Emily Dickinson Lexicon

substance (-s), n. [OFr < L. 'to stand or be under, be present'.]

1. Character or quality.
2. Nature; state of being; soul; heart; person; logic.
3. Consciousness; body; feeling; perception; awareness.
4. Desire; discernment; purpose; motive; potential.
5. Subjects; something that belongs to something or someone else.
6. Features; characteristics; weighted objects; bulky parts.