forebar* - to hinder, prevent, prohibit
Tree, Iris - English actress whom John Quinn called "a fine wench with pink hair."
genesis - origin, mode of formation or production
harold - a species of sea duck; Harold II, "last of the Saxons" (1022-66) - English king, defeated and killed at Hastings, fighting William I, the Conqueror. It was after the Norman Conquest that surnames were introduced into England.
to dine with Duke Humphrey* - to go dinnerless
occupational - rel. to occupation (employment, vocation)
agnomen - an additional name or epithet
pre - - before
prodromatic* - of or pertaining to a prodromus; forerunning, introductory, preliminary.
Enos - biblical name. He is the son of Seth, father of Kenan, and grandson of Adam (Gen. 5:6-11; Luke 3:38). He supposedly lived nine hundred and five years. The Sabeans, who worshipped the "regents of the Seven planets" held Seth and his son Hermes (Enoch or Enos) as the highest among the planetary gods. Seth and Enos were borrowed from the Sabeans and then disfigured by the Jews (exoterically); Enos, son of Seth, was regarded by the kabbalists as a greater magician than any before him.
chalk - to write with a chalk
pivotal - being that on which anything turns or depends; central, cardinal, vital.
Anker (ger) - anchor
Joyce visited the graveyard at St Mary's Our Lady in Sidlesham, near Chichester in southern England, and had in his possession a guidebook stating that there could found at the church gravestones with curious names such as Earwicker, Gravy, Glue, Boniface, Anker and Northeast.
hundred - a subdivision of a county or shire (in England); Manhood is in south-west Sussex and contains the town of Sidlesham.
offspring* - the progeny which springs or is descended from some one
wapentake - a subdivision of some english shires; (on.) - to take a weapon
hem - them
authenticate - to make authentic or autoritative
Talmud (read backward)
Ben Edar - anciently Howth, said to be named for Edar, a Dedanaan chief, buried on the hill.
cabbaging - pilfering, purloining
Cinncinatus - Roman emperor, who was said to have laid down his plow on his tiny farm to serve as dictator in 458 BC.
save the day* - to bring success when failure seems certain
redwood - mahagony, scotch pine, etc.
sabbath - in the original use: The seventh day of the week (Saturday); since the Reformation, often applied to 'the Lord's day', i.e. the first day of the week (Sunday); transf. and fig. A time or period of rest.
The Ballad of Chevy Chase - The ballad tell the story of a large hunting party ("chase") in the Cheviot Hills, hence 'the chevy chase'. The chase is led by Percy, the English Earl of Northumberland. The Scottish Earl Douglas had forbidden this hunt, and interprets it as an invasion of Scotland. In response he attacks, causing a bloody battle which only 110 people survived.
to follow the plough - to plough (said of the ploughman)
rootlet* - a branch of the root of a plant; a subsidiary root; rootless - without roots.
rere - rear, the back or back part of anything
mug house* - an ale-house, beer-house. ? (obs. or arch.)
ye - the
marine - of or belonging to the sea, a sailor, mariner
royalty - a person of royal rank
runner - one that delivers messages, reports, etc.
highroad - a chief or main road, a highway
leisure - time which one can spend as one pleases, free or unoccupied time.
dog fox - a small fox
cast - to turn in one's course, to veer; to throw off the pursuing dogs
lady pack - a pack of female hounds
cocker spaniel - a small spaniel
vassal - in the feudal system, one holding lands from a superior on conditions of homage and allegiance, a tenant in fee.
fealty - the obligation of fidelity on the part of a feudal tenant or vassal to his lord.
ethnarch - a governor of a nation or people; a ruler over a province
yoke - to attach a draft animal to something (by yoke)
sweatful - full of or abounding in sweat
bandanna - a large handkerchief
forecourt - the front court of a building
public - Short for public house. colloq. Cf. pub
topee - a helmetlike hat with curved brim worn esp. for protection from the sun.
surcingle - a girdle or belt which confines the cassock (a kind of long loose coat or gown worn by rustics, shepherds, or sailors).
plaid - a rectangular length of tartan worn over the left shoulder as a part of the scottish national costume.
putee - a covering for the leg from ankle to knee consisting of a spirally wrapped narrow cloth.
ruddle - to redden, flush, to color with red ocher
cinnabar - a red colour like that of vermilion