Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HELP, n. [W. help.]

1. Aid; assistance; strength or means furnished toward promoting an object, or deliverance from difficulty or distress. Give us help from trouble; for vain is the help of man. Ps. lx.
2. That which gives assistance; he or that which contributes to advance a purpose. Virtue is a friend and a help to nature. South. God is a very present help in time of trouble. Ps. xlvi.
3. Remedy; relief. The evil is done; there is no help for it. There is no help for the man; his disease is incurable.
4. A hired man or woman; a servant. United States.