Emily Dickinson Lexicon

journey (-s), n. [OFr jornee.] (webplay: day, land, pass, time, travel, water).

1. Travels; passage from one place to another; [fig.] flight; trajectory; migration; movement through the air.
2. Pilgrimage; [fig.] passage through life; progression toward perfection.
3. Load; amount carried in one trip.
4. Wandering; drifting; [fig.] lack of focus; absence of perception.
5. Ascension; rising into heaven in a chariot of fire (2 Kings 2:11-12).
6. Locomotion; moving; creeping; careful crawling.
7. Trip; quest; excursion.