Emily Dickinson Lexicon

waiting, verbal n. [see wait, v.] (webplay: accompanying, appointed, change, chose, consequence, days, eyes, flower, lie, rest, surprise, time).

1. Patience; endurance.
2. Watch; wake; time remaining; period of time before something important happens; [fig.] night; time before dawn; festival before Christmas when minstrels play music in the streets; [metaphor] mortality; time before the resurrection.
3. Preparation; maintaining hope; staying in expectation; [fig.] time spent in patient service.