Emily Dickinson Lexicon

town (-s), n. [OE tuun.]

1. Village; hamlet; community; small settlement; cluster of homes.
2. Civilization; habitations; populated places; settled areas; a group of homes.
3. Parish; ward; inhabited location; [fig.] paradise; spirit world for those awaiting the resurrection from the dead.
4. Enclosure; field; garden; hedge; yard; walled place; [fig.] season; winter.
5. Domain; domicile; manor; territory; [fig.] kingdom.
6. Land; upper shore; high beach.
7. Homestead; residence; destination; place of origin.
8. Crossroads; [fig.] cemetery; graveyard; burial ground.
9. Society; urban district; hub of business interaction; place of social gathering.
10. Fortification; row of houses; cluster of buildings; [fig.] horizon; sunset.
11. Phrase. “Out of town”: gone; not at home; [fig.] dormant; inactive in the growing cycle; not blooming for the season.