Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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Stagger; stumble; weave; wobble; move unsteadily; walk deliriously; exhibit a lack of control over bodily movements due to intoxication. 214/207 Inebriate of air am I … Reeling through endless summer days … When landlords turn the drunken bee / Out of the Foxglove's door

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Direct; point; signal; indicate; focus. 500/370 He, the best Logician, / Refers my clumsy eye – / To just vibrating Blossoms! / An exquisite Reply!

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Chorus; verse; repeated portion of a song; [fig.] music; series of notes. 699/728 here's an Amber Sill … in my Path … I only ask a Tune … Let the Owl select / His favorite Refrain.

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Fresh; invigorating to the senses; deliciously cool to the taste; [fig] pleasurable; enjoyable; delectable; flavorful; rich; savory; tasty; appetizing. 1561/1596 His Larder – terse and Militant / Unknown – refreshing things

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Repay; reimburse; compensate; reward; recompense; remunerate; bear fruit in return for labor invested. 681/862 Soil of Flint, if steady tilled, / Will refund the Hand

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Deny; reject; say no; decline a request; answer in the negative; decide not to grant an appeal. 1076/478 Just Once! Oh Least Request! / Could Adamant – refuse?

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Consider; deem; value; assess; judge; think of. 545/646 teach the Eye / The Value of it's Ten … the Eternal Rule // Regards least Cypherer alike / With Leader of the Band

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Army; host; legion; squadron; troop; platoon; unit; body of soldiers; organized group of military men. (666/752) 64/162 Without Commander! Countless! Still! / The Regiments … In bright detachment stand!

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Ascertain; measure; gauge; discover; find out; be certain of; obtain knowledge of. 777/877 The Loneliness One dare not sound – / And would as soon surmise / As in it's Grave go plumbing / To [register] the size

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Grief; sorrow; suffering; pain due to loss; yearning for a beloved object or person. 1026/1037 The Dying need but little … perhaps, a Friend's Regret

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Control; pilot; steer; keep constant; preserve in working order; hold steady. 451/450 The fine – unvarying Axis … regulates the Wheel

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Repetition; remembrance; recollection; reminiscence; act of reliving; reconstructing a past event in the mind. 379/664 Rehearsal to Ourselves / Of a Withdrawn Delight – / Affords a Bliss

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Rule; govern; have dominion; possess right of authority. 458/693 Neither would be a Queen / Without the Other … We perish – tho' We reign

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Replenish; refill; replace; renew; supply again. 49/39 I never lost as much but twice … Angels – twice … Reimbursed my store

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Bridle; restraining strap; long thin piece of leather used to guide and control a horse. 166/183 If I must tell you, of a Horse / My freckled Monarch held the rein

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Deny; refuse; denounce; condemn; decline to acknowledge, accept, or receive. 508/353 With Will to choose, / Or to reject … I choose, just a Crown

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Exult; triumph; make merry; exhibit a lively sense of happiness; experience intense gladness; shout for joy; [fig.] sing; make music to express intense positive emotion. 945/1112 This is a Blossom of the Brain … When it is found, a few rejoice / The Wise convey it Home

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Tell; report; recount; recite; narrate; discuss; talk about. 489/476 We … Relate – when Neighbors die – / At what o'clock to Heaven – they fled

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Connected; allied; associated; correlated; corresponding; analogous; similar; akin; kindred; alike in some way; of the same family. 1400/1433 The grass does not appear afraid … Related somehow they may be, / The sedge stands next the sea

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Comparison; proportion; perspective. 565/527 A minor thing – it sounds … scarce accounted … Yet mighty – by relation / To that Repealless thing – / A Being – impotent to end

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Transmission; communication; act of passing a message along; system of receivers and transmitters used to convey signals across a long distance; set of fresh horses or other animals kept ready for mounting or hitching to a vehicle at various places along a route to increase the speed of travel. 1155/1128 Distance – is not … by Relay of Bird / Abated

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Relief; alleviation; respite; reprieve; easing of discomfort; [fig.] salvation; immortality. 788/739 Joy to have merited the Pain – / To merit the Release

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Respite; reprieve; alleviation; rest; easing of pain; period of comfort. 1703/1740 'Twas … A short relief to have the wind / Walk boldly up and knock … But wrong the more / That these could live / And this of our's must die

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Unwilling; loath; hesitant. 1167/1174 Alone and in a Circumstance / Reluctant to be told / A spider on my reticence / Assiduously crawled

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Unwillingly; grudgingly; unhappily; sadly; under protest; with resistance; in opposition to true desires; with a heavy heart. 1614/1667 Parting with Thee reluctantly … A Heart sometimes a Foreigner, / Remembers it forgot