Emily Dickinson Lexicon

north, n. [Germanic, norð.]

1. Aurora borealis; [metonymy] place in the sky where the northern lights appear.
2. Cold air from the Arctic; [metonymy] winter; freezing weather.
3. Backyard; land behind the Homestead in Amherst, Massachusetts; [fig.] sacred space; heavenly place; spiritual realm above the earth.
4. Scandinavia; European lands closer to the Arctic.
5. Nadir; direction below the zenith; horizon point directly under to the sun in the meridian; [fig.] polar opposite.
6. Direction upward on the globe; not south, east, or west; upper cardinal point on a compass; one of the four orientation points of the earth.
7. Outer space; sky above the horizon; highest visible area above the earth; place in the heavens where the polar star appears.
8. Boreas; [ellipsis] Arctic wind; air current coming from the north and moving toward the south.