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916 (1) · An Unpleasant Discovery
Contents
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frustum
This is "the part of a conical solid left after cutting off a top portion with a plane parallel to the base" (Random House Unabridged Dictionary).
916 (2) · More of Gately's Past
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fuchsia
hot pink
boot-knife
defined here
highatus
i.e., hiatus
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VO
a type of whiskey by Seagram's, the VO standing for "very own"
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LISLE
a fine, hard-twisted cotton thread used for hose, gloves, etc.
EMBRASURE
an opening in a thick wall for a window
lissome
agile; nimble
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CIRCUMAMBIENT
surrounding; encompassing
head
toilet; bathroom
Pressburger
Until the city was renamed Bratislava (currently the capital of Slovakia), a person from that city was called a Pressburger.
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16 mm. siphuncular
0.63 inches; siphuncular basically means "tubular"
4 ml.
The proper abbreviation for milliliters is mL.
viscid
sticky; adhesive
inspissated
thickened by evaporation to become more dense
edema
swelling due to excess fluid
discreditated
Presumably he means "discredited."
Morbid Trauma Quarterly
not a real publication
hemoptysis
coughing up blood
pertussive
accompanied by coughing
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30 kg
about 66.14 lbs
woodie
erection
myopic
near-sighted
Turner
possibly a reference to Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), a British painter
innerdicted
i.e., interdicted
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post-mortem
Latin: after death
stucco
Read about it here.
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Night-Errand
i.e., knight-errant
papoose
While the word technically means "baby," Gately's usage is probably closer to that explained here.
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W. T. Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) was an American army general, responsible for burning Atlanta during the U.S. Civil War.
dipsoid
alcoholic
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (born 1925), was Prime Minister of the U.K. from 1979 to 1990.
cherry
a term for a virgin
simper
to smile self-consciously
highball
a family of mixed drinks
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Carry Nation
Carrie A. Nation (1846-1911) was an American proponent of prohibition of alcohol.
exoskeletally
in a way so that it is outside the skeleton
Zegna
a clothing company founded by Ermenegildo Zegna
MILKEN
Michael Robert Milken (born 1946) is a former stockbroker who served several years in prison for securities fraud.
Beamer
a BMW
almometer
i.e., Alma Mater
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septuagenarian
in ones seventies
tiger's eyes
a type of gemstone
doublets
tight-fitting jackets
Plasma spheres
another name for a plasma lamp
Green-Cardless
not having permanent resident status and, thus, an illegal alien
moll
the girlfriend of a criminal
bagmen
people who collect payments in organized crime
wpm
words per minute
shillelagh
an Irish hand weapon
Old Sod
an term for the "old country" among U.S. immigrants
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Bulldog
mascot of Yale University
proprioception
See wikipedia
VLR
visitor's locker room
pyrotechnic
like fireworks
Bruins
mascot of Brown University, though they actually just call themselves the "Bears"
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N.O.W.
National Organization of Women
power forward
the one of the two forwards in basketball who more often will drive to the net
ursine
pertaining to bears
assassination
Obviously President Limbaugh was assassinated in the recent past.
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Gaelic
i.e., the Irish language
C-notes
hundred dollar bills
375 sky-blue grams
about 13.23 ounces
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Endnote 376
$660.00/g
about $18,000 an ounce
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adulterant
an impurity
gigantism
excessive growth
smack
slang term for heroin
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beeline
a direct route traveled quickly
craven
cowardly
gloaming
dusk
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"...digging some dead gy's head up..."
See Hamlet, Act V, Scene i.
"...asks if they knew him..."
"Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio..." (Hamlet).
934 (1) · While Leaving St. Elizabeth's...
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"...a grotesquely huge woman whose hose bulged..."
It's Steeply.
