Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Chart
chart, n. [OFr charte, card, map < L. charta, paper, leaf of paper; later also 'card, chart, map', etc.]
Map; docket; itinerary; schedule; travel guide; diagram with directions for a voyage; [possible allusion to Hopper's hymn text: “Chart and compass come from Thee; Jesus, Savior, pilot me”.]
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