Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: steam – step
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steam, n. [OE; obscure origin.]
Vapor; invisible mist; substance that water emits at the boiling point.
steed, n. [OE 'stud-horse, stallion'; ON 'mare'.]
Horse; stallion; noble riding mount.
steel (-'s), n. [OE < Germanic 'made of metal, firm, rigid'.]
- Refined metal; carburate of iron; strong durable substance; [fig.] bravery; nerve; courage; extraordinary endurance.
- Metal made from iron and carbon.
- Durability; firmness; hardness; physical strength.
- Sword; dagger; spear; offensive weapon; [fig.] cruelty; rudeness; social coldness; harshness in manner.
steep (-est), adj. [OE 'steep, declivity'; see stoop, v.] (webplay: hill).
- Acute; sharp in angle; near vertical in slope.
- Elevated; high-pitched; [word play] saturated; soaked; concentrated.
- Craggy; rugged; ascending quickly in altitude; [fig.] treacherous; difficult; challenging.
steeple (-'s, -s), n. [see steep, adj.] (webplay: bells, church).
Spire on a church that typically ends in a point.
steersman, n. [OE stéor, action of guide or governing + man.] (webplay: helmsman).
Pilot; captain of a ship; person who steers.
stem (-s), n. [OE 'tree-trunk'.] (webplay: flowers, stop, trees).
- Stalk of a plant that holds the plant upright.
- Family roots; heritage.
- [Fig.] torso of the human body or living creature.
- Root; origin; beginning; base.
stem, v. [ON 'to stop the flow'.]
Repel; oppose; defy.
stemless, adj. [see stem, n.] (webplay: stopped).
Having no stalk on a plant.
step (-s), n. [see step, v.]
- Stair; threshold; stairway; door stoop; entrance platform.
- Short distance.
- Footfall; noise of walking.
- Act of locomotion; increment of walking.
- Section; part of the journey; unit of distance; [fig.] moment; unit of time.
- Path; route; [fig.] example; way of daily life.
- Stride; [fig.] movement; motion; course; flowing; stream of air.
- Progress; march; trudging; plodding; effort to climb upward.
- Footprint; [fig.] sign of a presence; mark that someone is near.