Chapter 3: 14-29
Contents
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Spiritual Day-Book
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another Term in the Contract
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Motrix
Female motor. GoogleBooks
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edging away
Pynchonian cliche.
the forms of You
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the other fellow
Satan?
latest Eclipse
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mirror'd Lanthorns
'Lanthorn' is a mistaken variant of 'lantern'. etym
Norfolk Terrier
pix
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Ministerial
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Integral of One over (Book) d (Book)
Freshman calculus gag. The antiderivative or integral of the function 1/x is the function logarithm of x. Written (integral sign) 1/x dx = log x. Substitute (Book) for x. Answer: log (Book) = logbook.
Pistoles
Coins. pix
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upstart Chapels
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singing
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Fender-Belly
Fender: a cushion hung on the side of a ship to protect it if it bumps into a wharf or so. Old tires now serve this function. Fender-Belly has such a cushion in front.
Coconut-Ale
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Macaronis
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Lunarians
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Hostlers
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Glim-Jacks
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praeternatural... supernatural
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'Macaroni Italian Style'
454 hits
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circle of Absence
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fathom
Six feet.
Bahf
Bath.
Fabulous Jellows
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a-lop
Lopsided. (One OED cite from 1865)
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the Point
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Welsh Main
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Fulhams
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Three-Threads
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Euphroe
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Hepsie
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smoaks
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'pert
Shortened form of 'apert' (open, bold).
