Emily Dickinson Lexicon

hazardous, adj. [see hazard, n.]

Dependant on chance; exposing to danger of loss.

haze, n. [origin obscure.]

Fog; smoke; watery vapor; [fig.] cloud of seeds blowing in wind.

hazel, adj. [OE hæsel < Germanic.]

Light reddish brown color, particularly in the eyes.

he (-'d, -'ll, -'s), pron. [OE he- < Germanic.] (webplay: God, human, human race, man, mankind, person, pronoun, spirit). Third person singular masculine nominative referent.

1. Named man, specific masculine individual; gentleman having a proper name; famous or unknown man.
2. Unnamed he: antecedent of the pronoun he is ambiguous and totally unknown.
3. Attributed: he is modified by a certain attribute; characterized by a vocation marker.
4. Man in general, humankind: any quantity of the general human race.
5. Deity: refers to God the Father, Jesus Christ, or Holy Ghost.
6. Objects of nature-animate: animals; vegetation; sometimes personified.
7. Bird: birds in general; named species of bird.
8. Objects of nature-inanimate: naturally existing elements of nature which possess no signs of life, sometimes personified.
9. Sun: sun or any of its phases, whether explicit or through a riddle.
10. Abstract personified: qualities; emotions; abstract ideas; states of being.
11. Riddle: where the antecedent is left to be derived.

head (-s), n. [OE héafod < Germanic.] (webplay: ax, bed, brain, face, hair, hearing, honor, liberty, place, power, presence, seeing, tasting, top).

1. Uppermost part of the human physique; foremost portion of an animal's body; appendage supported by the neck which contains the organs of sight, smell, taste, and hearing; [fig.] organ of reason; container of the brain; seat of the intellect.
2. Chief; principal person; [word play] anatomic head.
3. Blossom of a flowering plant; [fig.] seed.
4. Personified globe of the sun.
5. Person; individual.
6. Binding of a book.

headland (-s), n. [see head, n., land, n.] (webplay: sea).

Cape; promontory; point of land projecting into an expanse of water.

heal, v. [OE hælan < Germanic.] (webplay: all, cure, disease).

Cure; make whole; restore body to health; [fig.] forgive sins; relieve spiritual anguish.

healed, verbal adj. [see heal, v.]

Cured; restored to health; [fig.] spiritually made whole.

health, n. [OE hælþ < whole, hale.] (webplay: good, mind, pain, wish).

1. State free of sickness; physical condition without pain.
2. Morally sound state of mind.

healthy, adj. [see health, n.]

Enjoying good health; possessing a hale body.