Emily Dickinson Lexicon

shore (-s), n. [OE 'land washed by the sea, sea-marsh'.]

1. Coast or land adjacent to the ocean or sea, or to a large lake or river.
2. A prop; something that supports another thing.

shore (-ed), v. [ME 'prop, stay'.]

1171 Till your wrinkled Finger / Shored the sun away …

short (-er, -est), adj. [OE 'to lack'.] (webplay: brief, extents).

1. Brief; not long in duration.
2. Little; not long.
3. Abrupt; angry; rudely brief; severe.
4. [Fig.] insignificant; small.

shorten (-ed), v. [see short, adj.]

Diminish; make less long.

shortness, n. [see short, adj.]

Brevity; fleetingness.

shot, n. [see shoot, v.]

1. A marksman.
2. Act of shooting.
3. Trial, problem.
4. Dart, projectile.
5. Pointed, critical remark.

should (-n't), v. [see shall, v.]

shoulder (-s), n. [OE; represents a dual.]

1. The horizontal or rectangular projection from the body of a thing.
2. Support; that which elevates and sustains.
3. Each of the two corresponding portions (right and left) of the human body.

shout (-ing), adj. [see shout, n.]

Blooming.

shout, n. [ON 'a taunt'.]

A loud burst of voice or voices.