Emily Dickinson Lexicon

six, adj. [OE.]

1. Five plus one; half a dozen; the number next after five.
2. Phrase. “six o'clock”: evening time; 18:00 hours in the twenty-hour period of day.
3. Phrase. “By six” [with ellipsis of “o'clock”]: in the early morning; approaching 6:00 hours in the twenty-hour period of day.

sixpence, n. [see six, n. + pence, n.]

Small coin; piece of silver; sum of six pennies; [fig.] minor fee; small charge; little amount of money to pay.

size, n. [OFr < assise sitting, seat, siege, settlement of appointments, act of setting assessments, manner of regulations.]

1. Quantity; [fig.] significance; importance.
2. Measure; [fig.] type; kind; sort.
3. Extent; expanse; expansion.
4. Dimension; proportion.
5. Weight; gravity; burden; load.
6. Capacity; diameter; circumference; [fig.] worth; meaning.
7. Amount; sum; [fig.] value.
8. Stature; height.
9. Bigness; greatness; grandeur; [fig.] growth; maturation; increase; incremental development.
10. Magnitude; scope; perspective.
11. Area; domain.

skater (-s, -'s), n. [Du. < OFr 'stilt'.]

Person gliding on ice; someone wearing blades on their feet for traveling over frozen water.

skein, n. [OFr escaigne, of obscure origin.]

1. Bunch of yarn; hand-wound reel of woven fibers; little knotted bundle of long threads; [fig.] prismatic bands of light; cluster of colorful lines.
2. Quantity; certain length; set amount of yarn that unravels.

skeptic (sceptic), n. [Fr. < L. 'inquiring, reflective' < Gk 'to look out, consider, watchman, mark to aim at'.]

Philosopher; seeker after truth; one who doubts the possibility of real knowledge of any kind.

skepticism, n. [L. scepticismus, the doctrine of the Sceptics.]

Doubt; disbelief; incredulity; agnosticism; incertitude; uncertainty of knowledge; second-guessing of one's emotions.

skill, n. [ON skil, distinction, difference.]

1. Art; craft.
2. Clockworks; time keeping; [fig.] excellence; precision; finesse.
3. Medical knowledge; surgical precision.
4. Practice; technique; facility; proficiency.
5. Special intervention; supernatural power; ability to do something unique.
6. Counting; calculating; mathematics knowledge; adding and subtracting.
7. Wisdom; insight; knowledge of truth.
8. Power; ability to achieve one's goal; [fig.] death.
9. Tact; diplomacy; discretion.
10. Right; authority.
11. Dexterity; reach; ability to grasp.

skillful (skilful), adj. [from skill + full, having practical ability, possessing skill.]

Able; accomplished; capable; competent; supple; graceful.

skim, v. [OFr escumer.]

Separate liquid from matter; remove the cream to make butter; [fig.] absorb golden yellow wavelengths of light; [word play] float; move lightly.