By neatlight of the liquor

• by the light of the liquor → by neatlight of the liquor
  • A first-draft version of Finnegans wake

• night light: (1) a lamp in HCE's bedroom; (2) a dream; (3) a lighthouse → FW 003.13 arclight → cf. pharce and caligulate on this page
  • Baily's Lighthouse, at the southeastern end of Howth Head

• neat: undiluted (e.g. whiskey)

• nightlight: used when a child is afraid of the dark; alcohol is his "nightlight"