Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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. Ranking; standing; loftiness.
2. Altitude.
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; natural elevation in the earth's surface.
2. Calvary; place of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ
3. Pile; collection; amassment; accumulation; [fig.] grave; place of burial; small mound of earth.
4. 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”).

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.] (webplay: faith, receive, weak).

1. Animal.
2. Insect.
3. Bird.
4. Refers to unnamed male antecedent.
5. Tomb; death; grave.
6. Moon; star; stellar body.
7. God; a higher being.
8. Jesus Christ.
9. Elements.
10. Emotion; state of being.
11. Nature; element of nature.
12. Soul.
13. Time; increments of temporal passage.
14. Refers to the last male identified in the text.
15. Abstraction assigned masculine traits.
16. Inanimate object.

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. [see him, pron.; self, n.] (webplay: alone, expressive, heaven, mind, shame, wandering). Personal pronoun referent used for emphasis.

1. Insect.
2. God.
3. Christ.
4. Element.
5. Silence.
6. Earth; sod.
7. Human quality; triumph.
8. Specific aforementioned individual.
9. Kingdom.
10. Liberty.
11. A reference to court.

hinder (-ed, -ing, -s), v. [OE hindrian.] (webplay: moving; poor; slow).

1. Bar; shroud; obstruct.
2. Hurt; harm; impair.
3. Slow; delay; retard; check in progression.