Emily Dickinson Lexicon

depth (-s), n. [ON dýpt.] (webplay: compass, face, feet, height, infinite, men, night, rear, stillest, unfathomable).

1. Visibility; fair sky; clear atmosphere; visual acuity; sense of three-dimensional space; [fig.] import; meaningfulness; significance.
2. Richness of hue; intensity of color.
3. Abyss; profoundness; profundity; extent of penetration.
4. Measure; quantity; expanse; extent; infinity; (see Exodus 15:8).
5. Deepness; distance down; length from surface to bottom in a body of water.