Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: feudal – field
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feudal, adj. [med. L.] (webplay: right).
Medieval; from the Middle Ages; pertaining to castles, chivalry, estates, lords, and fiefs.
fever, n. [OE.] (webplay: cold, thirst, will).
- Pyrexia; increased body temperature; disease characterized by an accelerated pulse, impaired functions, diminished strength; [fig.] thirst.
- Serious illness; fatal sickness.
fevered, verbal adj. [see fever, n.]
Heated; agitated; affected with fever.
few (-er), adj. [OE feawe, little, poor, stop.] (webplay: many, men).
- Sparse; scattered; not many; small in number.
- Meager; scarce; [fig.] weak; wan.
- Not as many; a smaller amount of.
- Periodic; sporadic; infrequent; here and there.
- Rare; select; chosen; elect; elite; exclusive.
- Phrase. “A few/A few of”: a couple of; two or three; [possibly a nominal quantifier] selected ones; chosen candidates.
few, n. [see few, adj.] (webplay: men, small).
- One or two of them.
- Not everyone; not many people; only a small amount of persons.
- Group of chosen ones; small set of eligible people.
- Phrase. “a few”: some people; a special couple; a handful of persons.
fickle, adj. [OE, deceitful.]
Inconstant; false; unfaithful; impractical; unreliable; wavering.
fiction (-'s), n. [L. fingere, fashion or form.] (webplay: mind, real).
Fable; fantasy; fabrication; falsehood; invention; imaginary story.
fictitious, adj. [L. feign.] (webplay: mind, real).
Artificial; imitation; simulated; unreal; dreamlike; ideal quality.
fidelity, n. [Fr. < L. fides.] (webplay: friend, truth).
Honesty; trustworthiness; oath; pledge; unwavering allegiance; (see Titus 2:10); [fig.] faithfulness to the marriage covenant.
field (-s), n. [OE.] (webplay: distance, down, farm, garden, ground, hay, house, ice, keep, laborers, land, live, lost, meadow, mowing, picture, plain, wide, winter, wood).
- Meadow; open land; piece of ground; outskirts of town; (see Genesis 24:63).
- Piece of land; part of a farm; area enclosed for tillage or pasture; (see Genesis 23:17).
- Orchard; garden; area of specific growth; expanse of agriculture; (see Genesis 2:5).