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| + | * '''in his toofarback for messuages''' → '''in his rushlit toofarback for messuages''' | ||
| + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft.p0059&id=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft&isize=L A first-draft version of Finnegans wake] | ||
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* '''rushlight:''' a rush-candle, made from rushes dipped in grease; an insignificant person | * '''rushlight:''' a rush-candle, made from rushes dipped in grease; an insignificant person | ||
| − | * ''''' | + | * '''rushlight:''' (''slang'') liquor (Note: this annotation is in the first two editions of Roland McHugh's ''Annotations to Finnegans Wake'' but not in the third edition; it may be a mistake) |
* '''rush-lit:''' illuminated by rushlights | * '''rush-lit:''' illuminated by rushlights | ||
* '''burning bush''' → Exodus 3 | * '''burning bush''' → Exodus 3 | ||
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| + | * '''resh''' = head, beginning (Hebrew) | ||
Latest revision as of 11:34, 6 April 2013
- in his toofarback for messuages → in his rushlit toofarback for messuages
- rushlight: a rush-candle, made from rushes dipped in grease; an insignificant person
- rushlight: (slang) liquor (Note: this annotation is in the first two editions of Roland McHugh's Annotations to Finnegans Wake but not in the third edition; it may be a mistake)
- rush-lit: illuminated by rushlights
- burning bush → Exodus 3
- resh = head, beginning (Hebrew)
