Emily Dickinson Lexicon

fellow, adj. [see fellow, n.]

Associated; connected; affiliated.

fellow (-s), n. [ON felage, property, money, society.] (webplay: match, sane, suited, worth).

1. Peer; associate; companion; comrade of equal social status; (see Exodus 2:13).
2. Scientist; member of a learned society; seeker of higher knowledge; [word play] one who belongs to the Fellows of the Royal Society of London in Great Britain.
3. Creature; being; young man; male entity; (see Genesis 19:9).

fellowmen, n. [see fellow, n. + men.]

Mortals; human beings; people on earth.

fellowship, n. [see fellow, n. + -ship.]

Company; society; sympathy; consort; state of being together; mutual association; (see Leviticus 6:2).

felon, n. [OFr] (webplay: finger).

Villain; wretched person; criminal; outlaw.

fence (-s), n. [see defense, n.] (webplay: farmer, field, lands, posts, rail, stone).

Wall; defense; hedge; guard; line of posts and rails intended to confine; method of protection; (see Psalms 62:3).

fern, n. [OE] (webplay: flowers).

Forest plant; flora of the woods; undergrowth of several species; green vegetation which has fructification on the back of the leaves or which bears flowers on a stalk which overtop the leaves.

ferocious, adj. [L. ferox.]

Fierce; savage; barbarous; indicating cruelty.

ferret, n. [OFr fuiret, robber.] (webplay: color).

Animal; weasel; 14 inch vermin of a pale yellow color with red eyes; creature used to drive rabbits from their den; (see Leviticus 11:30).

fervent, adj. [Fr. boil, glow.]

1. Ardent; excited; earnest; (see Acts 18:25).
2. Hot; boiling; (see 2 Peter 3:10).