Emily Dickinson Lexicon

fable, n. [L. fabula, discourse, narrative story.]

Fiction; legend; myth; feigned story; (see 1 Timothy 1:4).

fable (-s), v. [OFr > L. fabulari, talk, discourse.]

Phrase. “[Out] fables”: outvisions; exceeds the myth of; goes beyond the fantasies about; surpasses the stories with regard to.

fabric (-s), n. [OFr fabrique.] (webplay: beautiful, frame, East).

1. Textile; woven material; manufactured cloth; dry goods.
2. Vital organ; body tissue; [metonymy] physical body; [fig.] broken heart; mortal person; human being.
3. Substance; matter; material; stuff; thing; [fig.] physical element of the universe.

fabulous, adj. [see fable, n.]

Fictitious; invented; not substantial; imaginary; fanciful; relating to a fable; [word play] extraordinary; splendid; spectacular; magnificent.

face (-s), n. [Fr.] (webplay: against, appearance, ask, battle, body, boldness, carry, charge, citations, confidence, cover, darkly, enemy, favor, feature, firmness, forge, former, glass, grant, heaven, hide, kind, king, left, long, meet, name, oppose, person, play, presence, public square, right, sea, see, servant, shine, show sight, stand opposite, stopping, thought, toward, turn, witnesses).

1. Surface; plane; side which presents itself to the view; (see Job 37:12).
2. Facet; dimension; valence; part of the surface; (see Genesis 1:29).
3. Visage; fore part of a head; (see Genesis 3:19); features of the countenance; identifying characteristics of the countenance.
4. God's countenance; (see Genesis 19:13); Christ's visage; (Biblical allusion to the Messiah's power over death, Isaiah 52:14).
5. Waves; billows; ocean swell; (see Genesis 1:2); [fig.] symptom of drowning.
6. Flowering branch; blossoming that appears on certain trees in early spring.]
7. Countenance; [metonymy] view; eyesight; (see 1 Kings 2:15).
8. Radiance; brilliance; illumination; (see Exodus 34:30); [fig.] glow of sunset.
9. Loving glance; eye contact for expressing affection; looking into each other's eyes; [fig.] communion; sacrament; feast of love.
10. Person; persona; countenance; (see Exodus 14:19); [metonymy] being; essence.
11. Look; air of the face; expression; cast of features; (see Deuteronomy 32:20).
12. Aspect; appearance of nature; (see Jeremiah 5:3).
13. Advent; actuality; arrival; reality; visible state; (see Exodus 14:25).
14. Boldness; impudence; temerity; daring; audacity; (see 1 Corinthians 12:8).
15. Presence; sight; close proximity; (see Genesis 16:6).
16. Attitude; outlook; aspects; characteristics; (see Job 26:9).
17. Favor; approval; saving grace; (see Genesis 32:20); (as used in scripture).
18. Grave; headstone; [fig.] deceased person; body.
19. Ordnance; surface of metal at the muzzle of a gun; [fig.] mouth; opening leading into a hollow thing.
20. Inquiry; examination; scrutiny.
21. Salvation; redemption; promise of a new beginning; dawn of a new existence.
22. Phrase. “Look her in the face”: gaze at her directly; share eye contact with her.
23. Phrase. “face to face”: together; near enough to touch; looking directly at one another; standing in front of someone with close proximity; (see Genesis 32:30).

face, v. [see face, n.] (webplay: carry, Confidence, darkly, stand).

Have an opening towards; have a front door towards.

facilitate, v. [Fr. 'render easy'.] (webplay: hell).

Aid; encourage; accommodate; stimulate; make less difficult.

fact (-s), n. [L. factum, thing done < facere, do or make.] (webplay: deny, place, witnesses).

1. Reality; truth; experience.
2. Creation; invention; making; deed.
3. Past even; earlier act; prior circumstances.
4. Misfortune; harsh episode; [fig.] strong wind; death.

factory (-ies), n. [med. L. < facere, do or make.]

Enterprise; business; work; establishment; mill; building used for fabricating goods; [hypernym] factory whistle; signal siren or alarm from a company building.

fade (-s, -ing), v. [OFr 'dull, insipid, vapid'.] (webplay: banish, brighter; color, disappear, green, grow, leaf, least, lose, man, old, perish, quickly, same, stars, stronger, ways, winter, wrinkled).

1. Disperse; slowly disappear; grow dim; lose color or light; (see Isaiah 1:30).
2. Lose volume; gradually decrease in sound.
3. Wilt; wither; diminish; droop; shrivel; [fig.] die; perish gradually; (see Isaiah 24:4).
4. Pass away; decline; perish; begin to expire; (see Isaiah 28:1).
5. Lose significance; be transitory; not have lasting value; not have eternal importance; be gradually forgotten; (see 2 Samuel 22:46).