Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LONE, a. [Dan. lön, a corner, nook, a lurking place; secrecy; lönlig, Sw. lönnlig, private, close, clandestine. The radical sense is probably to separate, or rather to withdraw or retire, and the word may be allied to Fr. loin. If alone is composed of all and one, which the Teutonic dialects indicate, it has no connection with lone.]

1. Solitary; retired; unfrequented; having no company. And leave you in lone woods and empty walls. – Pope.
2. Single; standing by itself; not having others in the neighborhood; as, a lone house. – Pope.
3. Single; unmarried, or in widowhood. – Shak.