Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: forest – forge
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forest, a. [see forest, n.]
Phrase. “Forest Folk”: creatures who live in the trees or among the woods; [kenning] birds or insects.
forest (-s), n. [OFr < L. foris, outside.]
- Wood; grove of trees; [fig.] hope; dream of home.
- Plantation; plat of oak trees; [fig.] domain; dominion; further expanse.
- Group of trees; [fig.] thought; intelligence; truth; living creature; sentient being.
- Wilderness area; uncultivated section of nature; expanse of land bearing trees and other green plants.
- Living thing; organic mass of large plants that grow upward towards the light of day.
- Glade; dell; dingle; natural resort; place of shade; wildlife refuge; area in nature that can foster repose.
- Phrase. “Forest of the Dead”: cemetery; graveyard; burial ground.
forestall (-ing), v. [OE.]
Prevent; hinder; intercept; cut off.
foretold, verbal adj. [OE.]
Prophesied; predicted; already discussed; previously mentioned.
forever, adv. [OE; see ever.]
At all times; through endless ages; eternally.
forever, n. [OE; see ever.]
Ineffable span of time; eternity; infinity.
forevermore, adv. [OE; see ever.]
From now on; from this point onward.
forfeit, n. [see forfeit, v.]
That which is lost or given up because of some crime or offense.
forfeit (-ed), v. [L.]
Lose; give up because of some offense.
forge, n. [L.]
- Furnace for melting and refining metal.
- [Fig.] test of life; workings to become perfected.