Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: murmuring – must
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murmuring, n. [see murmur, v.]
- Quiet complaining.
- Quiet sustained sound.
muscle (-s), n. [L.]
Part of the body that controls movement.
muse (-s), n. [Fr. < L. < Gr. μο Øσα < pre-Hellenic montya < Indogermanic root mon, to think, remember.]
Artistic power; deity of art; one of nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (= “Memory”); goddess who oversees one of the arts and sciences; source of inspiration invoked by an artist for creative assistance; [fig.] music maker; source of lyric poetic.
muse (-d, -ing), v. [OFr.]
Ponder; contemplate; to hum, esp. while idle or preoccupied.
mushroom, n. [OFr moisseron.]
- Type of fungus.
- Something that grows very rapidly.
music, n. [L. < Gk 'art presided over by the Muses'.]
- Sound; [fig.] speech; discourse; way of thinking.
- Voice; [fig.] poetry; metrical verse with a pleasing combination of sounds.
- Singing; symphony performance; instrumental euphony; [fig.] the influence of the Muses.
- Melody and harmony; [fig.] celestial orders; harmony in revolution of the spheres in space.
- Noise; swelling sound of birds singing.
- Chirping; tweeting; bird calls.
musician (-s), n. [see music, n.]
Composer; singer; instrumental performer; [fig.] beam of sunshine; particle of light.
musket, n. [It. moschetto, kind of sparrow hawk; later extended to mean 'arrow from a crossbow'.]
- Firearm; weapon; [fig.] Kind of bird.
- Arms; rifle; type of gun.
muslin, adj. [Fr.]
Lightweight; like cotton fabric with a fine weave; [fig.] frail; delicate; fragile; insubstantial; immaterial.
must, n. [OE.]
Need; necessity; obligation; responsibility; requirement.