dolce (Italian) dessert.
Lom town near the border between present-day Bulgaria and Romania.
Ternova ridge in present-day Slovenia.
Babbitting metal a soft white metal of tin, lead, copper, and antimony in various proportions, used to reduce frictions as in bearings.
Croat a person born or living in Croatia, a country in southeast Europe that was at one time part of Austria-Hungary.
Magyar a member of the people constituting the main ethnic group in Hungary.
"Alto piano . . . but no piano" (Italian) "Upland plain . . . but no plain."
Brindisi a seaport in Apulia, southeast Italy, on the Adriatic.
dogfish any of various small sharks. Lieutenant Henry means to be insulting.
Pordenone a town in northeast Italy, between the Piave and Tagliamento Rivers.
monkey suit (slang) a uniform.
"We may drink — " As before, the dash replaces an obscenity, in this case a slang reference to urine, most likely.
"Tomorrow maybe we'll sleep in — " The dash replaces an obscenity.
Tagliamento a river in the Venetia region of northeast Italy, to the west of Udine, that flows south to the Adriatic Sea.
