Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LIGHT, v.i. [lite; Sax. lihtan, alihtan, gelihtan, to light or, kindle, to lighten or alleviate, and to alight; hlihtan, to alight; D. lichten, to shine; ligten, to heave or lift; G. lichten, to weigh, to lighten.]

1. To fall on; to come to by chance; to happen to find; with on. A weaker man may sometimes light on notions which had escaped a wiser. – Watts.
2. To fall on; to strike. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. Rev. vii.
3. To descend, as from a horse or carriage; with down, off, or from. He lighted down from his chariot. 2 Kings v. She lighted off the camel. Gen. xxiv.
4. To settle; to rest; to stoop from flight. The bee lights on this flower and that.