kalebrose - oatmeal-brose made with the fat skimmings of meat-broth + (notebook 1924): 'Kalebrose'.
missioner - one sent on a mission, a missionary + "Missioner Ida Wombwell, the seventeenyearold revivalist," [060.22-23]
raspberry - red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries; a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
fine - to purify from extraneous or impure matter; to clarify, refine
zandsteen (Dutch) - sandstone + SDV: Did the food inspector fine more than 16% of water in his purity flower?
purity - In physical sense: The state of being unmixed.
promptitude - quickness or readiness of action; promptness
raw materials - unmanufactured material; material which is in a preparatory stage in a manufacturing process. Also fig. + (notebook 1924): 'raw materialist'.
meal - the edible part of any grain or pulse ground to a powder. Now commonly understood to exclude the product of wheat (this being called flour).
we young chaps (Joyce's note) → Leader 8 Mar 1924, 110/1: 'The Great Slump': 'I can remember in the great despair of the '90's how often we young chaps asked ourselves who was to be the Irish leader of the future'.
brain trust - a group of persons assembled (orig. in Broadcasting) to give their impromptu views on topics of current or general interest. Also used transf. of any group of experts.
brief - to give instructions or information to; to put (instructions) into the form of a brief to a barrister
sanction - Law. The specific penalty enacted in order to enforce obedience to a law.
compellably - in a forcible manner + (notebook 1931): 'compellable' → Crofts: Women under English Law 13: 'All natural-born British subjects resident in England, and between the age of 21 and 60, and having the necessary qualification, are compellable to serve as jurors, unless disqualified or exempted'.
empanel - to enter (the names of a jury) on a panel or official list; to enrol or constitute (a body of jurors) + (notebook 1931): 'empanelled' → Women under English Law 14: 'When a female prisoner condemned to death declares herself to be pregnant, a jury composed only of women can be empanelled' + Parnell.
quarter sessions - In England and Ireland: A court of limited criminal and civil jurisdiction, and of appeal, held quarterly by the justices of peace in the counties (in Ireland by county-court judges), and by the recorder in boroughs + (notebook 1931): 'quarter sessions' → Women under English Law 10: (persons charged with offences, other than the most serious crimes, are committed for trial to) 'courts of quarter sessions'.
disqualification - the action of disqualifying or depriving of requisite qualifications; spec. legal incapacitation + (notebook 1931): 'sex disqualification removal act' → Crofts: Women under English Law 10: 'When women were enabled to become chairmen of county and district councils and mayors, they were, however, expressly disqualified by statute from being justices ex-officio; but this disqualification was abolished by the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act, 1919' + ULSTER - North province of Ireland; its counties are Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Down, Fermanagh, and Tyrone; Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan. The former 6 have constituted North Ireland since the partition consequent on the 1921 Treaty.
formication - an abnormal sensation as of ants creeping over the skin + formica (l) - ant + uniformisation.
nodding - that nods; swaying, tottering; drowsy, sleepy
neutral - one who remains neutral between two parties or sides
removal - the act of changing one's ground, place, or position; esp. change of habitation
committal - that commits or compromises (a person, or oneself) + COMMITTEE ROOM NUMBER FIFTEEN - The room of the Britain House of Commons in which in Dec 1890 the Irish MP's debated Gladstone's threat to resign as leader of the Liberal party unless Parnell were ousted as chairman of the Irish Home Rule party. With the scandal of Kitty O'Shea's divorce as only one of the issues, Parnell was deposed by a majority including Davitt, Dillon, and Timothy Healy.
peeress - the wife of a peer + pair + SDV: [[I am here to know] Have the two generals [who have been [getting nosemoney cheap] stirring up public opinion with their legs, have they] their service books in order and duly signed when leaving discharged from their last situation?
general - colloq. A general servant, a maid-of-all-work.
nosemoney (Joyce's note) → Lawless: The Story of Ireland 55: (Thorgist or Turgesius, a Viking invader of Ireland) 'exacted a tribute of "nose money," which if not paid entailed the forfeit of the feature it was called after'.
Martha and Mary
dreep - to fall in drops, to drip + draper - Orig., One who made (woollen) cloth. Subsequently, A dealer in cloth, and now by extension, in other articles of textile manufacture.
NORTH, J H AND CO - Dublin auctioneers, then and now; in James Joyce's time at 110 Grafton Street.
situation - a post of employment, a position in which one works for wages
gup - [? Contracted from go up; cf. gip int.] a cry of anger or chiding addressed to a horse; an exclamation of derision, remonstrance, or surprise.
the Board *X* (notebook 1924)
anteroom + Aontruim (entrim) (gael) - One Elder tree (folk-etymologized aontreabh, "one tribe"), N.E. county; anglic. Antrim + in the interim - in the meantime, meanwhile.
TOOLEY STREET - In Southwak, London. The 3 tailors of Tooley Street addressed to the House of Commons a petition beginning "We, the people of England."
Bjørnson - Ibsen's rival (literally 'son of bear')
MacMahon, Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de, duke of Magenta (1808-93) - French marshal, president (literally 'son of bear'). Descendant of a wild goose, he commanded a division whose assault led to the fall of Sebastopol. Maurice Mahan is a name of the Man Servant + Mac Mathghamhna (mok mahune) (gael) - son of Mathghamhain ("bear"); anglic. Mac Mahon.
Isaac Butt was ousted from leadership of Home Rule Party by Parnell
hock- (ger) - squat + Hochzeit (ger) - wedding + The butt (from the medieval French and Italian botte) or pipe is an old English unit of wine casks, holding two hogsheads (approximately 475 to 480 litres). A hogshead is a large cask of liquid. More specifically, it refers to a specified volume, measured in either Imperial units or U.S. customary units, primarily applied to alcoholic beverages such as wine, ale, or cider.
ex - one who formerly occupied the position or office denoted by the context
bushel - a measure of capacity used for corn, fruit, etc., containing four pecks or eight gallons
lawful possession + SDV: How did Magrath & the man charging him come into lawful awful position of the barrel of wash?
bellywash (Slang) - any barely drinkable liquid or beverage, as inferior soda, beer, coffee, or soup. + Joyce's note: 'bellywash'.
hackney man - a man who keeps hackney horses or hackney-carriages for hire; a servant who attends to a hackney
Cum (kum) (gael) - Hollow; S. Dublin slum; anglic. The Coombe + Joyce's note: 'coombe (combe)' → Note: Fr. combe: small valley, dip, hollow, coombe. MS 47482b-103v, LPA: ^+And ^+, is it any harm to ask,+^ why was the man ^+in the coombe+^ carrying his ark on ^+across+^ his back when he might have been gettin inside ^+of+^ her?+^ | JJA 58:074 | Dec 1924 | III§3A.*2+/3B.*0+ | FW 529.19
White, Luke - 18th-century Dublin bookseller, auctioneer, who became a civic power and great property owner + white lock (of hair).
faux (fr) - false + Fitz Urse, Mr Loewensteil - according to Mrs Christiani, a scramble of German, Norman French, Latin, meaning "Mr Lion's-share Bear-son."
Isle of Man
ark - a chest, box, coffer, or similar receptacle; the large covered floating vessel in which Noah was saved at the Deluge; hence fig. a place of refuge; a ship, boat, or similar floating vessel.
fuselage - the elongated body of an aeroplane, to which the wings and tail unit are attached and which (in modern aircraft) contains the crew and the passengers or cargo
zeppelins were made at Friedrichshafen, Germany
bullgine - a locomotive or steam-engine + bargain.
Jonah + arse.
Glas-Tuathail (glostuhil) (gael) - Tuathal's ("people-mighty") Stream; village and stream near Dun Laoghaire; anglic. Glasthule (cab terminus) + Ture (ger) - door.
cabman - a man whose occupation is to drive a public cab
doughboy - an infantryman in the U.S. Army + (notebook 1922-23): 'doughboy (USA soldier)'.
nombre = number (obs.) + nombre (sp) - name + ombre - card game for three players.
Ziel (ger) - target, goal + ziel (Dutch) - soul.
CHE + Cave Hill near Belfast, where Wolfe Tone swore oath to free Ireland.
Hearts of Steel - the name of an agrarian rebel organization formed by the Protestant tenants in Ulster in 1770.
O'Duibhidhir (o'dvir) (gael) - descendant of Dubh-odhar ("black-dun"); anglic. Dyer + Hernon, Murphy and Dwyer - Dublin city commissioners, 1924-30.
V.D. - Volunteer Decoration (formerly awarded in the Territorial Army or the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve) + V[icarius] D[ei] (l) - Vicar of God.
glengarry - a kind of man's cap, higher in front than at back, of Highland origin, now chiefly worn by persons dressed in Highland costume, and till lately by soldiers of certain regiments when in undress uniform (PICTURE) + Glenageary, part of Dún Laoghaire.
R.U.C. - Royal Ulster Constabulary
liaison officer - a person who is employed to form a working relationship between two organizations. In the military, liaison officers may coordinate activities to protect units from collateral damage. They also work to achieve mutual understanding or unity of effort among disparate groups.
ulcer - Path. An erosive solution of continuity in any external or internal surface of the body, forming an open sore attended with a secretion of pus or other morbid matter.
lifesize - of the size of life; (of a picture or statue) equal in size to the original + SDV: Where were the doughboys, three in number, proceeding directing their steps [without their liason officer with trenchcoats open & their hands in their pockets V military rules] when confronted with his obstruction?
leave off
rook - to cheat; to defraud by cheating, esp. in gaming + rooken (Dutch) - to smoke + robbing the poor.
Pfaffe (ger) - priest, cleric
PATERSON AND CO. - Match manufacturers of Belfast; its Dublin works were and are in Hammond Lane + pater (l) - father.
hellicat - an irresponsible and wild person + Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
factual - pertaining to or concerned with facts; of the nature of fact, actual, real
scab - a mean, low, 'scurvy' fellow; a rascal, scoundrel + Schild (ger) - shield; sign + up to the hilt - completely, thoroughly, to the furthest degree possible.
fancy dress - a costume arranged according to the wearer's fancy, usually representing some fictitious or historical character
Nordic - a person of the Nordic type
kilt - a part of the modern Highland dress, consisting of a skirt or petticoat reaching from the waist to the knee + (notebook 1924): '*E* in kilts'.
baby bunting - infant garment of a large envelope with hood
wellington - a high boot covering the knee in front and cut away behind. Also a somewhat shorter boot worn under the trousers; a waterproof boot usu. reaching the knee, worn in wet or muddy conditions. Usu. pl.
club - a heavy stick or staff for use as a weapon, thin enough at one end to be grasped with the hand, and increasing in thickness and weight towards the other end; a club-shaped knot or tail in which the hair was worn at the back (fashionable in the second half of the 18th c.)
torc - a collar, necklace, bracelet, or similar ornament consisting of a twisted narrow band or strip, usually of precious metal, worn especially by the ancient Gauls and Britons.
headdress - any dress or covering for the head; esp. an ornamental attire for the head worn by women
Ptolemy - 2d-century Alexandrian mathematician, astronomer, geographer. In Geographike syntaxis, he gives an inaccurate description of Ireland, calls Dublin "Eblana," and Howth an island.
coowner - a joint owner
Hengst (ger) = hengst (Dutch) - stallion + Hengler's Circus was on east side of Rutland Square, Dublin, near Great Denmark Street [307.08]
incidentally - in point of fact: used to accompany a not immediately pertinent statement