Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FAT'NESS
FAT'NESS, n. [from fat.]
- The quality of being fat, plump, or full fed; corpulency; fullness of flesh. Their eyes stand out with fatness. Ps. lxxiii.
- Unctuous or greasy matter. Bacon.
- Unctuousness; sliminess; applied to earth: hence, richness; fertility; fruitfulness. God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine. Gen. xxvii.
- That which gives fertility. Thy paths drop fatness. Ps. lxv. The clouds drop fatness. Philips.
- The privileges and pleasures of religion; abundant blessings. Let your soul delight itself in fatness. Is. iv.
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