Emily Dickinson Lexicon

meadow (-s), n. [OE.]

Tract of low land consisting of rich or alluvial soil, grass or hay, and in Great Britain somewhat watery.

meagre, adj. [ME.]

1. Thin; lean; destitute of flesh.
2. Poor; barren; destitute of richness, fertility, or anything valuable.

meagre (-s), v. [Fr. 'to make meagre or lean'.]

Make lean.

meal (-s), v. [OE 'mark, sign, measure, fixed time, occasion'.]

Portion of foot taken at one time.

mean (-er, -est), adj. [OHG] (webplay: intervals, time).

1. Contemptible; despicable.
2. Intervening; intermediate; coming between.
3. Of little or no value; humble; poor.
4. Destitute of honor; spiritless.

mean (-s), n. [Partly the absolute use of mean, adj., and partly adopted from the similar substantive use in OFr 'that which is in the middle'.]

1. Instrument; medium through which something is done.
2. Instrument of action or performance.

mean (-t, -s), v. [OHG meinen, to have in mind.] (webplay: believe, best, God, greater, houses, mind, moon, reach, services, set, tell, thought, view, word).

1. Signify; indicate.
2. Intend.

meaning (-s), n. [see mean, v.] (webplay: sense).

1. Signification; sense of words or expressions; that which the writer or speaker intends to express or communicate.
2. That which exists in the mind, view, or contemplation as a settled aim or purpose, though not directly expressed.

meanwhile, adv. [see mean, n.]

In the intervening time.

measure (-s), n. [Fr. < L.] (webplay: dance, death, different, each, feet, hand, keep, long, music, old, rise, second, sought, world).

1. Degree.
2. Division by which the motion of music is regulated.
3. Whole extent or dimensions of a thing, including length, breadth, and thickness.
4. Limited or definite quantity.
5. [Fig.] in dancing the interval between steps.