Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: midnight – mile
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midnight (-s, -'s), n. [OE.] (webplay: night).
The middle of the night; 12 o'clock in the morning; first hour of the twenty-four period in a day.
midst, n. [Fr.]
Middle; [fig.] group; gathering; association of angels.
midsummer, n. [OE.] (webplay: summer).
June 21st; summer solstice time; middle of the summer; brightness of the summer.
mien, n. [Fr.] (webplay: manner).
Appearance; look; manner.
might, n. [mod. G. macht, to be able, be powerful.] (webplay: achieve, against, body, force, give, God, great, hand, heart, house, light, love, may, means, nation, possible, power, soul, strength, strive, sun, sunrise, work).
- Bodily strength; physical power.
- Strong force.
- Ability.
- Strength in mind and body.
- Supernatural power.
- Strength of affection.
might, v. [OE; preterite form of the auxiliary verb “may” denoting the conditional or possible; see may, v.]
May; possibly could.
mightiness, n. [see might, n.]
Power; greatness.
mighty (mightier, mightiest), adj. [see might, n.] (webplay: arm, bold, drink, earth, great, large, nation, one, power, strong, thunderings, waters, wind, wise).
- Important; momentous.
- Efficacious; very forcible.
- Great; wonderful.
- Very strong.
- Far-reaching; very influential.
- Large.
- Very great in intellect.
- Very large in number.
- Vast.
- Very distressing.
- Having strength of light; splendorous.
- Violent; very loud.
- Very strong or great in corporeal power.
- Performed with great power.
- Vehement; rushing with violence.
mild, adj. [OE.] (webplay: affecting, gentlest, feeblest, light, sun).
- Soft; gentle; tender.
- Calm; tranquil; not violent.
mile (-s), n. [OE < L. milia.] (webplay: distance, road, yards).
- Distance; unit of 1760 yards; [fig.] years; length of time.
- Long walk; distant journey; far trek.
- Phrase. “many a mile”: a long way; [fig.] a large amount of time.
- Phrase. “Miles on Miles”: many miles; long distances; an endless number.