Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Fathom (-s)
father (-s, -'s, -'d)fathom (-ed, -ing)
fathom (-s), n. [OE faeĆ°m, thread or line.] (webplay: containing, depth, feet, sea, thought).
Much profundity; profound measurement; many nautical miles, as gauged a line and a lead (see Acts 27:28); [fig.] infinity; endless space.
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