Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: neigh – nest
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neigh (-ing, -s), v. [OE hnœgan.]
- Click; clack; cluck; tick; rattle; [fig.] strike the hours; sound the minutes.
- Whinny; utter sounds like the voice of a horse; [fig.] shriek; hiss; squeal; [metaphor] brake with a screeching sound.
- Nag; demand incessantly; call insistently.
neighbor (-s, -'s), n. [OE néahgebúr, near dweller; see near, adj. and bower, n.]
- Fellow-creature; one living nearby.
- Friend; close acquaintance; person whose lives close to another.
neighborhood (-s), n. [see neighbor, n. + hood, n.]
- Assembly; gathering; congregation; community; concourse; order; group of people living near each other.
- Vicinity; small populated area.
- Familiar part of town; place where people live; [fig.] mortality; life on earth.
neighboring, adj. [see neighbor, n.]
- Next; succeeding; following; after this.
- Contiguous; adjacent; [fig.] other world; next life.
- Close; near; [fig.] commonplace; everyday; familiar; ordinary; uncelebrated; not noticed; taken for granted.
- Handy; convenient; reachable; nearby; close at hand.
neighborly, adj. [see neighbor, n.]
Cordial; amiable; kind; friendly; [fig.] present; nearby; close at hand; in the vicinity.
nerve (-s), n. [L. nerv-us, sinew, tendon, bow-string.] (webplay: brain, motion, sense, strength).
- Sensory organs; brain fibers throughout the body.
- Agony; painful sensations.
- Strength; force; authority.
- Sinew; tendon.
- Bundle of sensations; fibers that convey impulses between the brain and the rest of the body; [fig.] capacity for feeling.
- Fortitude; courage; firmness of mind.
nervous, adj. [L. 'sinewy, vigorous'; see nerve, n.]
Tremulous; quivering; flickering; wavering; anxious.
nescessary, adj. [ED's variant spelling of “necessary”; L. 'needful'.]
Indispensable; requisite; essential; needful.
nescessity, n. [ED's variant spelling of “necessity”; Fr. < L. 'needful'.]
Need; requirement.
nest (-s), n. [OE, ni-, down, sed-, to sit.]
- Brooding place; circular sanctuary woven of twigs, threads, roots, etc.
- Abode; place of residence.
- Bird's home; bed used by a bird for incubation.