Emily Dickinson Lexicon

drive (-n, driving, drove, -s), v. [OE dríf-an.] (webplay: business, country, greater, hurry, man, room, times, trade, wood).

1. Expel; evict; clear a place; (see Genesis 4:14).
2. Transport as in a carriage; leave permanently; (see Job 24:3).
3. Remove; compel to move; urge forward; (see 2 King 4:24).
4. Burrow; move slowly; lower to the ground; (see Job 13:25).
5. Fall in drops; cascade from the sky as snow or rain

drop (-s), n. [OE dropa.] (webplay: cease, cloud, come, eaves, fall, favor, God, gold, leave, lower, nothing, old, rain, sea, stone, tree, water).

1. Drip; dribble; molecule of spherical fluid; (see Job 36:27).
2. Jewel; gem; pendant; diamond earring.
3. Small quantity; of a liquid or drink; [fig.] medicinal remedy.

drop (-ped, -ping, -t), v. [OE dropian.] (webplay: body, dease, coach, come, companion, dew, diamond, die, ear, earrings, eaves, fall, fashion, God, gold, grave, hanging, heavens, leave, lower, moment, nothing, old, possession, pour, rain, ripe, sail, sea, spherical, stone, suddenly, utter, word).

1. Fall; descend; plunge; (see Song of Solomon 5:5).
2. Fall spontaneously; spill; (see 1 Samuel 14:26); topple.
3. Die; pass away; fade away.
4. Collapse; sink down; lower; ebb; (see Isaiah 45:8).
5. Lower down; hand down.
6. Come to; arrive at unexpectedly; rise.
7. Become suddenly; change; transform without warning.
8. Quit; let go of; lose; give up; discard; dismiss; lay aside.
9. Release purposely; allow to fall; (see Deuteronomy 33:28).
10. Move away from; fall away.
11. Descend upon; distill; (see Deuteronomy 32:2).
12. Place upon; leave with; set down.
13. Utter slightly, briefly or casually; insert indirectly; (see Job 29:22).
14. Speckle; variegate.

dropt, adj. [past tense of drop, v.]

dross, n. [OE drós; husks of grapes, lees, dregs.]

Waste matter; refuse; worthless matter separated from a pure source; (see Psalms 119:119).

drought, n. [OE drúgað, dry.]

Dry; arid in climate; lacking rain or moisture; (see Genesis 31:40).

droughtless, adj. [see drought, n.] (webplay: growth, thirst, water).

The opposite of arid or dry; plentiful; moisture-rich; no limit to a source of liquid or water.

drown (-s, -ed, -ing), v. [ME droun-; origin obscure.]

1. Muffle; obscure; overwhelm; overpower; saturate; immerse; plunge; (see Exodus 15:4).
2. Surrounds; replaces one thing with another; (see Song of Solomon 8:7).

drowned, verbal adj. [see drown, v.]

Muffled; overpowered; immersed.

drowning, n. [see drown, v.]

Buried in water; surrounded by water; attempt at suicide.