Emily Dickinson Lexicon

light (-s), n. [OE léoht, < Aryan *leuk–, to shine, be white; NW says its original sense comes from the Welsh llug, to throw, dart, shoot, or break forth.]

1. Illumination; effulgence; [fig.] vision.
2. Brightness; radiance; [fig.] intelligence.
3. Dawn; sunrise; morning; [possibly adverbial] breezily; gently.
4. Hue; color; ray; beam; shaft; glow; shining; [fig.] appearance; perception.
5. Agent that enables sight; influence emanating from the sun or other source.
6. Reflection.
7. Sunshine; celestial radiation.
8. God; Deity; Christ; the Creator; the Supreme Being; a Higher Power; (see John 8:12).
9. Flash; spark; blast; gunfire.
10. Luminosity; polish; shine; gleam; gloss; refulgence; [fig.] purity; refinement; spiritual power.
11. Pane; panel of glass; source of outside emanation into a room.
12. Happiness; joy; comfort.
13. Ray; filament; [fig.] web; network; white strands; waves and particles.
14. Torch; [fig.] vision; heavenly beacon; seer stone; glorious manifestation; [metaphor for the 2^nd occurrence] poetry; enlightening language.
15. Lamp; lantern; candle; source of illumination held in the hand.
16. Life force.
17. Illumination from the sun.
18. Knowledge; means of knowing; source of understanding, spiritual enlightenment; mental illumination.
19. Life.
20. Elucidation; understanding, knowledge; spiritual perception.
21. Phrase. “Light House”: beacon; pharos; coastal tower that guides boats.