Emily Dickinson Lexicon

South America, proper n. [see south, adj. and America.]

The New World; the Andes and surrounding areas; southern continent in the Western hemisphere; territory including what is now Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Equador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.

southern, adj. [see south, n.]

souvenir, n. [Fr. 'memory, keepsake' < L. subvenīre, to come into the mind.]

Remembrance.

sovreign, adj. [see sovreign, n.]

1. Supreme; highest; greatest; superlative; most intense; most extreme; [fig.] divinest; most Christ-like.
2. Royal; superior; surpassing all others in glory; [fig.] aloof; formal; distant; inaccessible; untouchable; unapproachable.
3. Treble; tenor; high in pitch; [fig.] droning.
4. Sublime; rare; extraordinary.

sovreign, adv. [see sovreign, n.]

1. Victoriously; triumphantly; prosperously; exultantly; happily; with the best of luck.
2. Supremely; royally; ceremoniously; with much pomp.

sovreign (-s, -'s, sovereign), n. [OFr < L. super, above.]

1. King; monarch; head of state; supreme leader of a nation.
2. Lord; Savior; Messiah; King of Kings (see Revelation 17:14); King of the Jews (Matthew 27:37); Christ, who was forced to wear a scarlet robe, a crown of thorns, and a reed for a scepter (Matthew 27:29); ruler of the universe who suffered, died, and was resurrected to redeem all humankind.
3. Supreme being; most esteemed one; person who merits the highest devotion; [fig.] dearest; most beloved.
4. Master; captain; ruler; commander; authority; agent; superior officer.

sovreignty (sovreignties), n. [see sovreign, adj.]

Kingdom; realm; monarchy; principality; sphere of influence; extent of power.

sow (-ed, -ing, -n), v. [OE sáwan; see seed, n.]

sower, n. [see sow, v.]

One who plants seeds.

sowing, n. [see sow, v.]

Action of scattering seeds.