Emily Dickinson Lexicon

measure (-s, measuring), v. [see measure, n.] (webplay: between, cask, common, each, every, eyes, final, hands, long, passes, power, proceeds, second, wine).

1. Compute; ascertain extent; quantity, dimensions, or capacity by a certain rule.
2. Be of a certain extent, or have a certain length, breadth, or thickness.

measureless, adj. [see measure, n.]

Without measure; unlimited; immeasurable.

meat, n. [OE] (webplay: delight, fed, lives).

1. Food in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast.
2. Spiritual comfort; that which delights the soul.

mechanic (-al), adj. [L.]

Acting without design or intelligence.

mechanically, adv. [see mechanic, adj.]

Acting by the laws of motion, without intelligence or design.

mechlin, n. [a black cloth made at Mechlin, the name of a town in Belgium.]

Species of lace made at Mechlin.

meddle, v. [OFr < L. miscere, to mix.]

1. Take part; interpose and act in the concerns of others, or in affairs in which one's interposition is not necessary, often with the sense of intrusion or officiousness.
2. Have to do; touch; handle.

medicine, n. [OFr < L.] (webplay: physical).

Any substance that has the property of curing or mitigating a disease.

meditate, v. [L. meditari, to think about, care for.]

Dwell on anything in thought.

meditation, n. [Fr. < L.]

Close or continued thought; turning or revolving of a subject in mind; serious contemplation.