Emily Dickinson Lexicon

haunt (-ed, -ing, -s), v. [Fr. hanter, origin uncertain.] (Apparition, fear).

1. Trouble; distract; intrude on.
2. Frequent; return often; visit regularly.
3. Instill fear in; cause incredulity to.

haunt (-ed), verbal adj. [see haunt, v.] (webplay: houses, specter).

Ghostly; mysterious; visited by spirits; frequented by apparitions.

have (had, had'nt, had'st, hadst, has, has'nt, hast, hath, hav'nt), v¹. [OE habban; lexical or principal verb.] (webplay: away, befall, belong, fall, happen, obligation, possess, power, rather, snatch, take).

1. Eat; drink; imbibe.
2. Be subject to; be subservient to; be subordinate to; [fig.] adore; honor; attend to; listen to.
3. Receive; experience; encounter; find.
4. Know; comprehend; understand; be an expert in.
5. Possess; own as property; keep at hand.
6. Display; show as an identifying quality; exhibit as a figurative feature.
7. Retain as a component; include as a constituent part.
8. Need; want; be obligated; sense a duty; feel a necessity.
9. Bear; carry; bring; provide.
10. Participate in.
11. Hold in the hand; be equipped with.
12. Gain; obtain; procure; receive into possession.
13. Entertain; maintain; keep in the mind.
14. Win; pass; gain superiority over.
15. Experience; portray; be affected with.
16. Be related to; find meaning in; be willing to live for.
17. Phrase. “have done”: cease; desist; make an end.
18. Phrase. “had rather”: definitely prefer; really wish to.
19. Phrase. “have on”: wear; be adorned with.
20. Phrase. “had as lief”: would prefer; desire in contrast that.
21. Phrase. “what had they to do with us”: what do they hold in common with us; how are they related to us; why are they associated with us; why would they be interested in us.
22. Phrase. “have no part”: do not share; retain no portion.

have (had, had'st, has, hast, hath, having, hav'nt), v². [OE habban; auxiliary or modal.] (webplay: befall, esteem, fall, hastily, power, seize, take).

1. [Present perfect.]
2. [Have (present perfect) + infinitive] needs; is obligated.
3. [Subjunctive] if.
4. [Past perfect.]
5. [Subjunctive possessive.]
6. [Had (past perfect) + infinitive] needed; was obligated.
7. Phrase. “Have to” [periphrastic modal]: must; should; ought to.
8. Phrase. “Hav'nt You”: have you not? [negated tag question for affirmative emphasis] surely; certainly you have.

haven (-s), n. [OE hæfen.]

Asylum; shelter; place of safety.

havoc, n. [OFr havot.]

Waste; devastation; destruction.

Haworth, proper n. [OE haga, hedge, and worth, enclosure > 'open place in a village'.]

Town in Yorkshire, England; place where the famous Brontë family resided; village where Emily and Charlotte Brontë are buried; [word play] cemetery; graveyard; church grounds.

hay, n. [OE híe < Germanic, 'that which can be mowed'.] (webplay: grass, mow).

1. Field of cultivated grass; plant food crop for animals to eat in stables.
2. Phrase. “Made hay”: cut the grass that is used to feed animals; [fig.] worked hard.

hay, v. [see hay, n.] (webplay: mow).

Cut the grass crop; [fig.] work in the fields.

hazard, n. [OFr hasard < L. casus, fall.]

1. Dice game.
2. Danger; trouble; sudden accident.