Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CHOICE, a.

1. Worthy of being preferred; select; precious; very valuable. My choicest hours of life are lost. – Swift. My revenue is better than choice silver. – Prov. viii.
2. Holding dear; preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; as, to be choice of time or of advantages.
3. Selecting with care, and due attention to preference; as, to be choice of one's company.