scum - Applied to an individual: A worthless wretch (obs.)
aura - a supposed subtle emanation from and enveloping living persons and things, viewed by mystics as consisting of the essence of the individual, serving as the medium for the operation of mesmeric and similar influences.
deff = deaf (obs.) + Mutt and Jeff (Cockney Rhyming Slang) - deaf.
undesirable - an undesirable thing or person
dumm (ger) - stupid + dumb + Adam.
intentional - of or pertaining to intention or purpose
resume - a summary, epitome; Chiefly N. Amer. = curriculum vitę.
ages + anger + angelus (l) - messanger, angel + Angelus (Latin for "angel") is a Christian devotion in memory of the Incarnation. The name Angelus is derived from the opening words: Angelus Domini nuntiavit Marię ("... the Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary ...") and is practised by reciting as versicle and response three Biblical verses describing the mystery; alternating with the salutation "Hail Mary!"
deal (Archaic) - part
pigheaded - having a head like that of a pig; usually fig., having the mental qualities ascribed to a pig; obstinate; stupid
Swede - type of turnip + "like purple top and tipperuhry Swede," [082.03]
medic - s physician, 'medical man' + Medici - great family of the Italian Renaissance, patrons of the magical arts + medicus (l) - physician.
to be sure - as one may be sure, for a certainty, certainly, undoubtedly
Huguenot - a member of the Calvinistic or Reformed communion of France in the 16th and 17th c. Huguenots were enemies of the Medicis + Juggernaut.
turnip - the fleshy, globular or spheroidal root of a biennial cruciferous plant, Brassica Rapa; Humorously applied to a person: cf. turnip-head, -headed + (notebook 1924): 'why did she call you carroty? It was turnipheaded'.
dunce - one who shows no capacity for learning; a dull-witted, stupid person
bowlder - a water-worn rounded stone, varying in size, but properly larger than a pebble, used frequently for paving and building purposes + Bowdler, Thomas (1754-1825) - expurgated Shakespeare, Gibbon, and the Old Testament + bowlderise - to edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate ("bowdlerize a novel").
beholder - one who beholds, a watcher, spectator + bat-holder.
musket + black market - unauthorized dealing in commodities that are rationed or of which the supply is otherwise restricted.
bowling green - a smooth level lawn or green for playing bowls upon + Nora's mother (and, for some time, Nora too) lived at 8 Bowling Green, Galway.
T. Moore's "Sublime Was the Warning" [air: The Black Joke]
Mordred on Modred - King Arthur's nephew/son, who brought down the Round Table and was killed by Arthur + mrd- (Czech) - fuck- + murdered.
spokesman - one who speaks for or on behalf of another or others; a public speaker, esp. one who formally addresses a deliberative or legislative assembly
chaff - to banter, rail at, or rally, in a light and non-serious manner, or without anger, but so as to try the good nature or temper of the person 'chaffed'
BLACK PIG'S DYKE - A great wall and fortification built by Ulstermen in 3rd cent AD as a boundary between Ulaidh and Oriel. Remnants of the wall are still discernible; The Dyke ran across the whole of Ireland, roughly from Carlingford Lough to Donegal Abbey.
dyke = an excavation narrow in proportion to its length, a long and narrow hollow dug out of the ground; a ditch (obs.)
Box and Cox - the name of a farce written by J. M. Morton (1811-91) in 1847, in which two characters, John Box and James Cox, occupy the same apartment (the one by day and the other by night).
puss - the mouth or face (considered as the object of a blow) + Post
shin - to climb up; to 'use one's legs'; to move quickly; to kick (a person) on the shins; to borrow money + Shem + Hebrew letter 'shin' means 'tooth'.
penman - a writer or composer of a book or other writing; an author, a writer
worsted - defeated + worst
William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme (1851 1925) was an industrialist, philanthropist and colonialist, he was a Liberal English peer of the House of Lords who had made his fortune from the manufacture of soap (Sunlight Soap).
bester - one who gets the better of others by fraudulent means, a swindler + best
huing - shouting, hooting + hue and cry - Law. Outcry calling for the pursuit of a felon, raised by the party aggrieved, by a constable, etc.; a clamour or shout of pursuit or assault; outcry.
asbestos - fabulous stone, the heat of which, when once kindled, was alleged to be unquenchable (obs.); a mineral of fibrous texture, capable of being woven into an incombustible fabric + as best as.
forte (it) - loud, strong + Fort Carlisle and Fort Camden, Cork Harbour.
pianoforte + the straw that broke the camel's back - the final thing that, when added to an unpleasant or bad situation, causes failure, ruin, etc.
pansch- (ger) - adulterate, meddle
lit. Bist du meiner Meinung? (ger) - Do you agree with me?
click - a slight, sharp, hard, non-ringing sound of concussion + six.
pip emma - after noon (P. M.) + (notebook 1924): 'Would that be the 6th Well, It might'.
Greenwich time - mean time for the meridian of Greenwich, adopted as the standard time by English astronomers
quercus (l) - oak-tree + quer (ger) - across, diagonal.
quadrant - a measuring instrument for measuring altitude of heavenly bodies (PICTURE)
wish to God - to wish intensely
summersault = somersault - a leap or spring in which a person turns heels over head in the air and alights on his feet.
tard (fr) - late + tardes (sp) - afternoon.
rely - to put trust or confidence in a person or thing (somewhat rare.) + reloj (sp) - watch.
tick - to leave (an amount) owing to be entered to one's debit; Also const. up; to mark (a name, an item in a list, etc.) with a tick.
rosing - rose-like, rosy + ros (l) - dew (believed by alchemists to be a powerful solvent).
nine days' wonder - Applied to an event or thing of temporary interest.
amity - friendship, friendliness; friendly relations + Amt (ger) - office + empties, please.
merci beaucoup (fr) - thank you very much
uneven - Of numbers: Odd.
eleventh + One hundred and eleven (111) is Anna Livia's number, because in the Hebrew alphabet letters have numerical value: aleph = 1; lamedh = 30; pe = 80. (Glasheen, Adaline / Third census of Finnegans wake)
event - to come to pass (obs.) + World War I armistice signed at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918.
mart - a public place for buying and selling; a market-place, market hall, etc. + Martinmas - 11 November, feast of Saint Martin of Tours (in Naples, celebrated as the feast of cuckolds).
triduum - a period of three days; esp. in R.C. Ch., the last three days of Lent (Eccl. The period including 40 weekdays extending from Ash-Wednesday to Easter-eve, observed as a time of fasting and penitance, in commemoration of Our Lord's fasting in the wilderness) + 11 November is three days before Saint Laurence O'Toole's feast day (14 November) + The Night before Larry Was Stretched (song).
chronometer - an instrument for measuring time + chronos (gr, l) - time.
larboard - the side of a ship which is to the left hand of a person looking from the stern towards the bows; Humorously used for: Left.
starboard - the right-hand side of a ship, as distinguished from the larboard
dath (do) (gael) - color + four watches of the night + Wyndham Lewis was told that Joyce always carried four watches and rarely spoke except to ask the time (1921).