Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EX-PRESS', n.

1. A messenger sent on a particular errand or occasion; usually, a courier sent to communicate information of an important event, or to deliver important dispatches. It is applied also to boats or vessels sent to convey important information. Clarendon. Dryden.
2. A message sent. King Charles.
3. A declaration in plain terms. [Not in use.] Norris.