Search number: 004360266 (since the site opened, on Yom Kippur eve, Oct 12 2005)
Search duration: 0.002 seconds (cached)
Given search string: ^559 [Previous Page] [Next Page] [Random Page]
Options Turned On: [Regular Expression⇓] [Beautified⇓] [Highlight Matches⇓] [Show FW Text⇓] [Search in Fweet Elucidations⇓]
Options Turned Off: [Ignore Case⇑] [Ignore Accent⇑] [Whole Words⇑] [Natural⇑] [Show Context⇑] [Hide Elucidations⇑] [Hide Summary⇑] [Sort Alphabetically⇑] [Sort Alphabetically from Search String⇑] [Get Following⇑] [Search in Finnegans Wake Text⇑] [Also Search Related Shorthands⇑] [Sans Serif⇑]
Distances: [Text Search = 4 lines ⇓] [NEAR Merge = 4 lines ⇓]
Font Size:  60%  80%  100%  133%  166%  200%  250%  300%  400%  500%  600%  700%  800%  900%
Collection last updated: Apr 6 2024
Engine last updated: Feb 18 2024
Finnegans Wake lines: 36
Elucidations found: 186

559.01skirts of city. Groove two. Chamber scene. Boxed. Ordinary bed-
–559.01+grooves: wooden slots on a theatre stage used for sliding pieces of scenery or curtains into place and supporting them (each was identified by a number, often indicated at the head of a scene in 19th century prompt books; Fay: A Short Glossary of Theatrical Terms 16)
–559.01+VI.B.44.179g (b): 'chamber scene'
–559.01+Fay: A Short Glossary of Theatrical Terms 10: 'Chamber Scenes. — An old term for all "room" scenes'
–559.01+VI.B.44.179a (b): 'box scene'
–559.01+Fay: A Short Glossary of Theatrical Terms 8: 'Box Scene. — A scene built up of flats, forming the back and two sides, so called to distinguish it from a scene made up of a backcloth and side wings'
559.02room set. Salmonpapered walls. Back, empty Irish grate, Adam's
–559.02+set: all the scenery for a given theatre scene (Fay: A Short Glossary of Theatrical Terms 26)
–559.02+salmon: a shade of pinkish orange (resembling the colour of salmon flesh) [.06]
–559.02+paper set: a theatre scene using wallpapered, rather than painted, scenery (Fay: A Short Glossary of Theatrical Terms 21)
–559.02+grate, mantel, soot (fireplace)
–559.02+VI.B.40.091a (o): 'Adam's mantel'
–559.02+Robert Adam: 18th century British architect and interior designer, famous for his decorative designs of fireplaces and mantels
559.03mantel, with wilting elopement fan, soot and tinsel, condemned.
–559.03+condemned: pronounced unfit for use (as a fireplace might be); doomed to suffer (as Adam was for his Garden of Eden transgression)
559.04North, wall with window practicable. Argentine in casement.
–559.04+North Wall: an area of docks in Dublin along the northern bank of the Liffey [.05]
–559.04+practicable: (of doors or windows in a theatre scene) capable of actual use, rather than merely simulated (Fay: A Short Glossary of Theatrical Terms 22 has it as 'practical')
–559.04+Motif: Cain/Abel [.07]
–559.04+VI.B.44.178c (b): 'argentine'
–559.04+Fay: A Short Glossary of Theatrical Terms 5: 'Argentine. — A material used on the stage as an imitation of glass for windows'
–559.04+VI.B.44.184d (b): 'casement'
–559.04+casement: a window frame hinged on the side
559.05Vamp. Pelmit above. No curtains. Blind drawn. South, party wall.
–559.05+VI.B.44.183j (b): 'vamp'
–559.05+Fay: A Short Glossary of Theatrical Terms 31: 'Vamps. — Doors cut in a flat (and fitted with rubber springs) for an actor to jump through. Used in pantomime'
–559.05+vamp: anything patched up or repaired with patches
–559.05+VI.B.44.183h (b): 'pelmit'
–559.05+Fay: A Short Glossary of Theatrical Terms 31: 'Valance. — A pelmit or valance is placed at the top of window curtains to cover the rings and curtain-pole, and should be of the same material as the curtains' (normally spelled 'pelmet', as it is in Fay: A Short Glossary of Theatrical Terms 21)
–559.05+tableaux curtains are lowered in theatre to indicate the end of an act or of the play (Fay: A Short Glossary of Theatrical Terms 29)
–559.05+Great South Wall: a long sea wall extending from the Port of Dublin into Dublin Bay (opposite the Bull Wall, also known as the North Bull Wall) [.04]
–559.05+party wall: a wall between two buildings jointly owned by the occupiers on either side
559.06Bed for two with strawberry bedspread, wickerworker clubsessel
–559.06+for two [.08]
–559.06+VI.C.5.192c (o): === VI.B.17.033i ( ): 'Babes in Wood buried under strawberry leaves his strawberry bed' (only last three word crayoned; in C.5, 'buried' is crossed out and replaced with 'beddied' in Joyce's hand)
–559.06+Hirn: Les Jeux d'Enfants 121: 'On s'intéresse tout autrement aux strophes finales de The Babes in the Wood quand on sait qu'il ne faut pas attribuer à un caprice de l'auteur anonyme l'idée de faire couvrir de feuilles de fraisiers les corps des enfants morts par the robins so red (les rouges rouges-gorges); cet oiseau est en effet mentionné, dans la poésie populaire comme dans l'ancienne poésie d'art... comme l'entrepreneur des pompes funèbres de la forêt' (French 'We are interested quite differently in the final stanzas of The Babes in the Wood when we know that one should not attribute to a whim of the anonymous author the idea of having the bodies of the dead children covered with strawberry leaves by the robins so red (the red robins); this bird is indeed mentioned, in popular poetry as in ancient art poetry... as the undertaker of the forest'; pantomime Babes in the Wood)
–559.06+strawberry: a shade of pinkish red (resembling the colour of strawberry) [.02]
–559.06+Strawberry Beds
–559.06+wickerworker: one who makes wickerwork objects (i.e. plaited from twigs or canes) [.07]
–559.06+German Clubsessel: easy chair, lounge chair
559.07and caneseated millikinstool. Bookshrine without, facetowel upon.
–559.07+VI.B.20.098h (b): 'cane bottomed' (the entry is preceded by a cancelled 'canebot')
–559.07+cane-seated: (of a chair) having a seat made of canes [.06]
–559.07+(buttocks caned)
–559.07+Dialect conceited: fanciful, fantastical
–559.07+Cain [.04]
–559.07+milking stool
–559.07+Richard Alfred Millikin: 18th-19th century minor Irish poet, wrote song The Groves of Blarney
–559.07+VI.C.3.024d (o): === VI.B.6.163c ( ): 'book shrine chased silver' (only first two words crayoned)
–559.07+book shrine: an elaborately ornamented metal reliquary case for holding medieval Irish manuscripts (also known as a cumdach)
–559.07+VI.C.5.004a (o): 'face towel'
559.08Chair for one. Woman's garments on chair. Man's trousers with
–559.08+French chair: flesh
–559.08+for one [.06]
–559.08+VI.A.0901cj (g): 'trousers on bed knob'
559.09crossbelt braces, collar on bedknob. Man's corduroy surcoat with
–559.09+cross-belt: a belt worn over both shoulders and crossing at the breast, often part of a military uniform (somewhat similar to, but distinct from, braces or suspenders)
–559.09+corduroy, coat, buttons [208.20]
–559.09+corduroy: a type of thick corded or ribbed fabric (supposedly derived from French Artificial corde du roi: the king's cord)
–559.09+surcoat: a long sleeveless outer garment, often of rich material and displaying heraldic insignia, worn by medieval knights over the armour (somewhat similar to, but distinct from, the plainer and shorter tabard) [567.30]
–559.09+overcoat (French sur-: over-)
–559.09+(with buttons, tabrets and taces)
559.10tabrets and taces, seapan nacre buttons on nail. Woman's gown
–559.10+VI.B.13.006b (k): 'tabret'
–559.10+Obsolete taces: overlapping pieces of plate armour, forming a sort of skirt protecting the thighs (commonly spelled 'tasses')
–559.10+Archaic taches: buckles, clasps, fasteners
–559.10+Variants: {FnF, Vkg, Png: ...seapan...} | {JJA 60:284: ...seapen...} (conceivably corrupted at JJA 60:342)
–559.10+sea-pen: a type of marine mollusc that yields mother-of-pearl
–559.10+nacre: mother-of-pearl, a smooth iridescent material produced by certain molluscs (used for decorative buttons)
–559.10+(gown hanging on a nail) [558.28-.29]
559.11on ditto. Over mantelpiece picture of Michael, lance, slaying
–559.11+Colloquial ditto: the aforementioned (i.e. a nail, either the same nail or a different one)
–559.11+Saint Michael slaying the Dragon, often with a lance, is a common subject for classical paintings (based on Revelation 12:7-9)
–559.11+Motif: Mick/Nick (Michael, Satan)
559.12Satan, dragon with smoke. Small table near bed, front. Bed with
–559.12+
559.13bedding. Spare. Flagpatch quilt. Yverdown design. Limes.
–559.13+(spare bed)
–559.13+VI.B.3.164f (g): 'flag patch quilt'
–559.13+flag quilt: a quilt in the form of a country's flag
–559.13+patch quilt: a quilt made out of patches, a patchwork quilt
–559.13+VI.B.46.133b (o): 'Yverdownn design (quilt)'
–559.13+Yverdon: a municipality in Switzerland (in full, Yverdon-les-Bains)
–559.13+eiderdown (used for stuffing quilts and pillows)
–559.13+Colloquial limes: limelights, theatre stage lights (Fay: A Short Glossary of Theatrical Terms 18)
559.14Lighted lamp without globe, scarf, gazette, tumbler, quantity
–559.14+
559.15of water, julepot, ticker, side props, eventuals, man's gummy
–559.15+French Slang jules: chamber pot
–559.15+Slang ticker: a watch; a clock
–559.15+(minor props for the play; things that prop from the side)
–559.15+(items needed should the event arise)
–559.15+French éventail: hand-held fan
–559.15+(an article for the gums, e.g. dentures; an article made of rubber, e.g. condom; an article resembling gum in stickiness or flaccidity, e.g. penis)
559.16article, pink.
–559.16+
559.17     A time.
–559.17+
559.18     Act: dumbshow.
–559.18+dumbshow: in medieval theatre, a mimed portion of a play used to summarise or supplement the main action
559.19     Closeup. Leads.
–559.19+closeup: in cinema, a camera shot taken at short range (often of an actor's or actress's face) [.29]
–559.19+VI.B.44.179h (b): 'leads'
–559.19+Fay: A Short Glossary of Theatrical Terms 18: 'Leads. — The actor and actress who play the two principal parts in a play' (also in cinema)
559.20     Man with nightcap, in bed, fore. Woman, with curlpins, hind.
–559.20+{{Synopsis: III.4.4F.B: [559.20-559.29]: a man and a woman in bed — as seen from Matthew's point of view}}
–559.20+(Matthew's view, from the man's side of the bed) [.20-.22] [564.01-.04] [582.28-.31] [590.22-.24]
–559.20+man, fore, woman, hind (opposites)
–559.20+night cap, curl pins (headwear)
559.21Discovered. Side point of view. First position of harmony. Say!
–559.21+Obsolete discovered: uncovered
–559.21+discovered: (of a check) given by a piece uncovered by the moving of another piece (Cluster: Chess)
–559.21+VI.B.19.212b (g): 'point of view' [587.04] [588.07]
–559.21+first position of harmony [564.01-.02] [582.29-.30] [590.22-.23]
–559.21+German tsay, eh, ha: C, E, H (Motif: HCE; same letter order as [590.24]) [564.04] [582.30] [590.24]
559.22Eh? Ha! Check action. Matt. Male partly masking female. Man
–559.22+VI.B.13.055o (g): 'Check action, Matt'
–559.22+check, mate (Cluster: Chess)
–559.22+American Colloquial check: to look over, to take notice of
–559.22+Matthew (Motif: 4 evangelists (Mamalujo)) [564.02] [582.30] [590.23]
–559.22+Colloquial mate: companion, friend
–559.22+Variants: {FnF, Vkg, Png: ...Matt. Male...} | {JJA 60:285: ...Matt! Male...} (conceivably corrupted at JJA 60:342, where the exclamation mark became a semicolon, later, at JJA 61:93, to become a full stop)
–559.22+male masking female [582.30-.31]
–559.22+VI.B.13.001f (g): 'mask' [582.31]
–559.22+man... looking... expression... exhibits... gross build, episcopalian, any age [.22-.26] [.26-.29]
559.23looking round, beastly expression, fishy eyes, paralleliped
–559.23+parallelepiped: a prism with six faces, all parallelograms (just like a cube is a prism composed of six squares)
559.24homoplatts, ghazometron pondus, exhibits rage. Business. Ruddy
–559.24+omoplates: shoulder blades
–559.24+Latin homo: man
–559.24+German platt: flat, boring, dull (German Colloquial amazed, flabbergasted)
–559.24+(heavy and flatulent buttocks)
–559.24+gasometer: a large container for storing gas
–559.24+ghazi: a Muslim title of honour ('champion'), applied primarily to fanatics devoted to the destruction of infidels (from Arabic ghazi: fighting)
–559.24+Greek metron: measure, weight
–559.24+Latin pondus: weight, heaviness [.27]
–559.24+Latin fundus: bottom (Colloquial bottom: buttocks)
–559.24+(rage at being woken by the cry)
–559.24+business: all the specific movements and actions performed by the actors in a theatre scene (Fay: A Short Glossary of Theatrical Terms 9) [127.20-.23]
–559.24+ruddy: reddish (Slang bloody, damn)
559.25blond, Armenian bole, black patch, beer wig, gross build,
–559.25+VI.B.44.178k (b): 'Armenian bole'
–559.25+Fay: A Short Glossary of Theatrical Terms 8: 'Bole. — Armenian bole is a fine red powder used on the stage to give the effect of sunburn to the skin'
–559.25+(Joyce sometimes wore a black eye-patch)
–559.25+VI.B.44.182a (b): 'patch'
–559.25+Fay: A Short Glossary of Theatrical Terms 21: 'Patches. — Small pieces of black court plaster cut in patterns and used in plays of the eighteenth century'
–559.25+Slang bar wig: a type of wig
–559.25+earwig
–559.25+German groß: big, grand, great
559.26episcopalian, any age. Woman, sitting, looks at ceiling, haggish
–559.26+Episcopalian: belonging to the Anglican Church (called the Episcopal Church in Scotland) [.29]
–559.26+woman... looks... expression... exhibits... undersized, free kirk, no age [.26-.29] [.22-.26]
–559.26+CHE (Motif: HCE)
559.27expression, peaky nose, trekant mouth, fithery wight, exhibits
–559.27+VI.B.13.001h (g): 'peaky'
–559.27+peaky nose: a pointed nose
–559.27+VI.B.4.213c (b): === VI.B.4.156b (b): 'trekant' [297.09]
–559.27+Danish trekant: triangle (*A*)
–559.27+phrase feathery weight: very light weight [.24]
–559.27+fit her
–559.27+Obsolete phrase a little wight: a small amount
–559.27+Archaic wight: human being, person (male or female)
559.28fear. Welshrabbit teint, Nubian shine, nasal fossette, turfy tuft,
–559.28+(fear over children's safety)
–559.28+Welsh rabbit: a dish made of melted cheese, ale and seasoning, served on toast (or in some cases, simply melted cheese on toast; yellowish in colour) [.34]
–559.28+French teint: complexion, tint
–559.28+Nubians (inhabitants of Sudan and southern Egypt) are popularly depicted as having shiny black skin
–559.28+Nubian: a British manufacturer of shoe polish
–559.28+French fossette: dimple
–559.28+(hair)
559.29undersized, free kirk, no age. Closeup. Play!
–559.29+Scottish Free Kirk: belonging to the Free Church of Scotland (a Calvinist denomination) [.26]
–559.29+closeup: in cinema, a camera shot taken at short range (often of an actor's or actress's face) [.19]
–559.29+(a film director instructing the actors to begin acting, similar to modern-day 'Action!') [.31]
–559.29+play (Cluster: Chess)
559.30     Callboy. Cry off. Tabler. Her move.
–559.30+{{Synopsis: III.4.4F.C: [559.30-560.06]: action starts, scenes shifting — she jumps off the bed in response to a cry, followed by him}}
–559.30+VI.B.44.179f (b): 'callboy'
–559.30+Fay: A Short Glossary of Theatrical Terms 9: 'Call-Boy. — One of the stage managers' assistants whose duty is to call the artists from their dressing rooms when they are required on the stage'
–559.30+VI.B.8.225b (b): 'cry off' [558.32]
–559.30+(a cry offstage) [555.01] [558.32] [608.16]
–559.30+Variants: {FnF, Vkg, Png: ...Cry off...} | {JJA 60:285: ...Cry, off...} (conceivably corrupted at JJA 60:342) [558.32]
–559.30+tableau: in theatre, an arrangement of actors in static positions on the stage, often at the beginning or end of an act
–559.30+French tablier: chess-board (Cluster: Chess)
–559.30+VI.B.13.055m (g): 'her move' (Cluster: Chess) [560.02]
559.31     Footage.
–559.31+VI.B.40.105c (b): 'footage'
–559.31+(a film director instructing the cameraman to begin filming, similar to modern-day 'Camera!') [.29]
559.32     By the sinewy forequarters of the mare Pocahontas and by the
–559.32+[[Speaker: *X*, beginning with Matthew]]
–559.32+Pocahontas: a thoroughbred racehorse (1837-1870), famous for being a broodmare that foaled several influential sires and dams, giving rise to a prominent progeny of 19th century British racehorses (obviously named after the Native American woman)
–559.32+Pocahontas: 17th century young woman, the daughter of a Native American chieftain of the Powhatan people (residing in modern-day Eastern Virginia, south of the Potomac river), who became a short-lived celebrity in the early American colonies and in England [.35]
–559.32+VI.B.19.226b (g): 'By the shoulder of the horse'
–559.32+Archaic phrase by the shoulder of my horse (used when swearing to something, often accompanied by 'and by the edge of my sword')
559.33white shoulders of Finnuala you should have seen how that
–559.33+white (Cluster: Chess) [560.02]
–559.33+VI.B.42.028g (r): 'Finuala (white shoulder'
–559.33+Yonge: History of Christian Names 245: (in a section about the name Finn) 'Fionn-ghuala, or white shoulder, was a tough-looking name enough, though no one need complain of it as Finnuala, as it actually is spoken' (from Old Irish finn: white + Old Irish gúala: shoulder)
–559.33+Fionnuala: in Irish mythology, the daughter of the sea god Lir, cursed to become a swan and wander around Ireland for centuries
559.34smart sallowlass just hopped a nanny's gambit out of bunk like
–559.34+Anglo-Irish gallowglass: a heavily-armed mercenary foot-soldier, usually Scottish or Norse, in the service of an Irish chieftain (from Irish gall: foreigner + Irish óglach: warrior)
–559.34+sallow: having a yellowish or tan complexion (often, but not necessarily, sickly) [.28]
–559.34+Dialect lass: young woman
–559.34+VI.B.13.055h (g): 'nanny's' (in a list devoted to Cluster: Chess) [.36]
–559.34+Colloquial nanny: female goat [.36]
–559.34+VI.B.13.055g (g): 'gambit' (Cluster: Chess)
–559.34+Archaic gambade: a horse's leap
–559.34+bunk: shelf-like sleeping-berth serving as a bed (on a ship or train)
–559.34+Slang bunk: to depart hurriedly
559.35old mother Mesopotomac and in eight and eight sixtyfour she
–559.35+Variants: {FnF, Vkg, Png: ...mother...} | {JJA 60:285: ...Mother...} (conceivably corrupted at JJA 60:343)
–559.35+Mesopotamia: a historic region in the Middle East (modern-day Iraq and parts of its neighbouring countries; from Greek mesopotamia: region between two rivers, namely Tigris and Euphrates)
–559.35+VI.B.6.128f (g): 'potomac'
–559.35+Potomac river, United States [.32]
–559.35+Italian phrase in quattro e quattr'otto: very quickly, in less than no time (literally 'in four and four eight')
–559.35+VI.B.13.055e (g): '8 x 8 = 64'
–559.35+sixty-four squares (eight by eight) on a chess-board (Cluster: Chess)
559.36was off, door, knightlamp with her, billy's largelimbs prodgering
–559.36+Dutch door: through (hence, through the door)
–559.36+VI.B.13.055j (g): 'knight' (Cluster: Chess)
–559.36+night-lamp [560.01]
–559.36+*E* and *A*
–559.36+VI.B.13.055i (g): 'billy's' (in a list devoted to Cluster: Chess) [.34]
–559.36+Colloquial billy: male goat [.34]
–559.36+VI.B.19.207f (g): 'prodgers'
–559.36+Latin progerere: to carry before, to carry forth


  [Previous Page] [Next Page] [Random Page]



[Site Map] [Search Engine] search and display duration: 0.004 seconds