Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: linnet – listen
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linnet, n. [OFr linette > lin, flax.]
Flaxbird, songbird.
lip (-s), n. [OE lippa.] Edge or border.
- Fleshy edge of the mouth
- The edge of something other than the mouth.
- Part of a flower
lip, v. [see lip, n.]
liquid, adj. [OFr liquide.]
Flowing.
liquor (-s), n. [OFr licur, licour, likeur.] Liquid substance.
- Spirituous fluid.
- A liquid or fluid substance.
lisp, n. [see lisp, v.]
A sound resembling a lisp; words.
lisp (-ed, -ing, -s), v. [OE wlispian.]
To say; speak; utter; to trip over one's tongue in enunciating; stammer; stutter.
list (-s), n. [Fr. liste.]
Collection; role; catalogue; array; [fig.] God's Book of Life.
list, v. [see list, n.]
To add qualities to an existing catalogue of qualities.
listen (-ing, -s), v. [OE lystan, to hear.]
To hearken; to obey; to attend to; to yield to advice.