Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BREAK, n.

1. A state of being open, or the act of separating; an opening made by force; an open place. It is the same word as brack, differently written and pronounced.
2. A pause; an interruption.
3. A line in writing or printing, noting a suspension of the sense, or a stop in the sentence.
4. In a ship, the break of the deck is the part where it terminates, and the descent on to the next deck below commences.
5. The first appearance of light in the morning; the dawn; as the break of day. Ar. نَرَقُ farakon, id. that is, farak.
6. In architecture, a recess.