Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WHITE, a. [Sax. hwit; Sw. hvit; Dan. hvid; D. wit; G. weiss.]

1. Being of the color of pure snow; snowy; not dark; as, white paper; a white skin.
2. Pale; destitute of color in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; as, white with fear.
3. Having the color of purity; pure; clean; free from spot; as, white robed innocence.
4. Gray; as, while hair; a venerable man, white with age.
5. Pure; unblemished. No whiter page than Addison's remains. – Pope.
6. In a scriptural sense, purified from sin; sanctified. Ps. li.