Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: heaped – heather
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heaped, verbal adj. [OE héapian, to heap.]
Loaded; packed; piled to overflowing.
hear (-d, -ing, -s), v. [OE híeran < Germanic.] (webplay: bird, communication, court, ear, grant, law, learn, perceive, prayer, sound, regard, report, title, told, try, turn, voice, words).
- Know; be aware of.
- Listen; lend ear; pay attention.
- Judge; interpret.
- Perceive by the ear.
- Learn; find out; discover.
- Receive communication.
hearken (-ed), v. [OE hercnian.]
Obey; listen; pay attention to.
hearse like, adj. [Fr. < L. hirpicem, large rake for harrowing < Gk.]
Suitable to a funeral; [fig.] like a temporary monument over a grave.
heart (-'s, -s), n. [OE heorte < Germanic.] (webplay: artery, blood, find, grief, honest, intention, joy, learn, life, love, mind, motion, passions, pleasure, power, secret, strength, thoughts, tree, willing, wise).
- Central part; innermost portion.
- Person; individual.
- Seat of feeling.
- Seat of courage; source of bravery.
- Chest; breast.
- Contractile muscular organ that circulates blood through the body; [fig.] seat of emotion.
- Character; disposition; temperament.
- Mind; center of understanding.
- Soul; innermost thoughts.
- Seat of love; hub of affections.
- Phrase. “poor little Heart”: lonely person; fragile individual; humble spirit; meek one; [term of endearment] darling; [fig.] delicate blossom.
- Phrase. “break the heart of”: crush; overwhelm with sorrow.
- Phrase. “honest heart”: sincere intent; truthful objective; honorable purpose.
- Phrase. “have heart”: spirited enough; sufficiently courageous; prevail upon oneself to do something.
hearted, adj. [see broke, verbal adj.; also simple-hearted, adj.; also heart, n.]
Phrase. “Broken hearted”: exquisitely sensitive; willing to endure pain for others (see Psalm 34:18).
hearth, n. [OE heorð.] (webplay: fire, room).
Brick fireplace; stone frame with a chimney holding a fire for warming a room; [fig.] center of warmth; window catching the sun's light.
hearty (heartier), adj. [see heart, n.] (webplay: welcome).
Sound; strong; healthy.
heat, n. [OE hætu < Germanic 'hot'.] (webplay: red, white).
- Sensible warmth of air; [fig.] accumulated heat of furnace; representative of pending judgement.
- That which transmits warmth.
heather, n. [of uncertain origin.]
Purplish flowered plant; scrub that grows on the moors.