Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: pound – powerless
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pound (-s), n. [OE < WGer. *pundo- < L. pondo, short for libra pondo, a pound weight.] (webplay: care, countries, different, granted, sum, value, weight).
- Weight; measure of heaviness; standard unit of weight.
- Heaviness; weightiness; mass; load; burden; force of downward pressure.
- Portion of overall weight; section of the body.
- Silver piece; unit of money equal to twenty shillings; [fig.] large sum; substantial quantity of wealth.
pour (-ed, -s), v. [ME pour-en, origin obscure.] (webplay: dust, fine, fire, heart, sighs, shore, spirit).
- Stream; gush; flow; emit; spill.
- Offer; send; give (to); bestow (upon); transmit (to) in copious abundance.
- Fall; settle; rest.
- [Fig.] warble; sing.
pouting, verbal adj. [poss. < OE *pútian, swell, be inflated.] (webplay: bird).
- Gray; dark; cloudy; stormy.
- Sulky; sullen; cross; grumpy; moody; gloomy; cheerless; dour; dismal; dreary; grim; somber.
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).
- Destitution; indigence; lack of possessions; absence of material goods.
- Lack; absence; deficit; paucity; shortage.
- Lack of spiritual riches; [fig.] inability to express beauty or emotion.
- [Fig.] fault; flaw; imperfection; defect; frailty; shortcoming.
- [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, verbal adj. [see powder, v.]
With face and hair made up; wearing a wig covered in white starch, chalk, or plaster of Paris; [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).
- Ability; capacity; capability; skill; aptitude.
- Strength; might; stamina; endurance; fortitude; [fig.] will; courage; heart; spirit; determination.
- Influence; ability to affect; capacity to impact.
- Force; violence; aggression.
- Fuel; energy source.
- Life force; potential to live, die, and resurrect from the dead.
- [Fig.] God; omnipotent being; supremely divine entity.
- [Fig.] Satan; tempter; deceiver; temptation; enticement.
- [Fig.] means; way; method; process.
powerful, adj. [see power, n.] (webplay: mind).
Strong; potent; intense; profound.
powerless, adj. [see power, n.] (webplay: being, creation, emperor, great, hand, state).
Unable; helpless; inadequate; inept; incapable; lacking the necessary skill.