Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: mortgage – mostly
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mortgage (-d), v. [OFr.]
Dead pledge; security for payment; to expose to future risk for the purpose of immediate gratification.
mortise (-d), v. [OFr.]
Notch; groove; form a joint; attach a piece of wood to a framework; [fig.] secure; fasten; fix firmly.
mortised, verbal adj. [see mortise, v.]
Sealed; obstructed; blocked; closed up; [word play on “mort”] dead; buried; lifeless; deceased; filled with embalming material; [fig.] deaf; no longer able to hear.
mosaic, adj. [Fr.]
Tessellated; patterned in a Moorish fashion; [word play on “Moses”]: biblical; Old Testament; pertaining to Moses.
Moses, proper n. [L.< Gk < Heb. mÅsheh, 'rescued'.]
- Old Testament leader; Israel's greatest prophet; compiler of the first five book of the Bible, the Pentateuch; man who went up mount Sinai to receive the ten commandments (see Exodus 14); one who guided the Israelites to the promised land but did not enter (see Exodus 34); [fig.] visionary leader; one who has a broad view of the world; [see Isaac Watts' hymn “There is a land of pure delight”.]
- Friend of God; prophet who spoke to Jehovah face to face (see Exodus 3:2, 33:11).
moss (-es), n. [OE.]
Small plant; lichen.
most, adj. [see most, adv.]
- Consisting of the greatest amount or quantity.
- Consisting of the greatest number.
- Phrase. “At most”: upper limit of possible characteristics.
most, adv. [OE.]
- To the greatest or highest degree.
- To the highest frequency or number of times.
- Best.
- Almost.
most, pron. [see most, adv.]
The majority; the greatest part.
mostly, adv. [see most, adv.]
- To the greatest degree.
- Most frequently; usually.
- In the greatest quantity.