Emily Dickinson Lexicon

snow (-s), v. [see snow, n.; related to “blow”.]

1. Fall; lie cold; [fig.] die; [possibly a compound subject split by stanza enjambment “snow-drift”] bank of cold white frozen precipitation; [fig.] death.
2. Phrase. “it snows”: congealed water crystals descend; white star-shaped flakes of frozen moisture fall; winter precipitation floats down to earth from the sky; [fig.] the landscape becomes totally white because of much snowfall.

snowy, adj. [see snow, n.]

White; [fig.] angelic; heavenly; cloud-trimmed.

snug, adj. [obscure origin.]

1. Safe; cosy; confident; secure; comfortably confined; [fig.] exalted.
2. Taut; skin-tight; well-fitted; close-fitting.
3. Garnered; gathered; stowed; stored away; [fig.] hidden; concealed; out of sight

snugly, adv. [see snug, adj.]

Tightly; finely; solidly; firmly; perfectly; plumb; with quality craftsmanship.

so ('s), adv. [OE swa, like that.]

1. Quite; very; to such a degree; [intensifier.]
2. As; comparably; similarly; to the same degree.
3. But; however; nevertheless; on the other hand.
4. To such an extent.
5. A lot; a great deal.
6. Like that; this way; in that way.
7. Likewise.
8. Too; intensely; too much.
9. Phrase. “So much”: to such an extent.
10. Phrase. “So's”: so is [contraction]; such is; the same is; like that is.

so, conj. [see so, adv.]

1. Thus; by that means; in that way.
2. Just like that.
3. To the point where.

so, pron. [see so, adv.]

1. That; this; such a thing.
2. Phrase. “Mr. So and So”: such a gentleman; [pronominal proper noun phrase] God; Deity; the Lord; Heavenly Father.
3. Phrase. “Not so”: no way; to the contrary; that is not how it is going to be.
4. Phrase. “Not so fast”: slow down.
5. Phrase. “or so”: more or less; a bit smaller or larger.
6. Phrase. “so many”: such a large amount of people.
7. Phrase. “just so”: in exactly this way.

soar (-ed, -ing, -s), v. [Fr. essorer, to fly up < L. aura, air.]

1. Rise; ascend; grow upward; [fig.] decorate; adorn; glorify; honor.
2. Fly; glide; sail upward.
3. Flee; escape; [fig.] forget.
4. Surge; flow; stream; continue; [fig.] sing; resound; reverberate; increase in volume.
5. Blow; gust; move; run; course.
6. Flit; dart.
7. Phrase. “soar away”: leave; depart; [fig.] die; pass away.

soaring, verbal n. [see soar, v.]

Rise; elevation; lift-off; upward journey; [fig.] exploration; quest; [as a noun phrase in Johnson's edition “soaring Residence”] upward domain; home on high.

sob (-bed), v. [Dutch sabben, to suck.]

1. Bawl; wail; make crying noises; [fig.] grieve; mourn; lament; keen.
2. Cry; release emotion vocally; shed tears over a duration of time.