Emily Dickinson Lexicon

end (-s), n. [OE 'boundary'.] (webplay: beyond, breadth, come, death, earth, extremities, finger, good, house, life, made, man, mark, months, reached, ship, stands, summer, time, two, ultimate, views, work).

1. Conclusion; close; final part; last section; [fig.] death; close of life.
2. Bound; limit of duration; concluding time; temporal boundary; final segment.
3. Tip; point; terminus; extremity.
4. Goal; object; purpose; destination; determination; [fig.] final doom; point of no more progress.
5. Result; consequence; outcome; resolution; solution.
6. Finish; culmination; diminishing; closure; [fig.] frost; blight.
7. Edge; boundary; outer limit; far border.