Emily Dickinson Lexicon

drummer, n. [see drum, n.]

Musician; percussionist for the military.

drunk, adj. [shortened from drunken; see drink, v.] (webplay: reel, strong).

1. Intoxicated; altered mood chemically or with alcohol; become euphoric; stupefied; (see Deuteronomy 29:6).
2. Ingest liquid; satiate thirst; live and enjoy life; (see Leviticus 11:34).

drunkard, n. [see drink, v.] (webplay: drink, drunken, liquor, reel).

Alcoholic; imbiber; one who stumbles, wanders, or loses control of body mobility through the use of alcohol; (see Deuteronomy 21:20).

drunken, adj. [see drink, v.] (webplay: drink, drunkard, inebriated, liquor, reel, stagger, strong).

1. Intoxicated with liquor; satiated; (see Genesis 9:21).
2. Drink liquid frequently; satiate one's thirst; (see Lamentations 5:4).
3. Staggering; wandering aimlessly; stumbling from drinking alcohol; not in control of one's body movements; (see Isaiah 19:14).
4. Alcoholic; habitual drinker; frequently imbiber; (see Matthew 24:49).
5. Forsaken; forced to partake of a bitter liquid; suffer pain or injury; (see Revelations 17:6).

dry (dried), adj. [OE; see drought, n.] (air, blow, eyes, free, honorable, meadow, men, rainy, road, sun, thirsty, wetness, wind).

1. Tearless; not weeping; finished crying; [fig.] exhausted; spent; depleted.
2. Unsaturated; not drowning; not inundated; not overwhelmed; having no water; [fig.] fearless; not afraid; having courage.
3. Barren; arid; bleak; desolate; [fig.] meaningless; devoid of significance.
4. Tart; tangy; sharp; crisp; unsweetened; slightly sour; mildly acidic; from grapes not quite ripe; without a strong fruit flavor; [fig.] wry; ironic; not sentimental; emotionally understated; elegantly unpretentious; stylistically plain; rhetorically unembellished; based in logos rather than in pathos.
5. Tasteless; not moist; [fig.] boring; unsatisfying; not interesting.
6. Empty; thirsty; past feeling; devoid of emotion; [fig.] ebbing; decreasing; diminished.
7. Free of snow; without ice; not muddy; [fig.] passable; navigable.
8. Depleted; free of liquid; without rain; (see Genesis 1:9).
9. Dehydrated; preserved; desiccated; parched; sun-baked; (see Isaiah 56:3).

dry, v. [see dry, adj.]

Phrase. “Go dry”: evaporate; be empty; lose all water content; [fig.] disappear; vanish; die; become lifeless; (see Job 15:30).

ducal, adj. [L. ducāl-is, leader; see duke, n.]

1. Dukedom; doge; pertaining to or of a Duke.
2. Species of mollusk; [fig.] hiding in a shell.

ducal, n. [see ducal, adj.]

ducat (-s), n. [L. ducātus, duchy, name of a coin; see duke, n.]

Money; token; coin minted in European dukedoms; [fig.] wealth.

duchess, n. [L. dux, duke; see duke, n.] (webplay: sovereignty).

Female counterpart of a duke; woman of nobility.