Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Port (-s)
port (-s), n. [OE < L. port-us, haven, harbor.] (webplay: air, bear, cargo, commerce, different, easily, gale, heaven, lie, place, put, sea, side, turn, voice, waits, wind).
- Harbor; cove; bay; landing; pier; wharf; sheltered inlet; docking place; [fig.] haven; sanctuary; safe place; refuge from the storm.
- Seaside city; major center of shipping and commerce.
- Unloading place; [fig.] friend; lover; supportive person who listens and comforts. (506/349)
- [Fig.] death; decease; final resting place; occasion of leaving mortality.
Return to page 44 of the letter “p”.