Emily Dickinson Lexicon

duck (-'s), n. [OE duce; cf. Sw. dyk-fågel, dive-fowl, diver.]

Swimming bird; fowl flesh; [metonymy] pillow.

dud (-s), n. [origin unknown.]

Scraps; clothes; cloak; [fig.] patches of light.

due, adv. [late L. debūt-um, owed, money owed, debt.] (webplay: fit, seasonable, time).

1. Expected; anticipated; required; (see Luke 23:41).
2. Just; right; deserved; (see Deuteronomy 32:35).
3. Owed; (see Psalms 29:2).

due, n. [see due, adj.]

Wages; pay; salary; just consequences; (see Leviticus 10:13).

dug, v. [see dig, v.]

duke, n. [ME duk, leader, commander, general.] (webplay: king, title).

1. Leader; chief; political ruler; man of nobility.
2. Great Eagle Owl.

dull (-er, -est), adj. [ME dul, foolish.] (webplay: bright, cloggy, color, comprehend, dullness, hearing, industry, lad, learn, life, man, seeing, scholar, slow, spirit, stupid, wind, work).

1. Not fully felt; numb; deaden.
2. Boring; weary; tedious.
3. Slow; lesser intelligence; slower mental faculties.
4. Dim; not translucent; not bright.
5. Hearing impaired; slightly deaf; (see Matthew 13:15).
6. Not sharp.
7. Unspirited; melancholy; depressed; sad; unhappy.

dullness, n. [see dull, adj.] (webplay: dull, industry, life, seeing, stupid).

Lack of Intelligence; slowness; sleepiness.

dum, prep. [L. 'While, in the meantime, as long as, so long as'; see vivimus and vivamus.]

Phrase. “Dum vivimus vivamus”: while we live, let us enjoy life; while we are alive, let us live fully.

dumb (-er), adj. [OE, mute.] (webplay: power, show, signs, speech, sounds).

1. Silent; still; (see Habakkuk 2:18).
2. Speechless; destitute of the power of speech; (see Psalms 38:13).