Emily Dickinson Lexicon

mien, n. [Fr.] (webplay: manner).

Appearance; look; manner.

might, n. [OE; preterite form of may, v.]

Maybe; possibly.

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).

1. Bodily strength; physical power.
2. Strong force.
3. Ability.
4. Strength in mind and body.
5. Supernatural power.
6. Strength of affection.

mightiness, n. [see might, n.]

Power; greatness.

mighty (-ier, -iest), adj. [see might, n.] (webplay: arm, bold, drink, earth, great, large, nation, one, power, strong, thunderings, waters, wind, wise).

1. Important; momentous.
2. Very forcible; efficacious.
3. Great; wonderful.
4. Very strong.
5. Very influential; far-reaching.
6. Large.
7. Very great in intellect.
8. Very large in number.
9. Vast.
10. Very distressing.
11. Having strength of light; splendorous.
12. Violent; very loud.
13. Very strong or great in corporeal power.
14. Performed with great power.
15. Vehement; rushing with violence.

mild, adj. [OE] (webplay: affecting, gentlest, feeblest, light, sun).

1. Soft; gentle; tender.
2. Calm; tranquil; not violent.

mile (-s), n. [OE < L. milia.] (webplay: distance, road, yards).

1. Long length of distance; 1760 yards; huge amount.
2. Long walk; distant, far walk.
3. [Fig.] years.
4. Name of a man.
5. Many; various; endless number.

Miles, proper n. [poss. L. soldier nickname for Michael.]

Miles Standish (1584-1656); suitor in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem The Courtship of Miles Standish; man who sent John Alden as a proxy to do his courting; [fig.] God the Father; [see ED's letters.]

militant, adj. [Fr. < L. militare, to serve as a soldier.] (webplay: heaven, warfare).

Orderly.

milk (-ing), v. [OE.]

Draw milk from the breasts of animals by hand.