Difference between revisions of "Hod"

Revision as of 06:09, 23 June 2006

hod: a V-shaped stemmed trough carried over the shoulder to haul bricks, mortar, etc

s Finnegan's Wake: "And to rise in the world he carried a hod." → "he" is Tim Finnegan

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-*hod:  hard (=erect).  In a sexual pun throughout these next few sentences
+* '''hod:''' a V-shaped stemmed trough carried over the shoulder to haul bricks, mortar, etc
-"Hod" is also found in the first lines of the ballad "Finnegan's Wake":  "And to rise in the world he carried a hod."  "He" is Finnegan; a hod is a trough carried over the shoulder to haul bricks, etc.
+* '''''s [[Finnegan's Wake]]'':''' "And to rise in the world he carried a hod." &rarr; "he" is Tim Finnegan
-Hod, cement, edifices: HCE (builder)
+* '''hard:''' erect &rarr; sexual puns throughout the next few sentences
+* '''hod, cement, and edifices:''' [[HCE]], in his guise as a builder of cities
+* '''man of hod:''' Deuteronomy 33:3: "Moses, the man of God"