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==Page 694==
'''Duck-Boards'''<br>
Duckboards are platforms of wooden slats built over muddy ground to form a dry passageway.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duckboards WIKI]

'''Lady Montague'''<br>
The Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (26 May 1689 – 21 August 1762) was an English aristocrat and writer.  Montagu is today chiefly remembered for her letters, particularly her letters from Turkey, which have been described by Billie Melman as “the very first example of a secular work by a woman about the Muslim Orient”.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Mary_Wortley_Montagu WIKI] - Also, see page [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_71:_687-693#Page_691 691].

==Page 695==
'''bric-a-brac'''<br>
The term bric-à-brac (origin French) was first used in the Victorian era.  It referred then to collections of curios such as elaborately decorated teacups and small vases, feathers, wax flowers under glass domes, eggshells, statuettes, painted miniatures or photographs, and so on.  Bric-à-brac was used as ornament on mantelpieces, tables, and shelves, or displayed in curio cabinets.  Sometimes these cabinets had glass doors, to display the items within while protecting them from dust.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bric-a-brac WIKI]

'''Hull'''<br>
Kingston upon Hull, almost invariably referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.  It is located 25 miles from the North Sea on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary.  Renamed Kings town upon Hull by King Edward I in 1299, the town and city of Hull has served as market town, military supply port, trading hub, fishing and whaling centre, and industrial metropolis.  Hull was an early theatre of battle in the English Civil Wars.  Through its celebrated 18th century Member of Parliament, William Wilberforce, the city was the backdrop to events leading to the abolition of the slave trade in Britain.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_upon_Hull WIKI]

'''Driver's Lash'''<br>
Coachwhip used to torture slaves

'''Recension'''<br>
Recension is the practice of editing or revising a text based on critical analysis.  When referring to manuscripts, this may be a revision by another author.  The term is derived from Latin recensio "review, analysis".  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recension WIKI]

'''anneal'd'''<br>
Annealing, in metallurgy and materials science, is a heat treatment wherein a material is altered, causing changes in its properties such as strength and hardness.  It is a process that produces conditions by heating to above the re-crystallization temperature and maintaining a suitable temperature, and then cooling.  Annealing is used to induce ductility, soften material, relieve internal stresses, refine the structure by making it homogeneous, and improve cold working properties.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annealing_(metallurgy) WIKI]

==Page 696==
'''Corollary'''<br>
Something given beyond what is actually due; something added or superfluous.  From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/corollary WIKI]

'''Vendue'''<br>
See page [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_53:_511-524#Page_511 511].

==Page 697==
'''Spoliators'''<br>
Plunderers; pillagers; to despoil; to rob.  From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spoliate WIKI]

==Page 699==
'''Christopher Maire'''<br>
See page [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_55:_542-553#Page_544 544].

==Page 700==
'''Row-Houses'''<br>
In architecture and city planning, a terrace(d) or row house or townhouse (though the latter term can also refer to patio houses) is a style of medium-density housing that originated in Europe in the late 17th century, where a row of identical or mirror-image houses share side walls.  The first and last of these houses is called an end terrace, and is often larger than those houses in the middle.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row_house WIKI]

'''Pen-Nibs'''<br>
A nib is the part of a quill, dip pen or fountain pen which comes in to contact with the writing surface in order to deposit ink.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen_nibs WIKI]

==Page 701==
'''Cadastral Survey'''<br>
See page [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_40:_399-409#Page_401 401].

==Page 702==
''''Blind Jack' Metcalf'''<br>[[Image:Jack Metcalf.jpg|thumb|Blind Jack Metcalf|right]]John Metcalf (1717–1810), also known as Blind Jack of Knaresborough or Blind Jack Metcalf, was the first of the professional road builders to emerge during the British Industrial Revolution.  Blind from the age of six, John had an eventful life, which was well documented by his own account just before his death.  In the period 1765 to 1792 he built about 180 miles of turnpike road, mainly in the north of England.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Jack_Metcalf WIKI]

'''''Sha'''''<br>
See page [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_55:_542-553#Page_542 542].

'''Crotchet'''<br>
A whim or a fancy.  From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crotchet WIKI]

==Page 703==
'''St. Brendan's Isle'''<br>
See page [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_13:_125-145#Page_134 134].
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