Emily Dickinson Lexicon

D,

Withhold. 1324/1346 Her motive for the souvenir / If sentiment for me / Or circumstance prudential / Withheld invincibly [reserved utterly]

D,

Rue; quit; disavow; discontinue; repent of; stop doing; turn away from. 1479/1510 Perfidy … would but he resign / The Devil – without question / Were thoroughly divine resigned, verbal adj. [see resign, v.] Meek; longsuffering; having accepted one's fate. 955v/1071v The Hollows round His eager Eyes / Were Pages … Except the italic Face / Endured, [resigned] – unknown resist (-s), v. [Fr. résister or L. re- + sistěre < stāre, stand.]

D,

Phrase. “At rest”: Calm; peaceful; without motion; staying still. 4/3 On this wondrous sea / … In the peaceful west / Many the sails at rest / … Thither I pilot thee / Land Ho! Eternity!

D,

Other parts; remainder; balance. rest (-ed, -ing, -s), v. [OE restan.] (webplay: bed, church, day, death, die, dust, hand, head, heart, Heaven, lie, lowly, meek, mind, nature, pause, souls, still, stop, trust, voice, wandering, weary).

D,

To be supported by something. 751/791 For nothing higher than Itself / Itself rest upon restitute (-s), v. [ppl. stem of L. restituěre, re- + stituěre, to set up.] To restore to a former state; fo fulfil a debt; to right a wrong; to give back, repay, return; to fix an error. 1303/2196 Although he seem to steal / He restitutes in some sweet way restitution, n. [OFr, see restitute, v.] The act of recovering a former state or posture; fixing a wrong; paying for it. 1219/1274 But the Restitution / Of Idolatry. restore, v. [OFr restorer < L. restaurāre.]

D,

To be separated or distinguished from a group. 1157/1191 Some Days retired from the rest / In soft distinction lie retract, v. [L. re- + trahěre, to draw.] Take back; rescind; withhold; confiscate for some cause. 380/642 Doth not retract a single spice / For pang of jealousy retreat, n. [see retreat, v.]

D,

Revolve; begin again; happen another time; repeat a turn; make another circuit; complete another cycle. 99/79 the pensive Spring returns

D,

Resuscitation; breathing again; coming back to life. 1733/1342 Returning is a different route reveal (-ed, -s), v. [OFr reveler or L. revēlāre, re- + vēlum, veil.] (webplay: concealed, disclose, heaven, secrets, show).

D,

Scripture; word of God; divine will. 1459/1487 Can read without its Glasses / On Revelation's Wall Revelation, proper n. [see revelation, n.] (webplay: old, prophets, truth).

D,

Opposite; contrary; antithesis. 831/946 Fight … Two Armies … Love and the Reverse.

D,

Stop; cease; quit; halt; discontinue; refrain from. 755/766 No Bobolink – reverse His Singing

D,

Blood ; [fig.] soul; vital force. 583/419 Life – is a different Thing … Naked of Flask – Naked of Cask – / Bare Rhine rhinoceros, n. [Late L.] A large quadruped of a genus found in Africa and Southern Asia, having a horn on the nose and thick skin that hangs in folds. 738/736 And I must be Rhinoceros rhododendron, n. [Gr. 'rose + tree'.)] A genus of plants with evergreen foliage and many large, beautiful flowers. 380/642 Rhododendron – worn “ Rhodora (-'s), proper n. [ L. 'Filipendula ulmaria' < Gk 'rose'.] Rhododendron canadense; deciduous shrub of northeastern New England; plant that blooms in early spring with purple or white flowers; [fig.] flower personified. 142/85 Rhodora's cheek is crimson rhyme (-s), n. [OFr < L. rhythmus, measured motion, time, proportion.] Song. 503/378 Perish with him – that Keyless Rhyme! rhythm, n. [see rhyme, n.] Regulated succession of strong and weak elements. 1670/1742 Then to a Rhythm Slim rhythmic, adj. [Fr. rhythmique or L. rythmicus.] Musical. 1338/1358 Without a rhythmic rumor rib (-s), n. [OE rib.] Curved bones in man and animal enclosing the body cavity and protecting the chief organs. [fig.] mountainsides. 585/383 To fit its [Ribs] / And crawl between / Complaining all the while ribaldry, n. [OFr ribau(l)derie.]

D,

Verse; rhyming text that poses a question; type of poem in the genre of lyric poetry. 949/1068 Further than Guess can gallop / Further than Riddle ride

D,

Jewelry for the finger. 817/818 only the keeper of this ring

D,

Stand; get up. 901/809 those that rose to go

D,

Stead; place of another. 628/589 But in their room – a Sea – displayed “

D, [Fig.]

A bride. 438/625 Deny! Did Rose her Bee” / For privilege of play

DAB, n.

1. A gentle blow with the hand.
2. A small lump or mass of any thing soft or moist.
3. Something moist or slimy thrown on one.
4. In low language, an expert man. [See Dabster.]
5. A small flat fish, of the genus Pleuronectes, of a dark brown color.

DAB, v.t. [Fr. dauber, or from the same root. It has the elements of dip, dub and tap, Gr. τυπτω, and of daub. Class Db, No. 3, 21, 28, 58.]

1. To strike gently with the hand; to slap; to box. Bailey.
2. To strike gently with some soft or moist substance; as, to dab a sore with lint. Sharp.

DAB'BED, pp.

Struck with something moist.

DAB'BING, ppr.

Striking gently with something moist

DAB'BLE, v.i.

1. To play in water; to dip the hands, throw water and splash about; to play in mud and water.
2. To do any thing in a slight or superficial manner; to tamper; to touch here and there. You have, I think, been dabbling with the text. Atterbury.
3. To meddle; to dip into a content.

DAB'BLE, v.t. [Heb. טבל tabal, or from the root of dip, Goth. daupyan, Belgic dabben or dabbelen. See Dip.]

Literally, to dip a little or often: hence, to wet; to moisten; to spatter; to wet by little dips or strokes; to sprinkle. Swift. Wiseman.

DAB'BLER, n.

1. One who plays in water or mud.
2. One who dips slightly into any thing; one who meddles without going to the bottom; a superficial meddler; as, a dabbler in politics.

DAB'BLING, ppr.

Dipping superficially or often; playing in water, or in mud; meddling.