Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BLESS'ING, n.

1. Benediction; a wish of happiness pronounced; a prayer imploring happiness upon another.
2. A solemn prophetic benediction, in which happiness is desired, invoked, or foretold. This is the blessing wherewith Moses … blessed the children of Israel. – Deut. xxxiii.
3. Any means of happiness; a gift, benefit, or advantage; that which promotes temporal prosperity and welfare, or secures immortal felicity. A just and pious magistrate is a public blessing. The divine favor is the greatest blessing.
4. Among the Jews, a present; a gift; either because it was attended with kind wishes for the welfare of the giver, or because it was the means of increasing happiness. Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee. – Gen. xxxiii.