FEINBERG/WHITMAN LITERARY FILE Prose "Words for an Intended Dictionary" (undated) A.MS. draft. Box 36 Folder 731115 Words for an Intended Dictionary: Notes and Definitions. A.MS. (10p appr. 32 x 19 1/2 cm. - - 30 1/2 x 22, one of them) Written in pencil, with a few definitions in ink, on tall sheets, two of them lined, taken from a notebook, one of them yellow (the outside sheet?), with material on both sides of five sheets, definitions of some 400 words, and pronunciations, with, on outside of last page 1 word: Words Some of the notes are: Pathognomy - - with the expression of the passions -- the science of the signs by which the state of the passions is indicated - - the natural language or operation of the mind, as indicated by the soft and mobile part of the body. English, derived from Angles, the name of one of the Saxon tribes that passed over from Germany to England, A.D. 450 English Language: The Saxon speech, introduced into England, A.D. 450 in its (over)1116 basis or stock. On this stock, the Dane, Swede, and Norwegian [followed] engrafted much of their native speech -- The Norman followed and put in the scion of the French -- Words from Latin and Greek have been freely added.....Commerce imports words as well as wares from all parts of the earth. ex=e=ge=sis - the science of literary interpretation -- the author's meaning Decameron of Boccaccio - tales supposed to be related during ten book in days ten parts Shah-namah, the Book of Kings, the most ancient and celebrated poem of the modern Persian language, by the poet Firdousi Emerson must have been born about 1804 Byrant about 1794 or 5 [After these three items, rest of four pages full of sailing & ship terms.] Dip=lo-pi=a, med a disease of the eye which causes a person to see double or triple Dip=ty=chum, pl Diptycha. An ancient ecc. register of two leaves on one the living, other, the dead, saints & martyrs used in liturgy "Kussick" "hassick" the local terms used by gunners for tussocks [over]1117 Words for an Intended Dictionary: 2 of tall grass in the bays. - - Skalds, the musicians and poets of nearly all the northern nations. - - A figure - Five harps played upon by five old men with long white hair ? Five beautiful youths? - twenty-three full formed sinewy anth- letes. -- Every man perfect (Play embodying character of strength savage wildness Indian.) The Roman music was just as much in favor during the middle age in England and France as now - - Spirituality -- Fowler's idea of the organ of "Marvellousness" which he calls Spirituality is judicious. --He says it gives premoni- tions -- it transposes its possessor in the spiritual -- Fore=plane, jack=plane, jointer, smoothing=plane, mallet, mortising= chisel, gimlet, augur, broadaxe Persiflage, par se flazh slobber gauchos (wa kos in South America, Peru, Chili, &c -- the natives, descendants of Europeans, mixed and crossed with the aborigines --also more or less with blacks-- "Lorette" a modern Parisian word -- those of a rather higher order, mistress, kept woman xxxx[?] prostitutes [final word]Scoria pl Scoriae ashes, oross, slag from a smelly furnace, rejected matter, volcanic cinders scorify reduce to scorine manege ma narh place of training horses or riding - art of horsemanship malum in se mala in law a thing wrong or evil in itself memphi tis mem phi tes noscious exhalation especially carbonic acid gas vandevil voda vill variorium edition -one that contains the notes of various commentators. vode vill variorum edition - one that contains the notes of various commentators rostrum pl rostra the beak of a bird, or ship - a prominent place for speaking in Roman assemblies, furnished with beaks of 'enemy' ships personnel The rank appointment ___ of persons in an army or other forces or whatnot, as distinct from materiel Penchant pan slang inclination, declivity, bias pa thog no ___ the expression of the passions - the natural signs or science by which the passions are indicated Tine qua non "without which not" fash (fascher, Old ) vex. trade en route M mo vaz ont Con ge reverence, farewell en famille in a family ang fa met or voltigeur tumbler ter vol ti zhur one of the light cavalry eclair cissement e klare sis mang The art of clearing up an affair. - Explanation Pathognomy - the expression of the passions- the science of the signs by which the the passions is indicated - the natural language or operations of the mind as indicated by the soft and mobile parts of the body. Second Column lee ma la concierge great house or keeper cure (a parson ku ra la res pe ma tis ghost shade m anes ma nez memento mori "remember death Mene a Chaldaic word signifying numeration me ne Mensa et thors "from bed and board" me ne (law) middle, intervening mene mezzo med zo (It) middle, mean vatic inate - to prophesy, foretell vascular having vessels that contain air or fluids phys' Rota (Latin) a wheel per se by him, her or itself alone - in the abstract Pe na tes household gods Lar pl. La res - ditto Patois feu de joie bonfire pa twa fu de zhua ____________ comme il faut as it should be kom el fo port fuille portfolio. office or port full ye department of a ____ of stature [?] Gaul, old France Gaelic, relating to the Celts inhabiting the Scotch highlands, or to the descendant Celts, primitive inhabitants of Italy, Gaul, France, Spain and Britain - The formed the first emigration from Asia into Europe 1600 B. C. Teutonic; Teutones, ancient Germans Saxons, the ancient inhabitants of the north of Germany Picts, ancient inhabitants of most of the British islands, so called because their legs were painted >>>LEFT COLUMN<<< __________ English, derived from Angles, the name of one of the Saxon tribes that passed over from Germany to England, A.D. 450 English Language: The Saxon speech, introduced into England, A.D. 450 is its basis or stock. On this stock, the Dane, Swede, and Norwegian [followed] engrafted much of their native speech -- The Norman followed and put in the scion of the French -- Words from Latin and Greek have been freely added. . . . . . . Commerce imports words as well as wares from all parts of the earth. __________ Torso, the trunk of a statue, deprived of head and arms. __________ repertoire ra per toa r __________ accouche! accouchez! out with it! is there any gender __________ acheve! achevez! (finish) out with it! acheve (a-she-va) adj. finished, perfect point d'appui } a fulcrum, point d appui } >>>RIGHT COLUMN<<< __________ Mathematics - which treats of magnitude and number, or of whatever is capable of being numbered and measured. Two parts - pure where geometrical [ma?] or numbers are the subject of investigation mixed where the deductions are made relations which are obtained from [observation?] and experiment. __________ Scagliola } an artificial } marble made of skal ye ó la } pulverized stones __________ The "stroke oar": He who rows immediately by the coxswain, or foremost of rowers, pulls the stroke oar ___________ Toga, the characteristic outer garment of Roman men ___________ Pallium, - - that of the Greeks ___________ Préstige, illusion, imposture juggling tricks ___________ arriere } a [?way in the rear [????] } back, far behind, ä ray = z } away in the rear ___________ a-do-be mo-ra-le entree elite Rone[ ] as of fringe of jewelry ex-e-gé-sis - the science of literary interpretation - the author's meaning coupon - kvo pong fa cäde - the front of a building etát-major ātä mäzhor - a specific body of officers of the same corps ontology - the science of being in itself or its ultimate grounds and condition - metaphysics omphalic - relating to the navel. omphucine - an oil of movies with which wrestlers were anciently anointed hauleur ho loor bon: mot bong-mo - a hautgout ho goo bonne: bouche - a delicate morsel coup de grase rou de grase the mercy stroke bon: vivant bon ve vang bon: on bon ton Greis et mon droit dew a mo driwa detour contour, kon ton the outlime on general periphery of a figure: the lines which bound and terminate a figure. da tor - turning, windy, - a circular wg deploy - unfold, so as to make a large trout or spread - (as a fur when opened) debouch de boosh, to march out of a wood or narrow pass or file decameron of boccaccio - tale supposed to be [?] during ten days book in ten parts debutant, one who makes a first appearance in public deb o tang debut, first appearance escapade, irregular motion of a false fault, misdemeanor da boo accoucheur ak koo shur accoucheuse accouchement escritoire ak koo shews ak koosh mang es kre twar carte blanche double entendre doo ble an tan dre douceiur doo soor kart blansh char:ta charte sharte sweetness a bribe present a lure charge d'affaires table d'pote unsonsiance negligence careless sharzja d'affare ta bl dote een soo see aionz free from preparation or deliberation canaille regime bel esprit a man of wit tiens etat ka nal re zhem bel es pre and elegance teers a ta penchant, declining inclination the third estate in [con]en famille äng fà mél thirty-one giaour jawôôr anciente äng sānt en passant äng pas sāng rationale ra-she-u-nā-le entree äng trā resume réz u mā Geometry, the science of the relation of quantity or the science which treats of the properties of figured spase, proportiones properties and measurement of lives. o dé ou the music theatre at Athens i/a te goddess of revenge entresol äng tr sōl a floor between other floors en route äng roót restaurant res tor äng restaurateur res tör a tür entremets äng tre mā dainties small side dishes ensemble äng säm bl the whole so considered that each part is taken as it relates to aggregates ret i räde, a retrenchement lit e za teûr soi disant swâ de zäng - pretended, would be embonpoint äng bong pwâng entrepot äng tr pō a magazine warehouse chev äl - a horse, cavalry horse dishabille dis a béel undress loose dress pl chev-aux shev ō repertoire re-pare-toar chî ä ro - os cū ro mingling of light and shade embouchure äng boo shūr - mouth of a river aperture or mouthpiece of a musical instrument chose n shōze (law. / Fr. - a thing in action - i.e. which a man has not possession of but which he has a right to demand. ese e qùā tur document given to a consul by his government cicerone chĭ chĕ rō ne detour de toór a turning, or winding esc pi see, a convict whose term has expired pl Ciceroni ex po se ex po zā equivoke ā key vōké ambiguous or quibbly expression sans des vaches säns da väśh a favorite swiss air of shepherds on the Alpine / noun ci devant sē deväng formerly - heretofor faubourg fō boórg gite jēt a place where one sleeps lounges or reposes Ee Rev. cinque (zingk) five (in dice) femme covert fāme co vért, a married woman feuillemorte full ye mórt color of a faded leaf, femme sole fām sole single woman sans culotte säng ku lót fete champetre fāte sham pātre brochure bro shoór a pamphlet boudoir boo dwór bouillon bool yón broth or soup cabaret kab a rā a tavern Bôu le värd a promenade - a rampart around the city bourse boorse an exchange fig-ur-ānte, opera dancer bourgeois - a citizen [*6 *] Shäh- namah, The Book of Kings , the most ancient celebrated poem of the modern Persian language, by the poet Firdousi Natal. Emerson must have been born about 1804 Bryant about 1794 or 5 All hands, fore and aft All in the wind - the sails parallel in a straight line with the wind so as to quiver , - Amain, old term for yield! - now , any thing done suddenly or quick Anchor a peak - anchor directly under the hawse hole Atrip - when the anchor hangs perpendicularly by the cable - when the topsails are hoisted [*to the mast=head to their utmost*] Avast - stop - as " Avast heaving " stop heaving Buck the anchor, carry a small anchor ahead large one, to help hold Shingle ballast - gravel. -- Trim the ballast - spread it out even The ballast shoots - when it shifts or moves Cheerily Beating to windward - sailing against the wind, by steering alternately close=hauled on the starboard and larboard tacks - Belay - make fast. -- Bight of a rope, double part of a folded rope. Bilge - to break -- The Ship is bilged- her planks are broken by violence Binnacle - to kind of box to contain the compasses, on deck. Bonnet of a sail - an additional piece put on -- Lace on the bonnet - fasten it on Shake off the bonnet, take it off . - Bow=grace - a frame of old rope or junk , put out to prevent injury from ice &c. To break bulk, to begin to unload the ship. - Breaming, burning off the filth from a ship's bottom. Broken=backed - as when a ship's frame is so loosened that she drops at both ends. Capstan, by which the anchor is weighed - and other work where strong purchase is wanted Catheads - on the ship's bows projecting Cat the anchor, haul it up close to the cathead Cat's paw, a faint air of wind Crank, too little ballast or cargo to allow much sail, or venture Coxswain, the person who steers the boat. Cut cable and run. -- Deaden the ship's way, impede her way. Davit, a beam, used as a crane. Dead eyes; block through which the laniards of the shrouds are reeved. - Dead lights, the shutters, at stern used for the worst weather. Dead water, the eddy closing around the stern as the ship sails on. Dead wind, blowing from the very point we want to go toward Dog=vane , a small vane, with feathers and cork, or her quarter, to show the pilot the wind. Douse, to lower suddenly, or slacken or hauld down Dunnage, loose wood laid at the bottom ship , to keep goods from damage Earings, small ropes used to fasten the upper corners of sails to the yards End on, the ship advances toward the shore without any chance of stopping her . Fake, one circle of a rope coiled Fish the mast - apply a large piece of wood to it, to strengthen it.To founder - to sink at sea by filling with water To furl, to wrap or roll a sail and fasten it to the yard Gasket - the rope tying a sail to the yard. The ship is grit with her cables, when too tight moored Ground tackle, cables, hawsers, towlines, warps, buoy=ropes, anchors, and every thing for anchoring or mooring. Gybing, shifting as boom sail from one side of the mast to the other. Halliards, the ropes by which the sails are hoisted Hawse holes, the holes in the bows, through which the cables pass Headway and sternway - Heave the log over, to find the velocity of the ship - Heave handsome, gently, leisurely -- Heave hearty, strong quick Jib, the foremost sail, set on a boom running out on the bows Jib=boom, a spar out on the bowsprit. -- Jolly boat, a small boat. Junk, old cable, old rope -- Jury mast, a temporary mast Kedge, a small anchor. Keel=haul him, drag him back and forth under the keel, to punish [WJ] Keep hold of the land, when I sail in sight of or close along land, Kelson, the timber over the keel, uniting to it the floor timbers I see a good landfall, the land we wanted after a sea voyage, when first seen. I see a bad landfall, the reverse Laniards of the shrouds, small ropes at the end, to tighten them Larboard, the left side. -- Larboard tack, the ship sailing with the wind on her left side Lee, that point toward which the wind blows - whence the wind comes is windward A fleet to leeward of another, has the lee gage Luff! put the helm lee side of the ship, to sail nearer the wind. Mizzenmast, the mast aft. Neap tides, the even tides at first and last quarter of the moon - a ship is beneaper when she can't float Overgrown sea, surges rising extremely high -- Pay out rope Port, larboard. -- Ratlines, the small ropes attached to the shrouds, by which to go aloft Reef, a part of the sail from one row of eyelet holes to another -- Reef the sail, take in one or more Rullock; the niche in a boat's side for the oars. Run of the ship, the aft most part of her bottom, where extremely narrow - distance sailed - also the agreement to work a single passage from one place to another. She sands, when her head falls deep in the trough of the sea Scud, going right before the wind - without any sail set, is spooning. Long sea, slow long waves, uniform steady - short sea, irregular and broken Settle the land, to lower in appearance, by heaving it away Shank, the shaft of the anchor -- Sheer of a ship, her curve from head to stern upon her side Shoe of the anchor, a piece of wood to fit the anchor flew, and keep it from scratching the sideShrouds, the ranges of ropes from the mast heads to the sides of the ship to hold the masts. Linnett, a small rope plaited from rope yarns Slack water, the still interval between the two tides, ebb and flow. Slatch, the period of a transitory breeze. Slip the cable, let it run quite out, no time to weigh anchor. To slue any thing, is to turn or veer it round - as to slue a mast or boom, is to twist it round in its cap or boom-iron. Sounding line, a lin to sound, with marks at regular distances To spill, to let go or discharge. Spoon drift, a showery sprinkle, raised of the tempest wind and flying before the wind. - The masts or spars are sprung, when cracked or sprained to breaking Spring tides, the fullest tides at new and full moon We stand on, we go right straight for the shore -- We stand in, for harbor Starboard, the right hand side. -- A ship is on her starboard tack when sailing with the wind blowing on her starboard side Stays, large ropes, from the mast heads down before, to prevent the masts springing Stern, a circular piece of timber, where the two sides of the ship are united, the lower end is scarfed to the keel, the bowsprit rests on the upper end Stiff, the opposite of crank. -- Wind's eye, the point whence wind blows. Stretches out! pull long and strong and effectually I strike soundings, when I touch bottom with the lead. The ship sues, when the water leaves her on shore. Tafferel, the uppermost part of the stern. Tamkin, the bung of wood, put in a cannon's mouth, to keep out wet. Taunt masts, extraordinarily high masts, tell=tale, an instrument traversing on index, to show the tillers position Tide way, that part of the river where the tide ebbs and flows strongest Tiller, a large piece of timber by means of which the rudder is moved. Trunnels, long wooden pins connecting the planks of the side and bottom to the corresponding timbers. Trice it up, haul it up and fasten it Trim the hold, arrange the cargo regularly. Truck, a round piece of wood, top of the flag staff, with sheaves each side for the flag halyards to reeve in. Trysail, a small sail, for cutters and brigs in blowing weather. Unbend the sails, take them off from the yards - cast loose the anchor from the cable - untie two ropes.- To wind a ship is to [bring] change her position, and bring her head where her stern was.not graceful and free, but awkward and laborsome Box-hauling, veering the ship when she can't conveniently tack It is done by the quickest, most expert seamanship, orders abrupt and decided, a cool keen eye &c Club hauling, a method of tacking on a lee shore, How shall we steer the ship, when her rudder is lost? Morgue Fr (morg) the dead house Gar=ro=te Free=liver Embryo, before the child is perfectly formed - after it is perfectly formed in the womb Fetus Ca via Fr (sa=v a) "it shall go on") French revolutionary song got the names of serious diseases of the eye Woold naval - to fasten or wind or overtone a rope, as around a mast Dip=lo=pi=a (med) , med a disease of the eye which causes a person to see double or triple Dip=ty=chum L, pl Diptycha, An ancient ecc. register of two leaves on one the living, often, the dead, saints & martyrs used in the liturgy "Kussick" "hassick" local terms used by gunners, for tussocks of tall grass in the bays. - Skalds, the musicians and poets of nearly all the northern nations. - - A figure Five harps played upon by five old men with long white hair ? Five beautiful youths ? - twenty-three full formed swimming athletes - every man perfect (Play embodying character of strength savage wildness Indian) The Roman music was just as much in favor during the middle ages in England and France as now- Spirituality - Fowler's idea of the organ of "marvellousness" which he calls Spirituality - is judicious - He says it gives premonitions - it transposes its possessor into the spiritual - Fore=plane, jack=plane, jointer smoothing-plane, mallet, mortising=chisel, gimlet, auger, broadaxe Persiflage, par se flazh - slobber >>>LEFT COLUMN<<< fiasco [?] leal prestige maya, (illusion) enferme (n) (an fèr mé) (confined air "the air of hell") enfermer (va) (to shut up to coop up) environment - environ -s [?] (Italian) [?] minus [?] [?] [?] guachos (wä kos in South America Peru, Chili, Ve - the natives, descendants of Europeans mixed and crossed with the aborigines - also more or less with blacks - >>>MIDDLE COLUMN<<< peon flume cañon, (canyon) prairie vaquero, gulch rancho ranchers "my son" "pop" "dad" "yes=sir=ee" cosset "played out" switch off sock it in stay with scantlings slope slide switch-off dilly=dally take the stump stump speech, >>>RIGHT COLUMN<<< "on it" "Hymner" imperturbe, (new noun) having to do literat, (noun [?] one of the literary) bully ("bully [?]") jab - jabbed "pawed" - (Coburn [?]) to "scull" sluice "sluice head" (in [?]) shoulder=hitter "on the shoulder" "travels on his muscle" "muscle" "Lorette" a modern Parisian word - those of a [?] higher order mistress kept woman. prostitutesWords