Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: Belshazzar – benediction
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Belshazzar (-'s), proper n. [Heb. 'Lord of treasure.']
Biblical king of Babylon; wicked ruler who saw the Lord's handwriting on his palace wall; ancient monarch who received a written warning from God; (see Daniel 5).
belt, n. [OE < L.]
- Flexible strap; accessory that binds clothing on a person; flat band of leather around the waist; [fig.] restraint; control; restriction; limitation; constraint; manacle; [metaphor] vow of seclusion; covenant setting a person apart from others.
- Channel; strait; narrow passage; [fig.] river; stream of water.
- Sash; girdle; waistband; cummerbund; narrow strip of material.
- Region; district; tract; zone; continuous series of objects; [fig.] Milky Way; sector of space.
- Flat circulating strap between wheels; narrow band for communicating motion to gears; [fig.] cognition; mental process.
belt (belted), v. [see belt, n.] (webplay: laying, narrow).
- Gird; cinch; secure; encircle; surround; encompass; [fig.] rooted; overgrown.
- Seal with a kiss; surround with the mouth; [fig.] close; press shut; fasten down after death.
bemoan (bemoaning), v. [OE.] (webplay: loss).
Lament; mourn; bewail; grieve; cry for; weep about; (see Jeremiah 16:5).
bench, n. [OE.] (webplay: board).
Sawhorse; wooden seat; work station.
bend, n. [see bend, v.] (webplay: arm, crooked, drawn, foot, lean, river, seamanship, steps, waters).
- Slouch; droop; hunch; weak spot.
- Turn; orbit; circuit; revolution; trajectory.
bend (bended, bending, bent), v. [OE 'restrain with a bond, fetter, confine'.] (webplay: drawn, honorable, man, over, place, plain, sea, step, stooping, turn, waters, will).
- Brace; bind; constrain; conform; make fast.
- Hunch; stoop; work with total attention.
- Submit; acquiesce; surrender; yield; [fig.] accept death.
- Grow; extend; move with flexibility; (see Ezekiel 17:7).
- Bow; incline; genuflect; lean over slowly to show respect; (see Isaiah 60:14).
- Focus; center; adjust; turn the gaze of.
- Arch; curve; span; circumnavigate.
- Descend; condescend; [fig.] kneel.
- Move; shift; stir; [fig.] awake; arouse; affect.
- Hover; linger; draw near.
beneath, adv. [OE 'from below', nether, lower, farther down.'] (webplay: lower).
Underground; [fig.] down in a grave.
beneath, prep. [see beneath, adv.] (webplay: bearing, country, lower, man).
- Under; further down in place than.
- Below the surface of.
- Near; close to; at the foot of; in the vicinity of.
- Inferior to; less than; unworthy of; lower in rank than.
benediction, n. [Fr. < L. 'speak well'.]
- Blessing; uplifting speech; solemn discourse.
- Thanksgiving; invocation; expression of thanks; prayer of gratitude: “God bless you.”