Emily Dickinson Lexicon

dying, verbal adj. [see die, v.] (webplay: away, death, expiring, fading, given, life, love, perishing).

1. Perishing; failing; [fig.] closing; losing the sense of sight.
2. Terminal; departing; in the process of losing life.
3. Last; final; ultimate; closing; expiring; given during one's last breath.