Emily Dickinson Lexicon

sweet (-er, -est), adj. [OE.]

1. Gratifying; pleasing to the heart; delightful to the mind; satisfying to the soul.
2. Bringing joy; providing peace to the heart.
3. Precious; rare; valuable; important; significant; dear to the heart.
4. Gentle; mild; tender; compassionate.

sweet, adv. [see sweet, adj.]

1. Lovingly; carefully; tenderly.
2. Melodiously; pleasantly; appealing to the sense of hearing.

sweet (-s), n. [see sweet, adj.]

Dear; darling; beloved; loved one.

sweetness, n. [see sweet, adj.]

1. Pleasant to the mind.
2. Mildness, gentleness.
3. Preciousness.

swell, n. [see swell, v.]

A protuberant part of the body.

swell (-ed, -ing, -s), v. [OE.]

1. To increase in size or importance.
2. Increase in sound.

swelling, n. [see swell, v.]

A hill or small growth.

swerve (-d, -s), v. [OE 'to turn aside, to file, to scour, to creep, to wander, to hurry away, to wipe, to move, to stray'.]

1. To change; course.
2. To waver or move.

swerveless, adj. [see swerve, v.]

Unchanging.

swift (-er), adj. [OE 'to move in a sweeping manner'.] (webplay: winds).

1. Quick; fast moving.
2. Tumultuous; moving rapidly and violently.