Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: wheel – wherefore
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wheel, v. [see wheel, n.] (webplay: axis, axle, compass, convey, flies, hand, heav'n, revolves, right, roll, things, shaped, spinning, spokes, turning, whole).
Go; roll; rotate; revolve; orbit; move out on a circular trajectory.
wheeling, verbal adj. [see wheel, v.]
Turning; rotating; rolling; spinning on an axis; seeming to move along a circuit; apparently traveling on a trajectory; appearing to go in a circular path; [fig.] moving majestically in a procession.
whelmed, verbal adj. [OE.] (webplay: seas).
Immersed; wet; engulfed; covered with water; [fig.] crushed; buried; inverted; rolled over; turned upside down; [metaphor] stricken; exhausted; overtaken; overcome; overwhelmed; overpowered; taken away to the next life.
when, conj. [OE.]
- In the time that; during the season that.
- At the time of.
- The moment that; at the time that.
- Being; existing as; at the time of being; in a state of being
when, pron. [OE.]
The specific time; chronological frame wherein something will happen.
whence, pron. [OE.] (webplay: facts, from).
Where; what place; which destination.
where, adv. [OE hwár.]
In which location; at what place.
where, conj. [OE.]
At the place which.
whereas, conj. [see where and as.] (webplay: place, something).
Since; because; seeing that; considering that; inasmuch as.
wherefore, adv. [OE.] (webplay: know, reason, why).
Why; for what purpose; by what cause; on what account.