Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Guide
guide, n. [Fr.] (webplay: death, life).
Phrase. “Guide post”: waymark; post at the fork of a road with directions for travelers; [fig.] headstone; grave marker; (see Carrara, proper n., a commune in Tuscany, Italy, where fine white marble is quarried.)
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