Emily Dickinson Lexicon

emerald, adj. [see emerald, n.]

1. Evergreen; made of shiny pine needles.
2. Sparkling green; [fig.] covered with sunlit summer foliage.
3. Grassy; [phrase “Emerald Seams”] plots in a cemetery lawn; graves for soldiers lost in battle; pertaining to rows in a burial field.
4. Leafy; lush; [fig.] bejeweled; ornate; decorated with gems.
5. Phosphorescent; nearly transparent; [fig.] eerie; uncanny; having a pale ghastly light; [kenning] tornado; tempest; twisting cloud.
6. Phrase. “Emerald Swing”: branch; [merism] leafy tree.