natural (Slang) - a simpleton; also, a child
falling sickness - epilepsy
ape - to imitate, to mimic pretentiously, irrationally, or absurdly
O'Buachalla (o'bukheli) (gael) - descendant of Buachaill ("boy"); anglic. Buckley + (hunchbacks).
blind to the world (Slang) - drunk
take off - to imitate or counterfeit, esp. by way of mockery; to mimic, parody
Daffydowndilly = Narcissus + deaf-and-dumb.
barracks - a set of buildings erected or used as a place of lodgement or residence for troops
certiorari - writ issued by a superior court upon party's complaint of injustice in inferior court
vile (Joyce's note) → Young: Trial of Frederick Bywaters and Edith Thompson 170: (letter from Edith Thompson to Bywaters, trial exhibit 13) 'The man Lacosta in the "Trail of 98," I didnt give a thought to, he was so vile'.
molest - to harass or assault sexually; to annoy continually or chronically
triplets - three children at a birth + (notebook 1924): '*E* triplets'.
vacancy - a vacant room in a hotel, guest-house, etc.
neigh - Of a horse: To utter its characteristic sound or cry + according to Herodotus, Darius became the ruler of Persia by winning a contest whereby the first noble whose horse will neigh after dawn will be enthroned, thanks to his groom who rubbed his hand on a mare's genitals and put it to his master's horse's nose [.10] [.16]
Joyce's note: 'they X ray *V*'
turn out - to come about in the end or issue; to result, eventuate
wealthy - In extended use: Rich in some possession or advantage.
sheet - a newspaper; Now chiefly U.S. + (Sunday papers) + SDV: [Is it a fact that this man is the owner of a hengster's circus & [has made vehement] complained complaints to the police [barracks [& applying for a conditional order of certiorari]] that he has been molested by offers of vacancies [[inside of] this present week] from females female boys in this city neighing after him, once since once they saw his [lifesize] picture in the sheets?]]
suborn - to bribe, induce, or procure (a person) by underhand or unlawful means to commit a misdeed
surdomutitas (l) - deafmute, deaf and dumb + sourd-muet (fr) - deaf-mute + according to Herodotus, King Croesus of Lydia's deaf-mute son uttered his first words ever when trying to warn his father of a Persian soldier attempting to kill him + (notebook 1924): '*V* deafmute'.
littery - covered or encumbered with litter; consisting of or constituting litter + lottery + letter.
Roman Catholic
gout - to drop; Of a candle: To gutter + go out
Balbriggan - the name of a town in Ireland, applied attrib. to a knitted cotton fabric manufactured there, used in hose, underwear, etc. + (notebook 1924): 'in his bare feet'.
sweep - a disreputable person; a scamp, blackguard (slang and dial.)
King Croesus of Lydia
fireman - one who is employed to extinguish fires
halmet (Ulster Pronunciation) - helmet
hoose - Sc. f. house + (notebook 1924): 'mind the house'.
strumpet - a debauched or unchaste woman, a harlot, prostitute
lagen - a liquid measure; ...The lagen was equal to 7 quarts + lagen (Danish) - bedsheet + My Lagan Love (song) + lager.
rampage - to go about in an excited, furious, or violent manner; to rush wildly hither and thither + (notebook 1924): 'Did you buy the usual jar of porter & put your H down before it while you were rampaging the roads' → Connacht Tribune 8 Mar 1924, 7/5: 'Publicans and Guard': (defendant cross-examining plaintiff in a trial of abusive and threatening language) 'Did you buy the usual jar of porter this pay night and put your husband sitting down with it before the fire while you went "rampaging" round the roads with this fellow, O'Neill? (laughter)'.
panoply - a complete suit of armour, the 'whole armour' of a soldier
Heliopolitan - rel. to Heliopolis (ancient city in lower Egypt) + Dubliners called Viceregal Lodge 'Healiopolis' when Healy was Governor-General.
constabulary - the organized body of constables or peace officers of a country or specified district
prepare the way - to clear the way
gendarme - a policeman (slang.) + Gendarm (ger) = gendarme (fr) - constable + gendarme auxiliaire (fr) - auxiliary policeman + SDV: Where's that auxiliary poleshman that saw the whole occurrence hoodlum. Sackerson!
auxiliar - auxiliary, helpful, assistant + Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary (formed in 1920 by the English).
aeronautic - of or pertaining to aeronauts, or to aerial navigation; sailing the air
sapper - military engineer + artillery.
hoodlum - a youthful street rowdy; 'a loafing youth of mischievous proclivities'; a dangerous rough. Also in more general use [(notebook 1924): 'hoodlum'].
rely - to depend on a person or thing with full trust or confidence
Morse - 'Morse telegraph' + Norse - the Norwegian tongue.
Erse - applied by Sc. Lowlanders to the Gaelic dialect of the Highlands (which is in fact of Irish origin), to the people speaking that dialect, to their customs, etc. Hence in 18th c. Erse was used in literary Eng. as the ordinary designation of the Gaelic of Scotland, and occasionally extended to the Irish Gaelic; at present some writers apply it to the Irish alone.
wordbook - a reference book containing words (usually with their meanings) + wordy - consisting or expressed in words + woordenboek (Dutch) - dictionary + (notebook 1924): '(converse) with the aid of a dictionary' → Daily Mail 27 May 1924, 10/1: 'Vaquier': (in a trial of the murder by poison of Mr Jones, an English hotel landlord, by Vaquier, a French tenant and lover of the landlord's wife) 'How did Vaquer and Mrs. Jones converse? - With the aid of a dictionary'.
truncheon - a short staff or club with which a police constable is armed
roof - to shelter, house; to provide or cover with a roof
Sackerson - a captive bear kept in Paris Garden near the Globe Theatre in Shakespeare's time + Ulysses.9.155: 'The bear Sackerson growls in the pit near it, Paris garden'.
Deckel (ger) - lid; hat + von der Deckel (ger) - of the cover, of the lid + Vanderdecken - Wagner's Flying Dutchman.
recall - to call or bring back (a circumstance, person, etc.) to the mind, memory, thoughts, etc.
secker - obs. form of sicker (secure, safe; certain, sure) + Joyce's note: 'Sister's son Sickerson'.
Carrick on Shannon + mignon (fr) - darling + Eiric (erik) (gael) - Fine, Ransom; name of two townlands, Co. Roscommon.
sacker - one who sacks or plunders
hookup - an arrangement of mechanical parts (as in radio); a connection or combination, esp. of radio or television broadcasting facilities
shirker - one who shirks (duty, work, etc.) + {Speaker: Yawn as *S*}
verdant - of a green hue or colour, green; fig. Of persons: Green, inexperienced, gullible + FDV: — High liquor met lust / — He Day sorker four vanfloat, he verdants market / High liquor met made lust to Tarpey torpid dough and under awkward hunt her orchid.
torpid - benumbed; deprived or devoid of the power of motion or feeling; fig. Wanting in animation or vigour; inactive.
to + 'I sorger for vandflom til verdensmarken, Jeg laegger med lyst torpedo under Arken': The concluding lines of Ibsen's sonnet Til min Venn Revolutionstalern! ('To my Friend the Revolutionary Orator'); they may be translated as 'You take care of the water to cover the earth. I shall willingly put a torpedo under the Ark'. The sonnet begins 'De siger, jeg er bleven "konservativ"', meaning 'You say I have grown "conservative"'.
orchid - any plant of the orchis family (Orchidaceæ or Orchideæ) + orchis (gr) - testicle.
begob = begorra - Anglo-Irish alteration of the expletive by God
trying - hard to bear or endure; severe, distressing; that tries one's endurance or patience
frulla (it) - whisks + 'Wid my bundle on my shoulder, Faith! there's no man could be boulder, ... and I start for Philadelphia in the morning' (song).
preadamite - one who lived (or one of a race held to have existed) before the time of Adam
twohanded - wielded with both hands, as a sword, etc. + two-handled sword supposedly used by Sir Amory Tristram is in Howth Castle + FDV: — Hunt her orchid! Old preadamite! with his 2hand 2handled umbrella [,.... & cutaway]. Gob, and he will find found it too on her right enough.
spy - to look at, examine, or observe closely or carefully; to see or behold; in mod. use spec., to investigate with a spy-glass or telescope
spew - that which is spewed or cast up from the stomach; vomited matter; vomit
Walpurgis - the name (St. Walpurga or Walburga) of an 8th-c. Anglo-Saxon saint and missionary in Heidenheim, Germany, used in: Walpurgis night - in German folklore and esp. Goethe's Faust a feast of the powers of darkness or witches' sabbath celebrated on the Brocken, a peak in the Harz mountains, on 30 April. Also transf., an orgiastic celebration or party.
deified - made into a deity, raised to the rank of a god; considered or treated as divine
Norgan = Norwegian
Bygmester Solness (1892; The Master Builder) - drama by Henrik Ibsen + messer - one who makes a mess; a muddler, bungler.
kitty - a girl or young woman; a wench; sometimes a woman of loose character + *K*.
madame + man.
Kitty the Beads, itinerant, lived near Ticknock, County Dublin (carried rosary beads regularly) + Tip (motif).
succuba = succubus - a demon in female form supposed to have carnal intercourse with men in their sleep + succuba (l) - strumpet + Hecuba - queen of Troy.
succumb - to sink under pressure or give way to superior force, authority, etc.
improvable - capable of being disproved or refuted; capable of being improved, capable of being made better
Copenhagen + Hagar - concubine of Abraham.
rost - obs. ff. roast; roost; rust + röst (Swedish) - voice + raised
Osiris sometimes known as 'the god at the top of the staircase'
paternoster - the Lord's Prayer, esp. in the Latin version; 'our Father' + {Speaker: Yawn as *K*}
Turkish + tückisch (ger) - spiteful + Tuck, Friar - one of Robin Hood's merry men.
Armenia + amenity - the quality of being pleasant or agreeable; pleasant pursuits, pleasures, delights + Armenia occupied by Turks from 1405; nationalism in 19th and 20th centuries met by systematic massacres and stravation + atrocities.