Emily Dickinson Lexicon

high (-er, -est), adv. [see high, adj.] (webplay: sun).

Greatly; eminently; powerfully.

high, n. [see high, adj.] (webplay: court, deep, divine, earth, great, hour, living, lowly, price, solemn, soul, sun, wind).

1. Great; noble; honorable; exalted in status.
2. [Phrase] “on high”: aloft; [fig.] in heaven.

highland, n. [see high, adj., land, n.]

Rugged, elevated mountainous region; [fig.] like a happy peasant of such area.

hight (-s), n. [var. of “height”; OE híehþo, elevation.]

1. Altitude.
2. Ranking; standing; loftiness.
3. [Fig.] salvation; eternal life; state of being reconciled to God's full presence through his promises with man.

hill (-s), n. [OE hyll < Germanic.] (webplay: above, cover, earth, land, plants, rising).

1. Rise; mound; elevated tract of land.
2. Small mountain; [fig.] horizon; evening skyline.
3. Pile; collection; amassment; accumulation; [fig.] grave; place of burial; small mound of earth; [metaphor] Calvary; place of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
4. Rise; natural elevation in the earth's surface.
5. Phrase. “Hill of Science”: education; challenge of learning; discovery of knowledge; (see ED Letter 5, p. 10 “Miss … is going to finish her education next summer … She will then have learned all that we poor foot-travellers are toiling up the hill of knowledge to acquire”).
6. Phrase. “Bunker Hill”: (see Bunker Hill, proper n.).
7. Phrase. “Wood and Hill”: woodland; [kenning] forest.

hillock (-s), n. [see hill, n.]

Small hill; pile of dirt; miniature rise in the earth.

hillside (-s), n. [see hill, n. + side, n.]

Declivity; slope of a natural mound on the earth's surface.

him, pron. [OE him; third person singular masculine objective pronoun; see also he, himself, his.] (webplay: faith, receive, weak).

1. [Refers to unnamed male antecedent.]
2. [Refers to the last male identified in the text.]
3. [Refers to an insect] it.
4. [Refers to a bird] it.
5. [Refers to a person, male or female.]
6. [Refers to an inanimate object] it.
7. [Refers to Jesus Christ.]
8. [Refers to an abstraction, assigned masculine traits] it.
9. [Refers to God; a higher being.]
10. [Refers to increments of time] it.
11. [Refers to heavenly bodies: moon, star, etc.] it.
12. [Refers to earthly elements: water, fire, air, earth] it.
13. [Refers to death, a beloved one, the Lord.]
14. [Refers to Nature or an element of nature] it.
15. [Refers to one's soul, self, being, person] it.
16. [Refers to an animal] it.
17. [Refers to an emotion or state of being] it.

Himmaleh, proper n. [ED variant of “Himalaya”; probably Sanskrit hima, snow, winter + ālaya, abode, house.]

Himalayan mountains; highest peaks in the world; naturally-occurring northern border of India; [fig.] eternal cornerstone; unshakable foundation; immovable rock.

himself, pron. [third person singular masculine reflexive pronoun; see also he, him, his, self.] (webplay: alone, expressive, heaven, mind, shame, wandering). Personal pronoun referent used for emphasis.

1. [Refers to a personified insect] itself.
2. [Refers to God, Deity, etc.; often capitalized.]
3. [Refers to Christ; often capitalized.]
4. [Refers to an element in Nature] itself.
5. [Refers to an inanimate entity or abstraction] itself.
6. [Refers to the earth, sod, etc.] itself.
7. [Refers to a human quality, trait, etc.] itself.
8. [Refers to a personified entity previously mentioned in the text: the Host, Kingdom, Liberty, etc.] itself.
9. [Plural reference to dual-natured members of the Godhead] themselves.