raze - to sweep away, efface, or destroy (a building, town, etc.) completely
speedfully - speedily, quickly; effectively + spitefully - in a spiteful manner, with spite + spud (Slang) - potato + spadefulls.
murphy - potato + (notebook 1930): 'potatoeplant'.
Sir John Hawkins introduced the potato to Ireland (the tuber, the spud, the murphy, the buried "berry") + (notebook 1930): 'Hawkins - spud' → Thom's Directory of Ireland/Dublin, Dublin Annals section 1565: 'John Hawkins, from Santa Fe, New Spain, introduced potatoes into Ireland'.
beriberi - an acute disease generally presenting dropsical symptoms, with paralytic weakness and numbness of the legs, prevalent in many parts of India + (notebook 1930): 'berriberries' (the entry is preceded by a cancelled 'berries berries') → The Encyclopędia Britannica vol. XXIII, 'Rio de Janeiro', 354d: 'for the five years 1900-1905... Among the deaths... 106 from beri-beri'.
plethora - fig. Over-fullness in any respect, superabundance; any unhealthy repletion or excess + pletora (it) - plethora.
shou (Chinese) - head, chief + chou (French) - cabbage + Irish stew.
Liberty Lads - Dublin weavers' apprentices (Protestant)
curragh - marshy waste ground + Curragh of Kildare - racecourse + coomb - a deep valley + The Coombe - street and area in the Liberties, west of Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin + currycomb - a square comb with rows of small teeth, used to curry horses + Catacombs, Rome.
true blue - (fig.) faithful, staunch and unwavering (in one's faith, principles, etc.); specifically applied to the Scottish Presbyterian or Whig party in the 17th c. (the Covenanters having adopted blue as their colour in contradistinction to the royal red); hence, transf. an adherent of such party.
Jerusalem - fig. An ideal or heavenly city + hooray! + salaam - oriental salutation.
Wailing Wall - the remaining part of the wall of the Second Temple of Jerusalem, destroyed in 70 b.c., revered by Jews as a place of prayer + Wellington.
Richmond Basin, South Dublin reservoir + Richmond Hill, Rathmines + (accumulated).
lag - water; urine + Raghnallach (reinelokh) (gael) - [belonging to the family] Raghnall (Norm. Fr. Reynald); S. Dublin district; anglic. Ranelagh.
roundwood - U.S., timber that has been felled but not hewn; American mountain ash + ROUNDWOOD - Village, County Wickiow. The Roundwood Reservoir, fed by the Vartry River, was built in 1863 as the main South Dublin water supply. By that time, the elm waterpipes of Dublin had all been replaced.
convey - to lead or conduct (running water or the like) + Joyce's note: 'water gas telegraph telephone / pneu all running inside the / sewers' → 11th EB, 'Paris' 812a: The sewers are used as conduits for water-pipes, gas-pipes, telegraph and telephone wires and pneumatic tubes.
cheer - a shout of encouragement, welcome, approbation, or congratulation
cable - a strong thick rope, originally of hemp or other fibre, now also of strands of iron wire + chairs and tables.
spouts + (notebook 1930): 'rearing mighty shouts' → Fitzpatrick: Dublin, Historical and Topographical Account 45: (quoting from Campion's Historie of Ireland about the crowning in 1487 of the pretender Lambert Simnel in Dublin) 'in Christchurch they crowned this Idoll, honouring him with titles imperiall, feasting and triumphing, rearing mighty shoutes and cryes'.
longitudes + (notebook 1930): 'elm wood conduit pipes' → Chart: The Story of Dublin 28: 'In 1308 Dublin obtained its first public water supply. A three-mile conduit was constructed from the Dodder... into the city, where it flowed like an ordinary brook down the main street... At first the pipes laid by the Corporation to supply the side streets were of lead, but in the seventeenth century, on the plea of economy, these were replaced by wooden ones made of elm, which existed until some eighty years ago'.
out of - because or by reason of, on account of
ozone + Auto (ger) - car.
curry - to employ flattery or blandishment, so as to cajole or win favour
puts them down + (notebook 1930): 'The Putzemdown car to the Kommeandine hotel' ('car' replaces a cancelled 'tram'; 'K' replaces a cancelled 'C'; the entry is preceded by a cancelled 'Commededdine Putz') → 11th Encyclopedia Britannica, "Rangoon" (capital city of Burma): "Electric tramways run to Pazundauag in one direction and to Alon and Kemmendine in the other".
come and dine + commeandi (l) - of coming and going + komme (ger) - come.
sprout - a rudimentary shoot of a seed; something resembling a sprout in appearance, formation, or growth
fontane (it) - fountains + spontaneously.
Philip II of Macedon (reigned 359-336 B.C.) - father of Alexander the Great. For him the city of Philippi was named. When Philip was drunk, he condemned a woman unjustly. She said she would appeal from Philip Drunk to Philip Sober + appeal from Philip Drunk to Philip Sober (phrase) - to ask for reconsideration in an impulsively-decided matter (Ulysses.15.2512: 'The Siamese twins, Philip Drunk and Philip Sober').
sobriety - the quality of being sober or moderate in the indulgence of appetite; spec. moderation in the use of strong drink + (notebook 1930): 'philippe sobriety' → The Encyclopędia Britannica vol. XX, 'Paris', 808c: 'The Palais Royal, built by Richelieu in 1630 and afterwards inhabited by Anne of Austria, the regent Philip II. of Orleans and Philippe Égalité'.
coupe - a short four-wheeled close carriage with an inside seat for two, and outside seat for the driver [(notebook 1930): 'coupe'].
cheyne = chain (obs.) + Sir Philip Crampton Monument had drinking fountains with chained cups.
inebriate - an intoxicated person; esp. a person addicted to drunkenness, a habitual drunkard + William Cowper: The Task, book IV: (of tea) 'the cups That cheer but not inebriate' (derived from Berkeley's reference to tar water in Siris).
wean - to accustom (a child or young animal) to the loss of its mother's milk; to cause to cease to be suckled
bibbing - continued or repeated drinking; tippling
infusion - the action of pouring in (a liquid) + (tea infusion).
infuse - to pour in + (notebook 1930): 'When I waxed awary of the wine I made infusion more infused'.
sower - one who sows seed
vinegar + vineyard + (notebook 1930): 'sowerpacers of the vinejaard'.
obtemperate - obedient, submissive + obtemperate (l) - attend! obey! (pl.) + temperance (no alcohol) + (notebook 1930): 'obtemperate unto me,'.
coffeecup - a cup from which coffee is drunk, usually larger than a tea-cup; now usually smaller than a tea-cup + in one's cups (Slang) - drunk + (notebook 1930): 'coppee cuffs' (one of three entries inspired by Přikopy.
Ware - Irish historian + beware would you make a mock of me + (notebook 1930): 'When you think me in my coppeecuffs be aware how you mecckamockame' (the last 'you' is overwritten by 'use').
meckamockame (notebook 1930) + Mecca + Mocha coffee.
cabman - a man whose occupation is to drive a public cab + Ka'aba - sacred edifice at Mecca + (notebook 1930): 'While you pay in my caaba(man) schelters'
Shelta - secret language of Irish tinkers + (notebook 1930): 'Kaabmans shelter' ('r' not clear) + Ulysses.16.320: 'Mr Bloom and Stephen entered the cabman's shelter... Now touching a cup of coffee, Mr Bloom ventured to plausibly suggest'.
ite - a person or thing that is or may be designated by a n. in -ite + totietas (l) - entirely + dot the i's + (notebook 1930): 'tot the ites lik you corss the tees'.
corss = corse - to exchange, to interchange; to barter; to deal in (a thing) by buying and selling again + cross the t's + curse the teas.
uplook - to look upward
Janus - the name of an ancient Italian deity, regarded as the doorkeeper of heaven, as guardian of doors and gates, and as presiding over the entrance upon or beginning of things; represented with a face on the front and another on the back of his head; the doors of his temple in the Roman Forum were always open in time of war, and shut in time of peace + January + James Street, Dublin.
The 17th-century Christmas Steps, off Colston Street, a stepped street of shops, is a Bristol landmark.
syndic - an officer of government having different powers in different countries; a civil magistrate, or one of several such, entrusted with the affairs of a city or community.
pedestal - a base, support, foundation (material or immaterial) + pedestris (l) - on foot + podestą (it) - head of medieval free city.
rates (Joyce's note) → The Encyclopędia Britannica vol. IV, 'Buenos Aires', 753c: 'Every ratepayer, whether foreigner or native, has the right to vote in municipal elections and to serve in the municipal council'.
indigent - one poor and needy
intendente (it) - manageress + (notebook 1930): 'Intendente' → The Encyclopędia Britannica vol. IV, 'Buenos Aires', 753c: 'The government is vested in an intendente municipal (mayor)... and a concejo deliberante (legislative council)'.
Foster Place, Dublin, site of political rallies
demonstrated + Demosthenes (allegedly guilty of unnatural vice).
Henrik Ibsen: En Folkefiende (An Enemy of the People) + friendship.
and my pupils
Bright, John - English politician, opposed home rule + his bark is worse than his bite - his angry words, threats, etc. are worse than the actual performance.
saffragatio (l) - voting for someone
conscientia (l) - joint knowledge, knowledge along with others
Meagher - Lord Mayor of Dublin
machree - My dear! Often in phr. Mother Machree + mathair mo chroidhe (maher mukhri) (gael) - mother of my heart.
auntie - a familiar, endearing form of aunt + Parthenope - ancient name of Naples, a siren who was chagrined by the escape of Ulysses and drowned herself + Parthenōpeia (gr) - 'maidenly aspect' + Antiparnellites.
Schwalbe (ger) - swallow (bird) + Schwall (ger) - flood (of words).
litted - coloured, dyed
spongelet - a small sponge + Dublin sacked by the Ostmen in 836, by using swallows carrying lighted sponges sent over the town to burn it by igniting its thatched roofs.
hokey pokey - a cheap kind of ice-cream, sold by street vendors; hocus-pocus
bonbon (fr) - a sweet
fletcher - one who makes or deals in arrows; occasionally, one who makes bows and arrows + (notebook 1930): 'Fletcher-Flemings, elizaboths, mishe mishe, how inter quakeringly they rogated me, I, unhesitant, their golden one stuff stuff, made replique' (the first 'stuff' not clear).
Elizabeth Fletcher and Elizabeth Smith first quakers (notebook 1930) → Elizabeth Fletcher and Elizabeth Smith - 17th century early Quaker missionaries in Dublin, imprisoned in Newgate for publishing their beliefs.
quacker - one that quacks; a duck. Also fig.
rogare (l) - to ask + interrogated
replique - a reply (obs. rare.)
mesdames - the plural of madame
leur (fr) - their + monsieur (fr) - gentleman (literally 'my sir').
hillside + who in hell said? + (notebook 1930): 'and who the hillsaide, don't let flyfire till you see their whites of the bunkers' eyes. Mr Answers: Bringem young, bringem young, - -' (dashes ditto 'bringem young').
buggers' + BUNKER HILL - Hill, Charlestown area, Boston, Mass, US. American Revolutionary battle, 17 June 1775, known as "Bunker Hill," was actually on the adjacent Breed's Hill. The Royal Irish Regiment was part of British force. No one, including FW, is sure whether Israel Putnam actually said, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes."
my + (notebook 1930): 'Sleuth Mr Answers the golden one nuggets' ('eu' not clear).
Brigham Young - Mormon leader, founded Salt Lake City
bethel - a hallowed spot; a place where God is worshipped; the pillar that marks such a place + Dr Bethel Solomon - gynecologist and president of Rotunda Maternity Hospital, Dublin + brothel.
Solyman's Coffee House, Dublin (1691) + Suleiman: 16th century Sultan of Turkey + temple of Solomon.
accouche - to assist or deliver women in child-birth, to act as a midwife or accoucheur
rotundity - the condition of being round or spherical; roundness, sphericity
turnkey - one who has charge of the keys of a prison; a jailer, esp. a subordinate + Sultan of Turkey.
insultant - insulting (rare.) + instantly
Lutetia - an ancient city on the site of modern Paris [(notebook 1930): 'Lutetia' → The Encyclopędia Britannica vol. XX, 'Paris', 814a: 'The capital did not at once take the name of the Parisii, whose centre it was, but long kept that of Lucetia, Lucotetia or Lutetia'] + Lucretia (on Lucrece) - Roman lady, raped by Sextus Tarquimius; having exacted an oath of vengeance from her menfolk, she stabbed herself + William Shakespeare: The Rape of Lucrece (Lucretia).
lock - a hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases + WESTMORELAND LOCK HOSPITAL - Opened 1792 for treatment of venereal disease in Donnybrook Road; limited to women patients about 1820. Usually called "the Lock." Honor Bright was a Dublin prostitute murdered in Wicklow.
box of biscuits + pax vobiscum (l) - peace [be] with you.
Jacobite - a member of a French political club or society established in 1789, at Paris, in the old convent of the Jacobins, to maintain and propagate the principles of extreme democracy and absolute equality + Jacob's Biscuits - manufactured in Dublin. It was a Jacob's biscuit tin that the Citizen throws at Bloom. In FW they are the mess of pottage for which Esau sold his birthright to Jacob.
pottage - a dish composed of vegetables alone, or along with meat, boiled to softness in water, and appropriately seasoned; soup, esp. a thick soup; Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a mess of pottage (Genesis 25:34).
bake - a hard biscuit, a dish of baked food + cottage cake.
Esau - name of the elder of the twin sons of the patriarch Isaac, who sold his birthright to his brother Jacob for 'a mess of pottage' (Gen. xxv. 25 ff.), used symbolically for: one who prefers present advantage to permanent rights or interests + exhausted
deliver - in pass., to give birth to a child or offspring + Delhi, India + (notebook 1930): 'I delivered them with frekandesias by the constant droppings from my smalls instalmonths while I titfortotalled up their farinadays for them on my slatoper's slate, with my chandner's chauk' ('titfortotalled' replaces a cancelled 'totfortotlled').
free and easy - unconstrained, natural, unaffected; also, careless, slipshod. Hence, easy-going; (morally) lax, permissive + friandises (fr) - titbits.
smalls - underclothes
instalment - each of several parts into which a sum payable is divided, in order to be paid at different fixed times; fig. A part of something produced or supplied in advance of the remainder, one of several parts supplied or produced at different times.
tit for tat - an equivalent given in return
farina - the flour or meal of any species of corn, nut, or starchy root + Faraday, Michael (1791-1867) - English chemist and physicist.
Slataper, Scipio - Italian writer and patriot, born in Trieste
slate - a tablet of slate, usually framed in wood, used for writing on
chandler - one whose trade it is to make or sell candles; In extended sense: A retail dealer in provisions, groceries, etc.: often somewhat contemptuous.
chauk - obs. form of chalk + (notebook 1930): 'Chandni Chauk' → The Encyclopędia Britannica vol. VII, 'Delhi', 955b: 'The Chandni Chauk ("silver street"), the principal street of Delhi, which was once supposed to be the richest street in the world, has falled from its high estate'.
jaunt - to exercise or tire a horse by riding him up and down (obs.); to 'cart about' in a vehicle (obs. rare.)
gingerbread + Brett (ger) - board.
rapt - entranced, ravished, enraptured + wrapped.
neckcloth - a cloth worn round the neck; a cravat, neckerchief. Now rare.
sash - a scarf, often with fringe at each end, worn by men, either over one shoulder or round the waist + sackcloth and ashes - mourning or penitence (this term refers to the ancient Hebrew custom of indicating humility before God by wearing a coarse cloth, normally used to make sacks, and dusting oneself with ashes).
omnibus - a four-wheeled public vehicle for carrying passengers, with the inside seats extending along the sides, and the entrance at the rear, and with or without seats on the roof + amnis (l) - river + ambushes + Beggar's Bush, Dublin - an area of South-East Dublin named after its numerous mendicants, begging from travellers by day and ambushing them as highwaymen by night.
Billy in the Bowl (notebook 1930) → Collins: Life in Old Dublin 77: (of a legless beggar in old Dublin who strangled passers-by) 'He was nicknamed "Billy in the Bowl," having been introduced into the world with only a head, body and arms'.
in the humanity of my heart (notebook 1930) → Collins: Life in Old Dublin 78: (of two ladies' encounter with Billy in the Bowl) 'The unsuspecting ladies were by no means displeased at the rencontre... resolving in the humanity of their hearts to give him something'.
highway women + (notebook 1930): 'Whey women highwey " to refresh the ballwearied' (double inverted commas ditto 'women') → Collins: Life in Old Dublin 90: '"curds and whey women," who stood with snow-white pails and cloths at the corners of the streets to refresh the ball-wearied, or tavern penitents, on their return to their homes when day began to peep'.