Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GREEN, a. [Sax. grene; G. grün; D. groen; Dan. grön; Sw. grön; Heb. רענן, to grow, to flourish. Class Rn, No. 7.]

1. Properly, growing, flourishing, as plants; hence, of the color of herbage and plants when growing, a color composed of blue and yellow rays, one of the original prismatic colors; verdant.
2. New; fresh; recent; as, a green wound. The greenest usurpation. Burke.
3. Fresh; flourishing; undecayed; as, green old age.
4. Containing its natural juices; not dry; not seasoned; as, green wood; green timber.
5. Not roasted; half raw. We say the meat is green, when half roasted. Watts. [Rarely, if ever used in America.]
6. Unripe; immature; not arrived to perfection; as, green fruit. Hence,
7. Immature in age; young; as, green in age or judgment.
8. Pale; sickly; wan; of a greenish pale color. Shak.