Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: weary – wedge
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weary (wearied), v. [OE.] (webplay: harass, fatigue, tire).
Tire; belabor; work out; make fatigued; cause to slow down; diminish energy by toil; [fig.] shut down; put to sleep; cause to rest.
weather, n. [OE weder.]
- Climate; prediction of rain or sun; temperature and precipitation forecast; state of the atmosphere with regard to life on earth; [fig.] topic of conversation.
- Phrase. “Weather worn”: battered by elements; weary from exposure to wind, rain, cold, and so forth; [fig.] weary; stressed; strained.
weave (-s, wove, woven), v. [OE.] (webplay: birds, nests, loom).
- Thread; unite; insert; interlace; intertwine; piece together; combine into cloth with a loom; [fig.] fabricate; cause to grow.
- Reconnect; reunite; restore.
- Make; create; establish; furnish; set up.
weaver, n. [see weave, n.] (webplay: breadth, close, laid, threads).
Textile artisan; one who makes cloth; [fig.] Creator; Lord; Nature Deity; Maker of heaven and earth.
web, n. [OE web.]
Tapestry; fabric; material; [fig.] complexity; interconnectedness; [metaphor] design; purpose.
we'd, pron. [contracted form; see we, pron. and would, v.]
We would.
wed, v. [OE, 'pledge'.] (webplay: day, first, live, men, pledge, wife).
- Get married; have a spouse; [fig.] take a serious vow; become closely involved with someone.
- Marry; betroth; espouse; contract in matrimony; give in marriage as wife and husband; seal together in a legal family unit by means of a formal ceremony and a written document; [fig.] unite forever in a covenant with one's beloved.
- Join; unify; [fig.] make as one spiritually; attach by deep affection; bind by a promise; link by a common experience; endow with a new higher status.
wedding, verbal n. [see wed, v.] (webplay: day, marrying, uniting).
Nuptial; marriage celebration; feast for the bride and bridegroom; [fig.] party; harmonious gathering of elements in Nature.
wedge, n. [OE wecg.] (webplay: crowd).
Separating tool; triangular shaped piece of metal used for splitting; [fig.] contention; shunning; ostracizing; misunderstanding.
wedge (-d), v. [see wedge, n.] (webplay: way).
- Lodge; stick; settle into.
- Interpose; intervene; interject.