Emily Dickinson Lexicon — Delay (-s)

Definition for Delay (-s)

dejected delay (-s, -ed, -ing)

delay (-s), n. [see delay, v.] (webplay: stop).

Hesitation; vacillation (see Acts 25:17); [irony] strike; rapid motion.
Dalliance; dawdling; waste of time.

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