Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: spiritual – sponge
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spiritual, adj. [see spirit, n.]
Pertaining to the soul.
splash (-ing), v. [Alteration of plash < MLG, LG plasken, dabble.]
Wet; bespatter; dash water upon; spoil with water or mud.
splendor (-s), n. [AFr (e)splendur < L. splendēre, v. shine.] (webplay: show).
- Distinction; eminence; glory; magnificence.
- Brilliant coloring; ornate appearance.
splinter, n. [MDu splinte, metal plate or pin.]
Chip; fracture; sliver; [fig.] fraction; little bit; very small amount; [metaphor] irregularity; cause for doubt; uncertainty in thought; defect in logic; flaw in reason.
splinter (-ed), verbal adj. [see splinter, n.] (webplay: fracture).
Broken; cracked; damaged; shattered; fragmented; [fig.] imperfect; flawed; defective; [metaphor] thorny; made of sharp spines instead of laurel leaves.
split (-s), v. [MDu; related to spleet < LG.] (webplay: break, cleave, earth, entirely, hair, heart, separate, sides).
- Interrupt; break up; cut short; [fig.] fill with loud noise.
- Open; burst; part asunder.
- Disjoin; divide; separate; disunite; disconnect; divorce; part; cleave.
- Shorten; reduce; abbreviate.
- [Fig.] experience grief; feel great pain.
- [Fig.] feel intense happiness; experience joy.
spoil, v. [OFr < L. 'to plunder, rob, despoil, strip of clothing'.] (webplay: lose).
Stain; ruin; soil; besmear; damage; dirty with mud.
spoiler, n. [see spoil, v.]
Destroyer; pillager; bane; scourge.
spoke (-s), n. [OE spáca; origin uncertain.] (webplay: round, wheel).
Supporting beam of a wheel; rod radiating from an axis.
sponge (-s), n. [OE < L. < Gk.]
Absorbing material.