Emily Dickinson Lexicon

mattress (mattrass), n. [OFr materas.]

Cloth sewn and stuffed with hair, feathers, or straw and used as bedding.

mature (-d, -r), adj. [L. maturus, ripe, timely.] (webplay: reject, time, used).

Advanced; complete; whole; grown; ripe.

maturity, n. [see mature, adj.]

Completeness; wholeness; ripeness; perfection.

mausoleum, n. [L.]

Magnificent tomb of Mausolus, King of Caria, erected in the middle of the 4^th century B.C. at Halicarnassus by his queen Artemisia, and accounted one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

May, proper n. [OFr mai < L. Maia, mother, nurse.]

1. Springtime; [fig.] youth; the early days; the part of life.
2. Time of blooming; season of floral abundance;[fig.] young woman personified; Roman goddess of springtime.
3. Hope; faith in promises; [fig.] rebirth; renewal; resurrection; time of new life.
4. Late spring; fifth month of the year in New England; [fig.] place of refuge; time of safety.

may (-est), v. [OE; see might, v.] (webplay: absent, against, best, better, chance, common, country, done, experienced, good, happened, happy, liberty, life, long, might, moral, never, people, perhaps, permit, possible, power, prayer, press, said, same, say, senses, servant, some, tell, told, used, willing).

1. Be possible.
2. Have moral power; have liberty, leave, license, or permission; be permitted; be allowed.

maybe, adv. [short for “it may be”.]

Perhaps; by chance; peradventure; possibly.

mazarin, n. [It. < Fr. Cardinal Jules Mazarin, 1602-1661.]

Deep blue color.

me, pron. [OE < Oaryan *eme-, *me-.] (webplay: answering, appear, case, close, follow, gave, maybe, phrase, used).

1. Used to represent a nonspecific person, or one whose feelings and experiences are universal to mankind.
2. Refers to Emily Dickinson herself, or a person with like characteristics.
3. Used to represent Deity in some form.
4. Used to represent Biblical characters, such as Eve, Jacob, John, Lucifer, Mary, Peter, and one of the thieves at Golgotha.
5. Refers to a person reflecting on nature who shows appreciation and reverence for nature.
6. Used to represent a person who is reflecting on life and death.
7. Refers to a person who anticipates or wishes for death.
8. Refers to a person in the process of dying.
9. Represents a spirit or the perspective of someone who has died.
10. Represents death itself.
11. Used to represent a person who has come back to life, or who has experienced a rebirth.
12. Used to represent the perspective of a woman.
13. Used to refer to a bride.
14. Represents a mother.
15. Refers to a wife.
16. Refers to a husband or father.
17. Represents a person who appreciates the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
18. Refers to a person who recognizes his or her relationship to God, or potential according to that relationship.
19. Represents a person who realizes a need for Jesus Christ in his or her life.
20. Represents a person who feels ready to come to Christ.
21. Used to represent a person who has faith in God.
22. Refers to a person who is questioning or learning about God.
23. Used to refer to a person who is reflecting on eternity.
24. Refers to a person who is reflecting on a significant change in his or her life.
25. Refers to a citizen, countryman, or soldier.
26. Refers to a student.
27. Represents a rich person or one who has valuable things.
54. Used to refer to a poor person who is nevertheless satisfied.
81. Used to refer to a suffering or lonely person.
108. Refers to a person who reflects on this or her potential with feelings of inadequacy or insignificance.
135. Refers to a person who has lost faith in God, or feels he or she has lost grace.
162. Represents a person with a troubled mind, or one who is experiencing an inner struggle.
189. Refers to a person who is experienced in deja vu.
216. Used to represent a happy person.
243. Represents a gun.
270. Represents a quality that brings fulfillment in life.
297. Used to represent objects and phenomena of nature, such as the bumblebee, butterfly, creature, crickets, fish, fly, insect, robin, snake, corn stalks, flower, garden plants, tree, brook, drop of water, ground, sea, celestial object, earth, horizon, moon, sky, sun, sunrise, sunset, fall, May, Mother Nature, spring, and winter. Personification.

mead, n. [OE, see meadow, n.]

Tract of low land consisting of rich or alluvial soil.