Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Look
longitudelook (-ed, -eth, -ing, -s)
look, n. [see look, v.]
- Glance; glimpse; view; act of seeing.
- Appearance; image; visual aspect; optical dimension; [fig.] vision.
- Set gaze; blank stare.
- Face; aspect; countenance; mien.
- Review; critique; appraisal; examination; inspection.
- Facial expression.
- Phrase. “without the look of feet”: as if having no feet; without observable feet; appearing to have not feet; [fig.] effortlessly; swiftly; as if by flight.
Return to page 24 of the letter “l”.