Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: dwelling – dynasty
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dwelling (-s), n. [see dwell, v.] (webplay: day, place, remain, subject).
Place; home; house; habitation; abode; (see Genesis 10:30).
dwelling, verbal adj. [see dwell, v.] (webplay: fondness).
Residential; inhabited; domesticated; rest; (see Leviticus 25:29).
dwindle (-d, dwindling), v. [OE dwínan, vanish; see kindle, v.] (webplay: less).
Diminish; reduce; become less; become smaller.
dye (-s), n. [OE déah.]
Coloring; tint; stain.
dyer, n. [OE déayere.] (webplay: color, deeper).
Artisan; craftsman who dyes.
dying, n. [see die, v.]
Death; departed; perishing; process of losing life; process of the spirit leaving the body; (see Numbers 17:13).
dying, v. [see die, v.]
Perish; pass away; departing; expiring. (see Luke 8:42)
dying, verbal adj. [see die, v.] (webplay: away, death, expiring, fading, given, life, love, perishing).
- Expiring; fading; in process of losing life.
- Last; final; ultimate; closing; given at last breath.
dynasty (dynasties), v. [Fr. dynastie, domination.] (webplay: kings, power).
Lordship; sovereignty; regime; succession of sovereigns in one line of descent; length of time during which one family is in power.