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'''Junto'''<br>
Meeting, get together, social, etc.  

Before Ives' time, no doubt, but note, also:  The Junto was a club established in 1727 by Benjamin Franklin for mutual improvement in Philadelphia.  Also known as the ''Leather Apron Club'', its purpose was to debate questions of morals, politics, and natural philosophy, and to exchange knowledge of business affairs.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junto WIKI]

'''The Room continues to fill up, the Dawn not to arrive.'''<br>
This section is extremely Faulknerian; esp. brings to mind the opening pages of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sartoris ''Sartoris''].

'''Sercial'''<br>
Sercial (Cerceal in Portuguese) is the name applied to any of several white grapes grown in Portugal, especially on the island of Madeira, and gives its name to the dryest of the four classic varieties of Madeira fortified wine.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sercial WIKI]

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'''puissant'''<br>
Powerful, mighty, having authority.  From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/puissant WIKI]

'''''sotto Voce'''''<br>
Sotto voce (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsotːo ˈvotʃe], literally "under voice") means to speak under one's breath.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotto_voce WIKI]

'''Epiphany'''<br>
Epiphany is a Christian feast day which celebrates the revelation of God in human form in the person of Jesus Christ.  Epiphany falls on January 6 in the modern Gregorian Calendar followed by most Western churches.  Many of the Eastern Churches use the traditional Julian Calendar, where Epiphany occurs on the Gregorian Calendar's January 19.  Western Christians commemorate the visitation of the Biblical Magi to the child Jesus on this day, i.e., his manifestation to the Gentiles.  Eastern Christians commemorate the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River, seen as his manifestation to the world as the Son of God.  It is also called Theophany, especially by Eastern Christians.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany_(holiday) WIKI]

==Page 761==
'''cotes'''<br>
A small structure built to contain domesticated animals such as sheep, pigs or pigeons.  From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cote WIKI]

==Page 762==
'''Mayer'''<br>
See page [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_74:_717-732#Page_730 730].

==Page 763==
'''Se'nnight'''<br>
Seven days and nights; a week.  From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sennight WIKI]

'''Birmingham'''<br>
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England.  Birmingham is the second-most populous British city...  The City of Birmingham forms part of the larger West Midlands conurbation and includes several neighbouring towns and cities, such as Solihull, Wolverhampton and the towns of the Black Country.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham WIKI]

==Page 764==
'''Leyden Jar'''<br>
See page [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_29:_289-295#Page_294 294].

'''Lignum Vitae'''<br>
Lignum vitae is a trade wood, also called guayacan or in Europe known as pockenholz, from trees of the genus ''Guaiacum''.  This wood was once very important for applications requiring a material with its extraordinary combination of strength, toughness and density.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignum_vitae WIKI]

'''Alembicks...  Retorts'''<br>
An alembic is an alchemical still consisting of two retorts connected by a tube.  Technically, the alembic is only the upper part (the capital or still-head), while the lower part is the cucurbit, but the word was often used to refer to the entire distillation apparatus.  A modern descendant of the alembic (used to produce alcohol) is the pot still.  It was described by Al-Razi in the 9th century in his "''Book of Secrets''".  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alembic WIKI]

==Page 765==
'''Stellium'''<br>
Stellium:  At least four planets linked together in a series of continuous conjunctions.  The planets will act as if they are all in conjunction with each other, even if not all of them actually are.  This pattern gives a huge emphasis to the sign occupied by the planets, regardless of the sun sign.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natal_astrology WIKI]

'''''Vis Martis'''''<br>
Inner Mars

'''Ephemeris'''<br>
An ephemeris (plural: ephemerides; from the Greek word ἐφήμερος ephemeros "daily") is a table of values that gives the positions of astronomical objects in the sky at a given time or times.  Different kinds are used for astronomy and astrology.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephemeris WIKI]

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'''Coves'''<br>
(British) A fellow; a man.  From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cove WIKI]

'''Tobers'''<br>
In British English and traditional American English usage, a tramp is a long term homeless person who travels from place to place as an itinerant vagrant, traditionally walking or hiking all year round.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tramp WIKI]

'''Cheroot'''<br>
The cheroot or stogie is a cylindrical cigar with both ends clipped during manufacture.  Since cheroots do not taper, they are inexpensive to roll mechanically, and their low cost makes them particularly popular.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheroot WIKI]

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'''Gloak'''<br>
A man, a guy.  From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gloak WIKI]

'''quiddles'''<br>
To talk nonsense or speak vaguely, to waffle.  From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quiddle WIKI]

'''the Bitter flows'''<br>
Bitter- A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.  from [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bitter WIKI] 

'''''Ghastly Fop'''''<br>
See page [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_54:_525-541#Page_527 527].

'''Clozay le Gob'''<br>
A verb in the imperative plural in French ends in "ez", pronounced like "ay", with "Gob" being British slang for "mouth".

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