Emily Dickinson Lexicon

tome (-s), n. [Fr. volume, section of a book.]

tomorrow, adv. [ME to + morwen.]

During the next twenty-four hour period.

tomorrow, n. [see tomorrow, adv.]

1. Day after today; the next twenty-four hour period.
2. Potential; possibility; that which is not yet experienced.
3. Future; consequence.

ton, n. [OE tunne a cask; see tun, n.]

heavy load; huge weight; mass of 2,000 pounds; [fig.] burden; unbearable grief; immense sorrow.

tone, n. [OF ton, stretching, quality of sound, tone, accent, tone in painting.]

tongue (-s), n. [OE tunge.]

1. Fleshy, muscular organ in the mouth used as an instrument of taste.
2. Fleshy, muscular organ in the mouth used to articulate speech sounds.
3. Language; speech; verbal expression; mode of speaking.
4. Power of speech; ability to express verbally.
5. Thin, forked organ in the mouth of serpents, used as an instrument of tactile sensation.
6. Clapper; thin piece of metal suspended from the center of a bell which, when vibrated, strikes the body of the bell and causes it to ring.
7. [Fig.] gurgling; bubbling noise made by water flowing over rocks.

tongueless, adj. [see tongue, n.]

Silent; lacking an organ for articulating speech sounds; incapable of verbal expression

tonic, adj. [Gk. τονικ-ός, of or for stretching.]

tonight, adv. [OE tó niht.]

1. This evening; during the current evening or night.
2. Presently; straightway; immediately; right away.
3. Now; at present.

too, adv. [see to, prep.]