Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: shutting – side
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shutting, verbal n. [see shut, v.]
Closing; bringing together the outward covering parts.
shy, adj. [OE sceoh, fear, abhorrence, avoid, drive away, to terrify.] (webplay: bird, friend, timid).
- Avoiding freedom of intercourse.
- Reserved.
- Fearful.
- Wary in speech or action.
- Timid; cautious.
- Hidden.
- Uncomfortable.
- Insignificant.
shy, v. [see shy, adj.]
To avoid; to deny; to bypass; [possibly adverbial] shyly; timidly.
Shylock, proper n. [possibly < Hebrew Shiloh, place in Palestine < asher-lo 'whose right it is'.]
Extortioner; blackmailer; loan shark; moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice; merciless usurer who charges disproportionate interest.
sic, adv. [L.]
Phrase: “sic transit gloria mundi”: thus passes away the glory of this world; phrase spoken in papal coronations to remind church leaders that earthly fame is ephemeral.
Sicily, proper n. [L. probably 'reapers'.]
Largest island in the Mediterranean; Italian territory located off the southwest tip of the mainland; location of volcanic Mt. Etna; land of the Siculi or Sekeloi island tribe of the first century (see ED letters “Silician”); [fig.] exotic place.
sick (-er), adj. [OE.] (webplay: death, pain).
- Disgusting; distasteful; unacceptable; unsuitable; unsatisfactory; disappointing; not appropriate.
- Corruptible; tainted; weak; infected; contaminated; [fig.] demoralizing; discouraging.
- Miserable; wretched; pitiful; pathetic; distressing; emotionally draining.
sicken (-ed), v. [see sick, adj.]
- Nauseate; churn up with fear; make faint with horror; cause to feel revulsion.
- Look ill; turn pale; become wan.
sickness, n. [see sick, adj.] (webplay: death, die, pain).
- Plague; scourge; blight; bane.
- Malady; illness; disease.
- Nostalgia; longing for home; sense of intense longing.
- Grief; bereavement; sorrow; mourning; heartache; heartbreak; lovelorn feeling.
side, n. [OE 'old, extensive'.]
- Direction; location opposite; contiguous position.
- Part; locale; domain; dimension.
- Proximity; space immediately next to.
- Angle; surface; plane.
- Circumference; lateral area.
- Aspect; facet; factor; characteristic.
- Margin; edge; verge; border; leeway.
- Rib cage; part between the back and the belly; [fig.] train car; railway carriage.
- Slope; incline; declivity; descent; ravine; steep pitch; drop off; canyon wall.
- End; point; length.
- Similar situation; parallel circumstance.
- Vista; point of view.
- Phrase. “This side”: prior to; just before achieving.
- Phrase. “Side by side”: next to one another.