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845 · AFR on the Move

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gauche
French for "left," it denotes a person who makes faux-pas.

846 · Gately Dreaming

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Taj Mahal

Taj
i.e., the Taj Mahal; Wikipedia

viscous
very thick

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starkers
i.e., stark naked

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851 · Hal Narrates

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Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment

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50 cm.
nearly 20 inches

conic sections
These are studied in advanced trig; they are geometric shapes forced by passing a plane through a double-naped cone at different angles and observing the cross-sections, i.e., circles, ovals, parabolas, and hyperbolas

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terre batu
French for "beaten earth," this is a reference to French clay courts.

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854 · Gately's Dreaming Continued

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effulgence
shining brilliance

hulpil
probably a misspelling of "huipil," which is a kind of thin Mexican blouse

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huaraches
Mexican sandals

B.U.M.
perhaps Boston University Multimedia - but more likely B.U.M. Equipment, a clothes manufacturer that can be read about here

St. Columbkill
this is actually spelled "St. Columbkille," one of the many names of St. Columba, who was also called "Colum Cille," meaning "dove of the church," and was one of the "Twelve Apostles of Ireland" who converted the native Irish - St. Columbkille Parish is a real Parish in Brighton, MA, as end note 348 mentions, the website of which is here.

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w.o.m.
word of mouth

jimson
another name for loco weed

have to much to go on
this appears to be a misprint of "have too much to go on"

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Evel Knievel
Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel, Jr. (1938-2007), was an American motorcycle daredevil.

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UPS
United Parcel Service

Route 45
U.S. Route 45 runs from US-98 in Mobile, Ala., to I-43/I-94 in Milwaukee. It passes through Kentucky.

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orchasm
i.e., orgasm, an interesting pun considering it incorporates "chasm," meaning "abyss"

Liebestod
German: love-death - this is the final aria sung by Isolde in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde

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864 · Hal's Narration Continues

guilloche
an ornamental border that has intersecting curved lines that form a continuous circular design

lee side
nautical term meaning the side facing away from the wind

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ablutions
ritualistic washings of the body

11-18-EST0456
November 18, Eastern Standard Time, 04:56 a.m.

furriners
dialect pronunciation of "foreigners"

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Mount Auburn
probably the Mount Auburn Club in Watertown, Mass.

F.A.A.
Federal Aviation Administration

skirling
shrieking; playing of bagpipes

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duck blind
a shelter for concealing duck hunters

Winchester double-aughts
This is the Winchester 00 rifle, "aught" being a widespread expression for "zero."

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confected
candied or covered in sugar

medials
i.e., medians

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hyper-v'd
hyperventilated

cantilevered
having a "projecting structure, such as a beam, that is supported at one end and carries a load at the other end or along its length" (American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language)

Telekiniption
i.e., telekinesis

occlusive
descriptive of a bandage that closes a wound and keeps it from air

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Subhadronic
making up the parts of the parts of an atom; very, very small

Moët
Moët & Chandon is a French champagne manufacturer

parotitic
having the mumps

half a meter
about 1.64 feet

dermis
skin

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tacit
unspoken

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Endnote 352

Y.D.A.U.

betel-nut extract
This extract causes the teeth and gums to be stained red

internecine
between siblings

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naif
a naive male

dessicated
dried up

S.-B. I.Q.
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Quotient

Year of the Perdue Wonderchicken

sinecure
an office requiring little or no work

Ba'hai
a misspelling of Bahá'í, a Middle-Eastern faith

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hypomanic
not quite manic, but close

co-eval
one of the same generation or era; contemporary

Endnote 353

joss
luck

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fireman's carry
to carry someone by draping over your shoulder

Noh-style
in the style of Noh (alternative romanization: "No"), which is the highly stylized, elaborately costumed classical drama of Japan

hawked
spit

nihil
Latin: nothing

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Good prince Hal
Falstaff addresses the future King Henry V in this manner in Act II, scene ii, of I Henry IV.

cachinated
misspelling of cachinnated, i.e., laughed loudly

compadre
Spanish term for "friend"

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