Emily Dickinson Lexicon

fleet (-er), adj.

1. Swift; quick moving.
2. Brief; existing shortly.

fleet (-s), n. [OE 'ship, vessel'.]

1. Slow-moving boats; group of sailing vessels; large squadron of navy ships.
2. Cloud; horde; swarm; cluster; bunch; group of several members.
3. Breeze; zephyr; soothing wind; soft current of air carrying pleasant smells; [fig.] perfume; fragrance.

fleeting, adj.

Rapid; short; passing by quickly.

flesh (-ly), adj. [see flesh, n.]

Mortal; corruptible; vulnerable.

flesh, n. [OE human body.]

1. Body as distinguished from the soul.
2. Mortal body; mortal life.
3. Skin; substance of the body.
4. [Fig.] alive.

fleshless, adj. [see flesh, n.]

Bodiless; lacking flesh.

flicker (-ing), n. [OE.]

Fluttering; short irregular movement.

flicker (-s, -ed, -ing), v. [see flicker, n.]

1. Waver; flutter; as of light.
2. Toss; fluctuate.

flight (-s), n. [OE.]

1. Act of flying or floating through the air.
2. Journey; trip.
3. Course in flight; route taken on a journey.
4. Duration of time it takes for something to part, end, run out, or set (as of the sun).
5. Actual end of a journey or course (as of death).

flinch, v. [Ofr.]

Draw away; shrink from; recoil; be startled.