Chapter 70: 678-686
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Interdiction
To interdict -
1. To forbid by church or legal sanction.
2. To damage, interrupt or destroy enemy lines of communication.
3. (Roman Catholic) to exclude a person or geographical area from participation in church symbolism and services.
4. To exclude from church sacraments including burial.
5. To invoke a prohibition against contact with another. From WIKI
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Creeping Nick... threw him on to the Jersey Ice
See page 408.
Catfish
See page 673.
Lancaster Rifle... with an inverted Pentacle upon the Stock
See page 427.
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Monomaniack
A person who is obsessed with a single thing, to the exclusion of other concerns. From WIKI
Cairns
A cairn (carn in Irish, carnedd in Welsh, càrn in Scots Gaelic) is a manmade pile of stones, often in a conical form. They are usually found in uplands, on moorland, on mountaintops or near waterways. From WIKI
Legionary
The Roman legionary was a professional soldier of the Roman army after the Marian reforms of 107 BC. Legionaries had to be Roman citizens under the age of 45. They enlisted in a legion for twenty-five years of service, a change from the early practice of enlisting only for a campaign. The last five years were on veteran lighter duties. From WIKI
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Stuffata
See page 74.
opiated Philtres
Most likely, Dixon is passing out the reserves of Daffy's Elixir, from his massive, initial purchase. See page 267.
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against the Day
Here it is again
Sha
See page 542.
in a Cycle belonging to some Engine whose higher Assembly and indeed Purpose, they are never, except from infrequent Glimpses, quite able to make out
This is a common theme and observation of Pynchon's throughout his work, from the Tristero of Crying of Lot 49 to Against the Day - Finding the Truth of existence and purpose is impossible, however, there are these glimpses and connections that come and go, though usually leaving one back where they began... ie. the Human Condition, Pynchon-style
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The Rabbi of Prague
Refer to page 485.
