Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: fit – flagon
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fit (-ter), adv. [Gk fit, suitable.]
- Made a better person for seeing deity.
- Butterfly's beauty not meet for eternal glory, industry also needed.
fit, n. [OE.]
Seizure; state of ague; fever with recurrent chills; [fig.] trauma; near-death experience; [word play] garment that is the right size.
fit (-s, -ted, -ting), v. [Danish, to be fit.]
- Be the right size.
- Belong to.
- Adjust; shape; mold.
- Be suitable; correspond; match.
- Fasten; attach.
- Be pleasing.
fitness, n. [Danish passer, to be fit.]
Soundness in body; health.
fitted, adj. [see fit, adj.]
Prepared; [fig.] tilled; cultivated.
five, adj. [OE.]
Fifth hour of the day; [fig.] late afternoon; early evening.
fix (-ed), v. [uncertain etymology; Webster says L. fixus.]
- Set; establish immovably.
- Direct; aim; focus.
flag (-s), n. [OE]
Ensign of colors; [fig.] sun; victory.
flag (-ged), v. [see flag, n.]
Deject.
flagon (-s, -'s), n. [ME]
Vessel with a narrow mouth used for holding and conveying liquids.