Emily Dickinson Lexicon

effect, n. [L. efficēre, to work out, accomplish.]

Consequence, event.

effervesce (-d), v. [L. ex, out + fervesc-ěre, to begin to boil.]

To boil off; to emit as a result of some commotion, pressure.

efflorescence, n. [L. floresco, to blossom.]

Figuratively, a blossoming of color.

effort, n. [L. < ex, out + forti-s, strong.]

1. Expended energy, straining.
2. Exertion to accomplish a purpose.

effulgence (-ies), n. [L. < ex, out + fulgēre, to shine.]

Splendor, a flood of light.

egg (-s), n. [OE.]

1. Case for an unborn bird; spherical shell produced by female birds containing the germ of a new individual.
2. Hatchling; young bird now hatched.
3. Phrase. “Egg of forests”: nut; kernel; hard seed capsule that can produce new trees.

egg-life, n. [see egg, n. and life, n.]

Embryo life; pre-life; pre-birth stage.

Egyptian, proper n. [Egyptian hūt-kā-ptah, temple of the soul of Ptah (father of Gods); or Phoenician Kapthor, Crete island.]

Hieroglyphics; pictograph text; sacred Christian Coptic characters; extinct Afroasiatic language; Hamito-Semitic script dating back to 3000 B.C.; written discourse characteristic of the City of the Dead; [fig.] enigma; riddle; incomprehensible mystery; (see Genesis 40:5, Matthew 2:13, and ED letters).

eider, n. [Icel. æthar.] (webplay: duck).

1. Species of duck abundant in Arctic regions that lines its nests with eider-down.
2. Eider-down.

eider-duck (-s), n. [see eider, n.]