Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: gift – gipsy
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gift (-s), n. [OE.]
- Present; thing bestowed gratuitously or without expectation of compensation.
- Product.
- Payment.
- Attributes; benefits; qualities.
gifted, verbal adj. [see gift, n.]
Able; capable; blessed; empowered by God; endowed with an ability.
gig, n. [L. gigno.]
One-horse carriage; conveyance with one pair of wheels.
gigantic, adj. [L.]
Enormous; very great; of extraordinary size.
giggle (-ing), v. [OE.]
Laugh; joke.
gild (gilt), v. [see gilded, verbal adj.]
Cover in gold leaf; decorate with thin layers of gold metal; [fig.] adorn; beautify; embellish; grace; mark as symbolic.
gilded, verbal adj. [OE.]
Illuminated; overlaid with gold leaf.
gilt, adj. [see gilded, verbal adj.]
Yellow; golden.
gimblet (-s), n. [variant of gimlet < OFr.]
Tool for making holes; kind of boring tool; [fig.] jabbing pain; searing grief; jolting sensation of anguish.
gipsy (gipsey), adj. [Egyptian.]
Deceptive; cunning; wild.