Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DEEP, n.

1. The sea; the abyss of waters; the ocean. He maketh the deep to boil like a pot. – Job xli.
2. A lake; a great collection of water. Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets. – Luke v.
3. That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible. Thy judgments are a great deep. – Ps. xxxvi.
4. The most still or solemn part; the midst; as, in deep of night. – Shak. Philips.