Emily Dickinson Lexicon

fly (flew, flies), v. [OE, flee or fly.]

1. Wing; take flight; move through the air; navigate by means of wings.
2. Come and go; pass by rapidly; happen in a hurry.
3. Flee; escape; leave; avoid some threat, peril, or danger.
4. Flutter; wave about.
5. Move; go; take steps; proceed forward.
6. Leave; exit; depart; (see Isaiah 54:10).
7. Die; expire; leave this life; pass to the other world.
8. Lose importance.

flying, adj. [see fly, v.]

1. Act of moving or floating in the air.
2. Act of fleeing peril or danger.

focus, n. [L. 'hearth, fireplace'.]

Object; purpose; destination; point of convergence; [fig.] quality of spiritual unity; completeness.

foe, n. [OE 'feud, enemy'.] (webplay: enemy in battle).

Enemy; opposition; one who seeks to hinder or harm another.

fog, n. [etymology unknown/problematic.] (webplay: cloud, mist).

1. Obscuring cloud; haze; shadow.
2. Darkness.
3. Amorphous smoke; substance without shape.

fold, n. [see fold, v.]

1. Sheltered group; haven.
2. Same amount added; many repetitions.
3. Bend; crease.

fold (-ed, -ing, -s), v. [OE.]

1. Wrap; embrace.
2. Bend; lay in creases; end.

foliage, n. [L. folium, leaf.]

1. Cluster of plant life; [fig.] clutter.
2. Offspring.

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

1. Specific people.
2. Tribe; a people.
3. People of a particular class.

follow (-ed, -ing, -s), v. [OHG follaziohan, assist, support.]

1. Accompany.
2. Watch with the eye.
3. Imitate.
4. Adopt the principles of; obey.
5. Be guided by.
6. Go behind in the same direction.
7. Pursue; chase.
8. Come after.