Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: wound – wren
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wound, n. [OE wund.] (webplay: arm, hurt, tree).
Hurt; injury; trauma; suffering; damage.
wounded, verbal adj. [see wound, n.]
Injured; maimed; harmed; broken; intentionally damaged by a hunter; [fig.] grieving; suffering; heart-broken.
wove, v. [see weave, v.]
woven, v. [see weave, v.]
wrap (-s), v. [of obscure origin.] (webplay: cover).
Cover; enclose; enfold; envelop; shroud.
wrath, n. [OE wræððu < wráþ, wroth.]
Anger; ire; desire for vengeance; self-righteous indignation.
wreck, n. [OFr wrec.] (webplay: broken, grass, land, shore, rocks, ruins, vessel).
- Accident; calamity; disaster; emergency; damaging incident; devastating crash.
- Battered ship; destroyed sea vessel; [fig.] tragedy; catastrophe; break-down; death blow; severe disappointment.
wreck (-ed, -eth, -s), v. [see wreck, n.]
- Strand; sink; submerge; bring down.
- Drown; inundate; deluge; destroy by flood; overwhelm with precipitation.
- Tear; demolish; lay waste; make desolate; [fig.] refute; rebut; contradict; discredit verbally.
- Ruin; spoil.
- Disturb; disrupt; interrupt.
- Overtake; land upon; come ashore on; spill over onto.
wrecked, verbal adj. [see wreck, v.]
- Stranded; ruined; broken; sunken; submerged; brought down; [fig.] lost.
- Drowning; sinking.
wren (-s), n. [OE wrenna.] (webplay: bird, small).
Small bird of the genus Motacilla.