Emily Dickinson Lexicon

wood (-s), n. [OE widu < Oir. fid, tree, timber, wilderness.] (webplay: anemone, bind, bound, composes, figure, fire, house, land, light, principal, roof, sere, thick, trees, worm).

Forest; timberland; area covered with trees; [fig.] forest that dark, mysterious, and solitary; [fig.] area which is full of different kinds of plants and animals; [fig.] area that undergoes a great transformation in spring; [fig.] sunset.

wooing, n. [woo, v. + -ing, OE wóasgian.]

Courtship; love affair; romantic suit; [fig.] plot to kill; plan to cause to die.

wool, n. [OE wull.]

[webplay: curling, fineness, fleecy, short.] Fine, soft, curly hair forming the sheep's coat, any material made from the sheep's wool, or any substance resembling the sheep's wool.

word (-s), n. [OE < OTeut *wrdho-, name, forename, < IE wer-, speaker, command, law.] (webplay: act, custom, deference, divine, full, God, greater, grew, human, justly, language, letter, living, love, promise, revelation, sentence, shall, signal, silent, single, sound, speak, speech, state, syllables, talk, tongue, truth, uttered, voice, written).

1. Single verbal utterance; smallest spoken element of a language that has meaning; [fig.] meaning represented by a word; [fig.] emotions; [fig.] small amount.
2. Single utterance [which is a part of a string of utterances.]
3. Written representation of a verbal utterance; smallest written element of a language that has meaning.
4. Message; comment; remark; tidings; information; [fig.] emotional conveyance of music; [fig.] thoughts; meanings; intentions; [fig.] jab; wisecrack; [fig.] acknowledgment; commiseration; consolation.
5. Conversation; expressive style; delivery; phraseology; verbiage; way of speaking.
6. Expression; ability to be communicated.
7. Promise; commitment; oath; contract; covenant; vow; agreement.
8. [Fig.] Jesus Christ; Redeemer; Savior of men's souls; (see John 1:1-3).

wordless, adj. [see word, n. + -less.] (webplay: living, sentence, silent, speech, words, written).

Silent; speechless; inaudible; quiet; without words.

wore, v. [see wear, v.]

work (-ing), n. [see work, v. + -ing.] (webplay: action, better, body, cheeks, child, color, days, diligence, dropped, duties, elements, feat, figures, fire, flowers, grace, heart, labor, machine, man, move, nature, needle, nerve, night, obtain, ruin, seamen, severe, spirit, sun, trembling, way).

1. Labor; exertion; enterprise; activity; toil; [fig.] challenge.
2. Employment; occupation; engagement; [fig.] needlework [sewing, knitting, embroidery, etc.]; [fig.] diversion; release; escape; outlet for mental stress.
3. Product; yield; fruit; outcome; result; [fig.] quality.
4. Job; duty; responsibility; function; task; [fig.] one's instinctive activities; one's natural occupation.
5. Goal; ambition; aspiration; design; project; scheme; intent; object; purpose.

work (-ed, -ing, -s, -wrought), v. [OE wyrcan.] (webplay: action, cheeks, chief, child, days, design, dreams, dropped, duties, flowers, form, God, grace, hard, heart, labor, man, mines, motion, move, needle, nerve, night, rising, trembling, together, seamen, stir, strain, sun, tides, together, way, wind).

1. Labor; strain; exert oneself; expend energy; [fig.] perform one's natural function; provide light; gather pollen; [fig.] revise; edit; alter; rewrite.
2. Strive; aspire; persevere; pursue; seek; endeavor.
3. Perform; function; act; operate; [fig.] create music.
4. Form; compose; create; fashion; forge; mold; shape; cast.

working, adj. [see work, v. + -ing.]

Lower; middle; common; having to work in order to earn a living.

workman (workmen), n. [OE weorcmann.]

Laborer; hired man; employee; person who works; [fig.] one who works til the close of day.