Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: finish – fire
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finish (-ed, -ing), v. [ME fenys.] (webplay: arrive, end, house, make).
- Complete; terminate; cease; bring to an end; (see Exodus 39:32).
- Accomplish; execute; achieve; perfect; (see Genesis 6:16)
finished, verbal adj. [see finish, v.]
Accomplished; executed; achieved; perfected; completed.
finite, adj. [L. finire.]
Limited; bounded; restricted; restrained.
finite, n. [see finite, adj.]
Limited thing; mortal; defined object.
finiteness, n. [see finite, adj.]
Boundedness; finitude; confinement; detention.
finitude, n. [see finite, adj.] (webplay: being, existence, power).
Subject to limitations.
finity, n. [see finite, adj.]
Instance of finiteness or limitation; [fig.] mortal life; short existence.
Finland, proper n. ['land of the Finns,' poss. < Germ. finden, to seek, or seekers, nomads or < Germ. finna, fenna, (fish) scale (referring to fish-skin garments worn in early times).]
Northern European country; land known for midnight sun in summer months; [fig.] winter; coldest time; hibernal season.
fir, n. [ME.]
Tree; coniferous vegetation; genus Pinus; (see 2 Samuel 6:5).
fire (-s, -'s), n. [OE fyr, sun.]
- Volcanic explosion; flaming lava.
- Basic element of active heat, light, color.
- Sunset; sunlight; luster, splendor, glory (of the sun).
- Source of heat and warmth; [fig.] comfort.
- Radiance; effulgence; [fig.] inspiration; stirring of poetic language in the mind; [metaphor] passion; feeling of love for someone or something.
- Burning; blaze; conflagration; [fig.] trial; adversity; refining delay.