, verbal adj. [see drift, n.]
Moving; aimless; wandering; propelled by force; falling like snow; collected into a pile; landing in a heap.
drill (-ed, -s), v. [Du. drillen, bore, turn around, run hither and thither.] (webplay: entice, metal, step).
- Drive; pound; hammer; [fig.] force.
- Nail; puncture; bore into; make holes in; [fig.] practice; perform a military exercise; [fig.] crucify.
- Prepare; educate; school; train; make ready.
drink, n. [ME drinke.] (webplay: take, water, wine).
- Life; salvation; living Christ; (see Genesis 21:19).
- Fellowship; companionship; intellectual stimulation; [fig.] source of truth; fountain of knowledge; provider of comfort.
drink (drank, drinking, drunk, drunken), v. [OE drincan.] (webplay: air, brook, cup, drunkard, eye, hear, liquor, see, thirst, tippler, water, wine).
- Take in liquid; [fig.] experience.
- Intake; ingest; satiate one's thirst; (see Genesis 24:17 for “drink” and Lamentations 5:4 for “drunken”).
- Imbibe; sip an intoxicating liquid; [fig.] live; celebrate; enjoy life; worship nature; (see Matthew 24:38).
- Partake; consume; shape a cup of sacramental wine (see Matthew 26:27); [fig.] consume a cleansing beverage.
- Slake thirst; stay hydrated.
- Accept; receive; submit to; (see Matthew 20:22).
- Choose; select; [fig.] taste.
- Endure; undergo; suffer; (see Mark 10:38-39).
- Phrase. “Drink to”: celebrate; toast; imbibe alcohol for a festive occasion; [fig.] praise; honor; pay homage to; (see Luke 12:19).
- Phrase. “drunk it stronger”: taken a more potent dose; imbibed a more intoxicating portion; [fig.] appreciated it more.