Emily Dickinson Lexicon

bone, n. [OE bán.] (webplay: animal, body, cells, color, covered, dog, dull, easily, fatty, firm, flesh, marrow, meat, nerves, portion, solidity, substance, swallows).

1. Material frame; physical portion; tangible part; corporeal segment of a human being; (see Isaiah 58:11).
2. Core; root; heart; inner part; [fig.] soul; source of intuition.
3. Dry skeleton unit; dead osseous tissue; [fig.] part; piece; rigid portion.
4. Remains; skeletons; corpses; dead body parts; [fig.] mortality; death; (see Genesis 50:25).
5. Vital skeleton unit; living osseous tissue; hard organic interior structure; [fig.] aid; inner support; sustaining structure; (see Job 4:14).