Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Indies
Indies, proper n. [see India, proper n.]
Gold; ore from the Asian territories; natural resources of the Caribbean islands; riches of Central America; wealth of the American continents; legendary wealth of the East Indies that explorers tried to find in the West Indies; [metaphor] revelation; poetic inspiration; literary masterpiece; (see ED letters).
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