Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Putting
put (-s, -teth, -ting)puzzle (-d, -s, -st)
putting, verbal n. [see put, v.] (webplay: appearance, covering, earth).
- Phrase. “Putting away”: storage of; act of relinquishing.
- Phrase. “Putting out”: extinguishing; snuffing out; act of smothering.
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