guest house - a house or apartment for the reception or entertainment of strangers or guests + People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones (proverb).
Pigott forged letters implicating Parnell in Phoenix Park murders
The Englishman's house is his castle (proverb) + (notebook 1930): 'Elephant and Castle' → The Encyclopædia Britannica vol. XVI, 'London', 940b: 'South of the Thames the thoroughfares crossing the river between Lambeth and Bermondsey converge upon two circuses, St George's and the Elephant and Castle'.
albe - although it be that, although
discountenance - to show disapproval by discouraging; to look with disfavor on + Joyce's note: 'Taafe's brother Laving attempted about this time to take the life of a priest... discountenanced by all persuasions'
persuasion - the presenting of inducements or winning arguments; conviction, assurance, full belief
renunciation - the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) + Rinuccini - papal nuncio, one of the leaders of the Irish army which besieged Dublin, 1646 + rinunciare (it) - to renounce + (notebook 1930): 'Rinunciniation' → The Encyclopædia Britannica vol. VIII, 'Dublin', 622d: 'In 1646 Dublin was besieged, but without success, by the Irish army... under the guidance of the Pope's nuncio Rinuccini and others'.
pomp - pl. orig. the processions, public shows, spectacles of the circus, etc., associated with or sanctioned by the pagan worship; then, more vaguely, any 'shows' held to be under the patronage of the devil; finally (from 17th c.) tacitly transferred to those of 'the world', and associated with its 'vanities' + Book of Common Prayer: Catechism: 'renounce... the pomps and vanities' + James Joyce, Dubliners: 'Grace': 'We'll all renounce the devil... together, not forgetting his works and pomps... All we have to do... is to stand up with lighted candles in our hands and renew our baptismal vows'.
heretofore - time past, the past
thoughtful - showing consideration and anticipation of needs + (notebook 1930): 'thorgfelt' (the entry is preceded by a cancelled 'thorgkfelt', where the initial 'th' and the final 't' replace previously-cancelled 'g' and 'thorgk', respectively) → The Encyclopædia Britannica vol. VIII, 'Dublin', 622a: 'The first Norseman who may be reckoned as king was Thorkel I. (832)'.
dope - to administer dope to (a person, a horse); to stupefy with a drug; to drug + døpe (Norwegian) = doopen (Dutch) - to baptise.
misprint - a mistake in printing, an error of the press + misceo (l) - to mix, mingle + mishe/tauf (motif).
Virchow, Rudolph (1821-1902) - German politician, pathologist, purifier of Berlin's water + by virtue of - by the power or efficacy of (something aiding or justifying).
filth - to make foul, defile + filter - to pass as through a filter + Fifth Avenue, New York City.
Ovocna Ulice - street in Prague + Ovoca or Avoca river.
umbrace - to surround; to obtain + umbra (l) - shade + (notebook 1930): 'Browne embraces the Reformation' → Thom's Directory of Ireland/Dublin, Dublin Annals section 1535: 'George Brown, archbishop of Dublin, embraces the Reformation'.
Christiania - old name for Oslo + Christianity.
anya (Hungarian) - mother
Irisher - a person of Irish origin, an Irishman + (notebook 1930): 'after the Irish (selon)' (French selon: according to) → Hardiman: The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway 211: (quoting from a 16th century by-law) 'That no woman shall make no open noise of an unreasonable chree, after the Irishrie, either before, ne yet after, the death of any corpes'.
proxy - the agency of one who acts by appointment instead of another; the action of a substitute or deputy + Mormons baptise their dead by proxy.
baptize - to immerse in water, or pour or sprinkle water upon, as a means of ceremonial purification, or in token of initiation into a religious society, especially into the Christian Church; to christen.
ante- - prior, earlier + naughty - Austral. and N.Z. colloq. or slang. (An act of) sexual intercourse + aunts + antenati (it) - ancestors.
stolt (Danish) - proud
rabbin = rabbi - a Jewish doctor of the law. In mod. Jewish use properly applied only to one who is authorized by ordination to deal with questions of law and ritual, and to perform certain functions.
robust - powerful, muscular + Ross, Robert ("Robbie") - faithful friend of Oscar Wilde's. He is said to have told Arthur Ransome that he and not Lord Alfred Douglas was "Oscar's real mistress" + Robin Redbreast.
leecher - one who 'leeches', a physician + lecher - a man immoderately given to sexual indulgence.
rutty - lustful + Rutty, Dr - eccentric 18th-century' Dubliner, Quaker, naturalist, physician.
lijfarts (Dutch) - personal physician
Eire (ere) (gael) - Ireland + Ehren (ger) - honors + Erin to victory.
westernise + Joseph Conrad: Under Western Eyes.
sunup - sunrise + sundowner (Australian) - tramp who arrives at station about sundown, to obtain food and night's lodging + (English).
ausbreiten (ger) - expand + Brighton.
eng (ger) = eng (Dutch) - narrow + eng (Danish) - meadow, field + land's end - the extremity or furthest projecting point of a country; Now only as the proper name of the most westerly point of Great Britain (Cornwall) + England (inverted).
stump - to walk clumsily, heavily, or noisily, as if one had a wooden leg + stump up - to dig up by the roots + stump up (Slang) - pay up + (speak up).
trade price - the price at which the wholesale dealer sells to the retailer
peebles - obs. form of pebble + Peebles, town, Scotland + people.
eric - a payment imposed for homicide in medieval Irish law upon the slayer of fixed price for life + (notebook 1924): 'eric' → O'Conor: Battles and Enchantments 37: (a noble complaining to king Bres at Tara) 'Nor service nor eric, the blood tax, has been continued to the tribes'.
infelicitous - unhappy, unfortunate; esp. not happily suited to the occasion or circumstances
conduict = conduct (obs.)
*E* cheque (notebook 1930) + enclosed please find my pockethandkerchief.
entyre - obs. form of entire + (notebook 1924): 'I undertake to discontinue the practice' + (notebook 1930): 'tyre'.
in toto - as a whole, absolutely, completely, without exception
stoutness - firmness, resoluteness + Stoyte - Lord Mayor of Dublin.
conferment - to ferment together, mix in fermentation
confederated - leagued, allied; joined in confederacy; forming a confederation + confoederatus (l) - united by a league.
bellic - of war, warlike + praebellicus (l) - pertaining to before the war.
wader - one who wades; pl. Waterproof boots reaching above the knee, used by anglers for wading.
townsfolk + Rainsford - Lond Mayor of Dublin.
Nugent - Lond Mayor of Dublin
Mr Billups (notebook 1924) → Webb: The Guilds of Dublin 9: 'The Guild Merchant of Dublin was recruited from many occupations. Amongst the members admitted in 1226 were... "Osbertus de Kilmainham pulleter".'
pulleter - one whose business is the sale of poultry (and usually hares and other game)
Before 1782, Dublin tradesmen and craftsmen paid tax called quarterage for practicing their trade, whence they were called quarter brothers.
locum = short for locum-tenency - someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession.
grubstake - an amount of material, provisions, or money supplied to an enterprise (originally a prospector for ore) in return for a share in the resulting profits
clepe - to call by the name of + (notebook 1930): 'cleped' → Washington Irving: A History of New York, book VI, ch. III: 'that notable bird of the crane family, ycleped the Mudpoke'.
constituent - one who constitutes or appoints another as his agent, proxy, or representative
goedkoop (Dutch) - cheap + coup (Middle English) - to buy.
usucaption - In Roman and Civil Law, the acquisition of ownership by long use or enjoyment.
P.T. Barnum bought in 1835 the rights to exhibit 'a negress aged 161 years', supposedly George Washington's nurse + in 19th century, the Niger river was believed to have no outlet.
Blanchette - Paris (in Rabelais)
brewster - a woman that brews, a female brewer + Brewster - Lord Mayor of Dublin.
Tcherna Djamia (Russ, Chernya Dyamya), the "Black Mosque" of Sofia, at different times has served as a prison and a church.
BLAALAND - Old Norse name ("Blueland") for Africa. In the Sagas, Africans (usuady Moors) are called "bluemen."
The history of Bristol (Brigstow) is a history of foreign trade, including slave-trading in the 16th and 17th centuries.
deuterogamy - marriage a second time; marriage after the death of a first husband or wife + Deutoronomy.
In divers places of scripture (notebook 1930)
exclude - to leave out, omit purposely (from a category, list, the scope of a proposition)
verbannen (ger) - to banish, to proscribe + verbannt (ger) - banished.
excessively - in an excessive amount or degree; beyond measure, immoderately
harrowing - extremely painful + Halloween - the night of October 31, celebrated by children who dress in costume and solicit treats door-to-door.
punt - the Irish monetary unit, until 1979 equivalent to £ 1 sterling + punt (Dutch) - point, tip.
scotch - Scotch whisky; also = a glass of Scotch whisky
pollard - one of various base coins of foreign origin, current in England in the end of the 13th c., as an equivalent of the penny
crocard - a coin from 13. th. century worth two pennies
nipples + the only pebble on the beach and varr. - the only person or thing to be considered in a particular situation; used spec. (usu. in negative contexts) with reference to an eligible man or woman + Thomas Crofton Crocker: Three Pebbles on the Beach (folk tale).
frick (French Slang) - cash, money + Henry Clay Frick - American coal and steel millionaire + Frigg - the chief Norse goddess and wife of Odin (goddess of marriage, among others).
uden (Danish) - without + Woden - the chief Anglo-Saxon god (equivalent of Odin).
sulfer - obs. form of silver + (sulphur in matches).
bokse (Danish) - box + matchbox (safety matches).
Cophetua, King - made a beggar-maid his queen + covet.
milady - a continental rendering of 'my lady', used as an appellation in speaking to or of an English noblewoman or great lady
spect - to look or face in a specified direction + Werner: Barnum 206: (a prison physician and a prison matron issued an affidavit concerning The Bearded Lady exhibited by P.T. Barnum in 1853, stating that they were) 'perfectly convinced that, in spite of her beard, she is a woman'.
beaver - a felted cloth, used for overcoats, etc.; the female genitals or the pubic area in general; also attrib., denoting films, literature, etc., in which nude females are portrayed + (notebook 1930): 'beaver' → Washington Irving: A History of New York, book II, ch. VIII: 'a sleek beaver was emblazoned on the city standard as indicative of the amphibious origin and patient persevering habits of the New Amsterdamers'.
sacred + secret.
frolic - an outburst of fun, gaiety, or mirth; a scene or occasion of gaiety or mirth + were a frolic.
comic strip - a sequence of small drawings telling a comic or serial story in a newspaper, etc.
mons - erroneous abbreviation of monsieur; the Latin word for, mountain; So, 'mons Veneris': the more or less prominent fatty eminence covering the pubic symphysis of the woman.
Meg - a pet form of the female name Margaret, used dial. to indicate a hoyden, coarse woman, etc.; the great 15th c. gun in Edinburgh Castle was called Mons Meg (? from having been cast at Mons in Flanders) + (notebook 1930): 'Mons Meg' → The Encyclopædia Britannica vol. VIII, 'Edinburgh', 937c: (in Edinburgh Castle) 'a huge piece of ancient artillery, called Mons Meg'.
aich (Irish Pronunciation) - each
weck - obs. form of weak (a.), wick + week + weck- (ger) - wake.
Cluain Sailighe (klun sali) (gael) - Willow Meadow; anglic. Clonsilla + (notebook 1930): 'Clonsilla' → Clonsilla, village northwest of Dublin + silly clowns.
Donnybrook Fair (song) + (notebook 1930): 'Donnybrook Donkeybrook' → The Encyclopædia Britannica vol. VIII, 'Dublin', 620d: 'South of the city are Rathmines... and Donnybrook, celebrated for its former fair'.
O'Maicin (o'makin) (gael) - descendant of Maicin (diminutive of mac, "son") + lacking make in.
Hodder, James (fl. 1661) - English author of Arithmetick, The Penman's Recreation
Cocker - the name of Edward Cocker (1631-75), arithmetician, reputed author of a popular Arithmetick
unpardonable + Purdon - Lord Mayor of Dublin.
preemption - purchase by one person or corporation before an opportunity is offered to others; also, the right to make such purchase + Empson - Lord Mayor of Dublin + presumption.