levee - an embankment to prevent the overflow of a river; a landing-place, pier, quay
Zetland = Shetland - the name of a group of islands to the north-north-east of the mainland of Scotland + The Marquess of Zetland was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1889 to 1892 + zet (ger) - the letter Z.
profusely - in an abundant manner
subscriber - someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money; someone who contracts to receive and pay for a certain number of issues of a publication.
hallway - an entrance-hall or passage leading to various rooms in a house or building
pungent - affecting the organs of smell or taste (or the skin, etc.) with a sensation resembling that produced by pricking + (notebook 1930): 'open hallway redolent of Baltic dishes'.
landing - a place for disembarking passengers or unlading goods
removal - the act of changing one's ground, place, or position; esp. change of habitation [Joyce's note: 'removal' → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 15: 'the results of an inquiry must necessarily be affected by removals'].
one of peculiar hopelessness (Joyce's note) → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 46: (of "unfit" workmen) 'The position of these workmen is one of peculiar hopelessness'.
quarter day - one of the four days fixed by custom as marking off the quarters of the year, on which tenancy of houses usually begins and ends, and the payment of rent and other quarterly charges falls due.
nightsoil - the excrementitious matter removed by night from cesspools, etc. + Joyce's note: 'nightsoil has to be removed through house' → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 51: 'This house has an earth closet; when it is emptied the night soil has to be removed through the house'.
husband not quite steady (notebook 1930) → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 19: 'Husband not quite steady'.
churchwarden - an officer in the Episcopal church who helps a parish priest with secular matters + churchwarden pipe is a tobacco pipe with a long stem (PICTURE).
pictorial - a journal of which pictures are the main feature
clump - a compact mass or piece, a heap, a lump (often implying clumsiness of form) + (notebook 1930): 'clog stump' → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 3: 'Before many a house was a clog, or stump of wood, on which its owner often sat and gossiped with his neighbours'.
stump - the portion of the trunk of a felled tree that remains fixed in the ground
trap - a contrivance set for catching game or noxious animals; fig. Often applied to anything by which a person is unsuspectingly caught, stopped, or caused to fall.
char - short for charwoman (a woman hired by the day to do odd jobs of household work) + (notebook 1930): 'widow chars' → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 16: 'Widow, chars' (i.e. works as charwoman).
haunted - frequented or much visited by spirits, imaginary beings, apparitions, spectres, etc.
condemned - pronounced to be at fault or guilty; confounded, damned (colloq.) + Joyce's note: 'condemned' → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 4: 'Old dwelling-houses are constantly being pulled down, either because they are condemned, or because the site is wanted for business purposes'.
execrate - to pronounce a curse upon; to express or feel intense loathing or abhorrence for
tools too costly or pledged (notebook 1930) → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 27: 'in assessing wages, allowance has been made for... cost of tools'.
uninsured tools (notebook 1930) → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 358: (of Friendly Societies) 'Some of the Societies add other benefits, such as... insurance of tools'.
philanthropist - one who from love of his fellow-men exerts himself for their well-being
feasible - capable of being done, accomplished or carried out; possible, practicable
take advantage of - to make use of the lack of experience of (girl or woman) in order to have sex with her + (notebook 1930): 'enjoys unfortunates against ashpit'.
unfortunate - a fallen woman, a prostitute
dilapidate - to bring (a building) into a state of decay or of partial ruin + Joyce's note: 'dilapidated' → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 58: 'The families belonging to Class "B"... inhabit, as a rule, the cheapest houses they can obtain, excepting the very cheap and dilapidated houses occupied by Class "A"'.
ashpit - a hole beneath a fire-place or furnace into which the ashes fall; also, a hole in which ashes and household refuse are thrown away
unaccompanied - not accompanied + (notebook 1930): 'floor dangerous for old men' → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 36: 'Floor of kitchen full of holes, and dangerous for old men'.
uncut - Of books: Not having the leaves cut open; not abridged or shortened.
in evidence - actually present; prominent, conspicuous
tap - a hollow or tubular plug through which liquid may be drawn, having some device for shutting off or governing the flow + (notebook 1930): 'watertap 200 yardsoff' → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 50: 'The water-tap is quite 100 yards away from this house'.
yard - 0.914 m.
run away - to make off, retreat hurriedly, flee, in the face of danger or opposition
fowl frequently on table (notebook 1930)
gooseberry - short for gooseberry-wine. Also applied jocularly to inferior or spurious brands of champagne + (notebook 1930): 'bottled gooseberries' → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 289: (part of a list of food stuffs used by a servant-keeping family) '1 lb. bottled gooseberries, 6d.'
Man has not had boots on for twelve months (notebook 1930) → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 33: 'The man "has not had his boots on" for twelve months. He if suffering from dropsy'.
hammer - to strike a succession of heavy blows, to thump
outwardly - in outward manifestation or appearance (often as contrasted with inward spirit or character)
titled - having or furnished with a title, esp. a title of rank
connection - a person who is connected with others by ties of any kind; esp. a relative by marriage or distant consanguinity
banister - Usually in pl.: Slender upright posts or rails, esp. those guarding the side of a staircase, and supporting the handrail; often applied to the whole structure of uprights and handrail.
cracked - broken without separation of parts, fractured + (notebook 1930): '12 inches of dust between banister and wall' → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 155: 'The accumulation of dust between the banisters and the wall was measured; it was of an average depth of 9 inches, measuring 16 inches in one place'.
wife cleans stools (notebook 1930) → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 33: 'His wife cleans schools'.
Ottawa (notebook 1930) → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 37: 'Labourer. Married. Two rooms. Out of work' + Ottawa, Canada.
loafer - one who spends his time in idleness + (notebook 1930): 'Regular loafer' → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 35: 'Regular loafer. Married. Two rooms'.
should be operated would she consent (notebook 1930) → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 35: 'Will not give up work, though suffering from a tumour, which should be operated upon would she consent'.
rent - a cleft or fissure, a narrow breach in a wall, etc. + Joyce's note: 'rent' → Poverty 38: [This page has a table representing the particulars of the houses in one particular street: the number of rooms, occupants, their class, profession, etc. "Rent" is one of the categories.] [MIKIO FUSE]
claret - a name originally given (like F. vin clairet) to wines of yellowish or light red colour, as distinguished alike from 'red wine' and 'white wine'; Now applied to the red wines imported from Bordeaux, generally mixed with Benicarlo or some full-bodied French wine + (notebook 1930): 'Claret' → Thom's Directory of Ireland/Dublin, Dublin Annals section 1490: 'The first importation of claret into Dublin'.
cobwebbed - covered or hung with cobwebs
pontificate - the office or dignity of a pontiff; the period during which any person holds this office; the office, or period of office, of a bishop
Leo (l) - Lion: name of 13 popes + (notebook 1930): 'cellars cobwebbed since the pontificate of Leo'.
drill - military exercise or training
underage - not having arrived at adult age + (notebook 1930): 'underages utilized for drink-fetching purposes' ('underages' replaces a cancelled 'children'; only first word crayoned) → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 320: 'Very few of the children who are utilised for the purpose of fetching drink exceed twelve years of age'.
treacly - fig. characterized by excessive sweetness
verminous - like or resembling vermin in character; noxious, objectionable, offensive + (notebook 1930): 'children treacly and verminous have to be separated' ('verminous' is followed by a cancelled 'children').
sit up - to defer the hour for retiring to bed until late, to stay up for part of the night (with a person), to keep company with + (notebook 1930): 'sits up with fever cases' → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 35: 'Wife delicate, but earns a few shillings by needle-work and sitting up at night with sick people'.
breeze - a gentle or light wind: a 'breeze' is generally understood to be a lighter current of air than a 'wind', as a 'wind' is lighter than a 'gale' + Joyce's note: 'breeze' + Joyce's note: 'Back to back' → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 16: (column headings in a table listing houses in York) 'Particulars re Housing... Back to Back'.
harmless imbecile (notebook 1930) → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 36: 'Spinster... Harmless imbecile'.
weakminded - mentally deficient, half-witted; having a weak mind, lacking strength of purpose + (notebook 1930): 'supposingly weakminded' ('supposingly' overwrites a cancelled 'supposed to be') → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 36: 'Two spinsters... One is lame, and the other is supposed to be weak-minded'.
staff - personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task
servant keeper (notebook 1930) → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 14: 'The investigation did not extend to the servant-keeping class'.
outlook - the view or prospect from a place or point; the prospect for the future
mar - to make imperfect ("nothing marred her beauty")
ne'er-do-well - one who never does, and is never likely to do, well; a good-for-nothing, worthless, disreputable person
laneway = lane - a narrow way between hedges or banks; a narrow road or street between houses or walls.
lieabed - one who lies late in bed; a late riser; a sluggard + Joyce's note: 'lieabed sons go out with sisters after dark' (the entry is preceded by a cancelled 'sons') → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 36: 'Neighbours say sons lie in bed most of the day, and go out with sisters at night'.
pink - highest degree possible, extreme
colonial - of, belonging to, or relating to a colony, or (spec.) the British colonies + Joyce's note: 'resting after colonial work' → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 64: 'Resting after a life's hard work' + Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 38: 'Husband, after serving twelve years in India, receiving no pension'.
plant - a place where an industrial process is carried on + (notebook 1930): 'Labourer at plant' → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 22: (Occupation of Head of Family): Labourer, Plant.
benefactress - a female benefactor + (notebook 1930): 'the despair is trying the patience of several benefactors'.
rowntree - an Eurasian tree with red pomes resembling berries + B. Seebohm Rowntree - the author of 'Poverty: A Study of Town Life' + (notebook 1930): 'calories from Rowntrees and Dumpling' → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 90: 'The potential energy of food is usually stated in heat units or Calories'.
bar - a straight strip or stripe, narrow in proportion to its length + (notebook 1930): 'one bar of sunlight does for January and february' → Poverty 141: A family of average size use weekly about 1 1/2 lbs. of soap at 3d. per lb., and light will cost from 3d; to 4d. But information as to the average sum required for other household necessaries proved to be very difficult to obtain. Inquiries about this were usually answered by some such remark as: "If we have to buy anything extra, such as pots or pans, we have to spend less on food, that's all" + Note: Sunlight soap was produced by Lever Bros. [MIKIO FUSE]
The V de V's live in a four-roomed house (notebook 1930) → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 268: 'The V.'s live in a four-roomed house, for which they pay 4s. 4 ½d. per week rent' + Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 268: 'Mr. V. became security for a sum of money for a friend of his who afterwards absconded and left Mr. V. to meet the payment'.
animal diet (notebook 1930) → Rowntree: Poverty: A Study of Town Life 241: 'how far the present animal diet could with advantage in other directions be replaced by a vegetable one is a question upon which authorities differ widely'.