Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FEEL-ING
FEEL-ING, n.
- The sense of touch; the sense by which we perceive external objects which come in contact with the body, and obtain ideas of their tangible qualities; one of the five senses. It is by feeling we know that a body is hard or soft, hot or cold, wet or dry, rough or smooth.
- Sensation; the effect of perception. The apprehension of the good / Gives but the greater feeling to the worse. Shak.
- Faculty or power of perception; sensibility. Their king, out of a princely feeling, was sparing and compassionate toward his subjects. Bacon.
- Nice sensibility; as, a man of feeling.
- Excitement; emotion.
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