Emily Dickinson Lexicon

ease (-s, -d, easing), v. [see ease, n.] (webplay: away, care, free, gradually, seamen's, somewhat).

1. Comfort, comfortably.
2. Soothe.

easel, n. [Du. 'ass'.]

The frame on which painters place their canvas.

easily, adv. [see easy, adj.] (webplay: Without).

Without difficulty; without great labor; lacking exertion or sacrifice of labor or expense.

east (-ern), adj. [see east, n.] (webplay: India, kings, sun).

1. Of exotic eastern lands such as the Orient.
2. Dawn-like.

east, adj. [see east, n.]

east, adv. [see east, n.] (webplay: hand, persons).

1. Originating in or coming from where the sun rises.
2. Originating in or coming from the east direction.

east, n. [OE 'dawn'; 'back, behind'.] (webplay: border, four, gold, heavens, kings, lie, sun, west, wind).

1. Where the sun rises.
2. Where the messiah will come.
3. The eastern point where the equator intersects the horizon.
4. The Orient.
5. The sun.

Easter, proper n. [OE < Eostre, Germanic dawn goddess.]

Christian holiday; Holy Sunday; morning of Christ's resurrection from the dead; springtime commemoration of the atonement of Jesus Christ; [fig.] time of rebirth; ancient renewal festival at the vernal equinox; [see ED's letters.]

East India, proper n. [see Indies, proper n.]

Shortened form of British East India Company; ruling government in most of nineteenth-century India; [fig.] colorful treasures; riches of spice, perfume, and gold.

easy (easier, easiest), adj. [OFr.] (webplay: care, causing, complying, contented, dancing, difficulty, expense, free, gently, Giving, great, hilly, Knowledge, laugh, life, men, opposition, pain, pass, patient, requires, rest, rising, road, sacrifice, sail, slept, small, softness, soon, stiffness, tranquillity, understandeth, uneven, well, without, yieldeth).

1. Not difficult; that gives or requires no great labor or exertion; that presents no great obstacles.
2. Yielding with little or no resistance; complying; credulous.
3. Free from anxiety, care, solicitude, or peevishness; quiet.
4. Not heavy or burdensome.
5. Ready; not unwilling.
6. Gentle; moderate; not pressing.
7. Smooth; flowing; not harsh.
8. Within reach; nearby; accessible.