Emily Dickinson Lexicon

two-fold, adv. [OE twifeald.]

Doubly; twice as much; in a double degree; in more than one way.

twould ('twould), v. [see it, pron. + will, v.; contracted form always preceded by an apostrophe in Dickinson's poems, but we cannot alphabetize words that begin with punctuation.]

It would.

twould'nt ('twould'nt), v. [see it, pron. + will, v.; contracted form always preceded by an apostrophe in Dickinson's poems, but we cannot alphabetize words that begin with punctuation.]

It would not.

typic, adj. [Fr. < Gk. 'typical'.]

1. Symbolic; metaphorical; [word play on “archetype”] archetypical; prototypic; first; primordial; original; primaeval; from the beginning.
2. Typical; common; ordinary; normal; predictable.

typify, v. [L. typus.]

Symbolize; represent; stand for; express indirectly; serve as a metaphor for.

tyranny (-ies), n. [Fr. < L. < Gk.]

1. Command; dominion; domination; supreme power; absolute control; total mastery.
2. Despotism; unrighteous dominion; [fig.] a despot; a dictator; a bully; an authoritarian leader.
3. Injustice; merciless action; [fig.] bloodshed; warmongering.
4. Authority; [irony] Deity; Jehovah; the Omnipotent; the Almighty; the Supreme Being; the King of Kings; the Ruler of the Universe.

Tyrian, proper adj. [see Tyrian, n.]

Mediterranean; Middle Eastern; pertaining to Tyre; of the port in Southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; capital of purple dye industry in the ancient world; [fig.] royal; majestic; [metaphor] purple; scarlet; violet.

Tyrian, proper n. [L. < Phoenician tsor, stone, rock the city was built on.]

King; Queen; royalty; [fig.] sunset color; deep purple; (see ED letters).