Emily Dickinson Lexicon

fairy, n. [OFr faerie.]

Nymph; gnome; mythical creature capable of assuming human form and dancing in meadows; prankster.

faith, n. [OFr feid or feit, persuade, draw toward, conciliate, bind.] (webplay: advanced, alone, being, Belief, believe, broke, Children, constant, death, distinguished, evidence, failing, fraud, friend, generation, God, heart, justified, life, lover, mind, name, nature, observant, perfections, remains, Savior, sight, strain, strong, suppose, thing, times, trust, truth, walk, witness).

1. Belief; confidence in truth declared by another; conviction proceeding from reliance on testimony; (see Matthew 6:30).
2. Knowledge; sentiment based on concrete evidence.
3. Religion; Christian belief; simple belief in the scriptures, the being and perfection of God, the existence, character and doctrines of Christ; (see Acts 13:8).
4. Justification; grace; spiritual apprehension of divine truths, or of realities beyond the reach of logical proof; entire confidence of trust in God and Christ with an unreserved surrender of the will to their guidance; (see Luke 7:50).
5. Doctrine; theology; credence; (see Acts 6:7).
6. Sincerity; innocence; honesty; desire to see; (see Matthew 8:10).
7. Bond; security; connection; devotion.
8. Sacrament of marriage.
9. Perception; inner sense like the five senses.
10. Power to produce belief, credit, authority; (see Matthew 17:20).
11. Active force; power that impels one to action; power that initiates.

faithful, adj. [see faith, n.] (webplay: being, constant, crown of life, death, heard, name, strain, times, witness, worthy).

1. Steadfast; immovable; firm to the truth and duties of religion; (see Numbers 12:7).
2. Loyal; trustworthy; true to the marriage covenant; honorable to a pledge of fidelity; (see Deuteronomy 7:9 and Hamlet 1.3.78-80).
3. Inevitable; certain; unavoidable; (see 2 Timothy 2:11).
4. Exact; rigorous; constant in the performance of services; true to covenant of promise; (see 1 Samuel 2:35).
5. Dependable; conscientious; thorough in fulfillment of duty; (see 2 Samuel 20:19).
6. Enduring; lasting; never failing; in conformity to the letter and spirit; (see Colossians 1:2).

fall, n. [see fall, v.] (webplay: drop, hands, higher, length, limit, separate, soul).

1. Drop; plunge; set; descend to a lower position.
2. Autumn; season between summer and winter.

fall (-ing, -s), v. [OE faellan.] (webplay: act, Adam, against, angels, arrow, attempt, become, bend, book, broken, brother, care, cease, clouds, come, cools, days, dejection, die, different, down, dread, drop, earth, enemies, enter, erect, face, fail, faint, Far, fathers, fear, feet, first, forget, friendship, full, glory, gravity, great, Gulf of Mexico, hands, head, heaven, hill, hopes, horse, ill, interesting, joy, knowest, land, lords, love, lower, men, mice, mind, mixt, nations, nothing, observed, off, ounces, outsailed, pass, power, ranks, rejected, remain, revolt, rises, river, ruined, sea, shame, shoot, sick, side, Since, snow, solid, soul, sound, stand, steep, still, sword, tells, throw, tide, tree, tumble, two, war, wind, withdraw, witness, worst, youth).

1. Drop; descend; decline; plummet; go down in motion; come to the ground; (see Genesis 45:24); [fig.] sound; utter.
2. Die; depart from this life; wound mortally by violence; (see Leviticus 26:7).
3. Apostatize; succumb to temptation; lapse into sin or folly; (see Leviticus 19:29).
4. Lower; come down; [fig.] subside; come to an end.
5. Faint; pass out; drops down from an erect posture; (see Genesis 2:21).
6. Come to pass; approach; (see Ruth 3:18).

fallacy, n. [L. fallacia, of quality.]

Lie; mistake; deceptive notion; false statement; faulty argument.

fallen, adj. [see fall, v.] (webplay: men).

Lowered; brought to the ground; (see Genesis 4:6).

fallible, adj. [L. fallibilis.]

Mistaken; misconstrued; liable to error.

falling, adj. [see fall, v.] (webplay: days, die, earth, evening, fruits, head, men, timbers).

Dropping; descending; diving; (see Job 14:18).

fallow, adj. [OE falu, fealo, fealu.]

Color; light brown; yellowish dun; uncultivated; (see Jeremiah 4:3).