Emily Dickinson Lexicon

plain, n. [OFr < L. plān-um, see plain, a.] (webplay: bright, children, even, figures, high, land, light, plain-dealing, road, seen, show, solid, speaking, taught, truth, tune, wander).

1. Prairie; range; grassland; lowland; flat, treeless expanse of ground.
2. Battlefield; cemetery grounds; burial place.
3. [Fig.] area; place; location.
4. [Fig.] realm of nature; earth; surrounding area