Emily Dickinson Lexicon

menagerie, n. [Fr. 'dovecote, farmyard, home'.] (webplay: show).

1. Vast and varied collection.
2. Show; something to look at or observe.

mend (-ed), v. [L.] (webplay: broken, convalescent).

1. Improve; progress.
2. Repair; restore.
3. Heal; correct.

mention, n. [Fr. < L. 'to remember'.]

Comment upon; allude to; make reference to.

mention (-ed), v. [see mention, n.] (webplay: makes).

1. Speak of; refer to.
2. Utter.

merchant, n. [OFr] (webplay: buy, buyer, sell, supercargo, purchaser).

1. One who purchases or sells goods.
2. [Fig.] One who symbolically pays the price.

merchantman (-men), n. [see merchant, n.]

Ship or vessel which transports goods to be sold.

merciful, n. [see mercy, n.]

mercury (-'s), n. [see Mercury, proper n.]

Quicksilver; metal that has the highest specific gravity; metallic red liquid used in thermometers; dioecious medicinal plant with spiked flowers; [fig.] red oxide color; blazing scarlet tincture.

Mercury (-'s), proper n. [L. cognate with merc-, commodity; see market.] (webplay: affair, god, sun, well).

Roman deity; son of Jupiter and Maia; Greek god Hermes; Germanic god Woden; winged messenger of the gods; mythological god of commerce and eloquence; planet closest to the sun; [fig.] courier between lovers.

mercy, n. [Fr.]

1. Compassion and forgiveness to balance the demands of justice; a characteristic of God.
2. Pity; favor.