Emily Dickinson Lexicon

wed, v. [OE, 'pledge'.] (webplay: day, first, live, men, pledge, wife).

1. Get married; have a spouse; [fig.] take a serious vow; become closely involved with someone.
2. Marry; betroth; espouse; contract in matrimony; give in marriage as wife and husband; seal together in a legal family unit by means of a formal ceremony and a written document; [fig.] unite forever in a covenant with one's beloved.
3. Join; unify; [fig.] make as one spiritually; attach by deep affection; bind by a promise; link by a common experience; endow with a new higher status.

wedding, verbal n. [see wed, v.] (webplay: day, marrying, uniting).

Marriage celebration; feast for the bride and bridegroom; [fig.] party; harmonious gathering of elements in Nature.

wedge, n. [OE wecg, corresponds to OS weggi.] (webplay: crowd).

Separating tool; triangular shaped piece of metal used for splitting; [fig.] contention; shunning; ostracizing; misunderstanding.

wedge (-d), v. [see wedge, n.] (webplay: way).

wedlock, n. [OE wed, pledge + lác, action.] (webplay: marriage).

1. Marriage; matrimony; formal wedding ceremony; opportunity to be a bride.
2. Union; marital contract; marriage until death; [fig.] covenant by human authority (see Isaiah 54:5).

Wednesday, proper adj. [OE 'day of Woden, chief Teutonic god'; calque translation of L. 'day of Mercury'.]

Fourth day of the week; mid-week day; school day that has afternoon recess in England and New England; [fig] middling; mundane; average.

weed (-s), n. [OE wéod.] (webplay: away, take).

1. Flora; herb; vegetation; plant life; [fig.] overgrown grass; neglected sod on a grave plot.
2. Seaweed; algae; ocean plants; wild growth in salt water.
3. Undesirable plant; wild growth; botanical stranger.

week (-s), n. [OE wice, corresponds to OFris wike.] (webplay: days, space).

weep, v. [OE wépan.] (webplay: joy, kiss, laughter, sorrow, tears, trees).

1. Grieve; lament; keen; cry aloud for sadness; express sorrow vocally; show grief with tears; bemoan the death of a loved one.
2. Cry; sob; shed tears; exude fluid from the eyes to show sadness.
3. Feel deep emotion; experience an overwhelming sense of longing.
4. Cry for joy; shed tears for happiness; spontaneously exude fluid from the eyes because of delight, beauty, tenderness, sensitivity, etc.

weeping, verbal adj. [see weep, v.]

Crying; tearing; watering.