Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Acre (-s)
acre (-s), n. [OE æcer; cf. Sanskrit ajras, plain, untenanted land.] (webplay: frontiers, larger, open field, property, sowed, sum).
- Parcel; division; plot; tract; piece of land.
- Ground; soil.
- Sprawling extant; vast amount.
- Dwelling place; space for existence; [fig.] graveyard; cemetery.
- Specific location; identifiable territory; particular status.
- Portion; [fig.] vitality; life.
- Earth; world.
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