Emily Dickinson Lexicon

pounce, v. [poss. related to L. pungěre, prick, pierce.]

Jump; leap; spring; swoop; attack; assault; assail; fall or descend suddenly.

pound (-s), n¹. [OE < WGer. *pundo- < L. pondo, short for libra pondo, a pound weight.] (webplay: care, countries, different, granted, sum, value, weight).

1. Weight; measure of heaviness; standard unit of weight.
2. Heaviness; weightiness; mass; load; burden; force of downward pressure.
3. Portion of overall weight; section of the body.
4. Silver piece; unit of money equal to twenty shillings; [fig.] large sum; substantial quantity of wealth.

pound, n². [OE *pund, origin obscure.]

Prison; jail; detention facility; holding place for impounded animals; enclosure for confinement of stray creatures.

pour (-ed, -s), v. [ME pour-en, origin obscure.] (webplay: dust, fine, fire, heart, sighs, shore, spirit).

1. Stream; gush; flow; emit; spill.
2. Offer; send; give (to); bestow (upon); transmit (to) in copious abundance.
3. Fall; settle; rest.
4. [Fig.] warble; sing.

pouting, adj. [poss. < OE *pútian, swell, be inflated.] (webplay: bird).

1. Sulky; sullen; cross; grumpy; moody; gloomy; cheerless; dour; dismal; dreary; grim; somber. (176/167)
2. [Fig.] gray; dark; cloudy; stormy.

poverty, n. [OFr < L. pauper, poor.] (webplay: beauty, coat, comfortable, day, entitled, grace, indigence, life, little, man, mean, power, rich, sense, sight, sin, spirit, sterility, substance, thing, want, wealth, wholly, without).

1. Destitution; indigence; lack of possessions; absence of material goods.
2. Lack; absence; deficit; paucity; shortage.
3. Lack of spiritual riches; [fig.] inability to express beauty or emotion.
4. [Fig.] fault; flaw; imperfection; defect; frailty; shortcoming.
5. [Fig.] sorrow; disappointment.

powder, n. [ME < Fr. poudre, dust.] (webplay: charcoal).

Gunpowder; explosive substance; combustible mixture of saltpeter, sulphur, and charcoal.

powder (-s), v. [Fr. poudre-r, cover with powder; see powder, n.]

Sprinkle; dust; cover with fine particles; [fig.] whiten; blanket with soft, fine snow.

powdered, adj. [see powder, v.]

Wearing a wig covered in white powder; [fig.] pompous; haughty; condescending.

power, n. [ME < AFr < Late L. potēre, to be able.] (webplay: adequate, ample, arising, being, cause, celestial, change, darkness, death, divinity, dominion, emperor, exist, fear, force, God, gold, great, hand, heaven, holding, large, lifting, light, make, man, misery, practice, prince, proceeds, remember, see, silent, smaller, sovereign, speak, strength, subjects, thing, think, torments, weak, will, wind, word, work).

1. Ability; capacity; capability; skill; aptitude.
2. Strength; might; stamina; endurance; fortitude; [fig.] will; courage; heart; spirit; determination.
3. Influence; ability to affect; capacity to impact.
4. Force; violence; aggression.
5. Fuel; energy source.
6. Life force; potential to live, die, and resurrect from the dead.
7. [Fig.] God; omnipotent being; supremely divine entity.
8. [Fig.] Satan; tempter; deceiver; temptation; enticement.
9. [Fig.] means; way; method; process.