Emily Dickinson Lexicon

scan (-s, scanned, scanning), v. [L. 'to climb'.] (webplay: care, critical, true).

1. View; examine; survey; peruse; look over.
2. Analyze; evaluate; criticize; scrutinize; appraise; inspect; judge; [fig.] measure; quantify; mark the meter of; determine the cadence of; count the lyric feet of.
3. Notice; pay attention to.
4. Search; hunt.