the sailor's hornpipe a lively dance, usually done by one person; popular with sailors.
Saint Thomas Saint Thomas Aquinas; thirteenth-century monk, theologian, and philosopher. His works summarize all that is known about God by evidence of reasoning and faith and serve as the cornerstone of the Roman Catholic faith. Stephen develops his own aesthetic theory from the ideas of Aquinas and Aristotle.
the seawall a strong embankment to prevent the sea from coming up; a breakwater.
seawrack seaweed that has been cast up on shore.
seraphim the highest order of angels.
seventyseven to seventysix Stephen has 76 days until classes are dismissed for Christmas holidays.
Shelley's fragment the reference is to Shelley's unfinished poem "To the Moon."
She's ripping, isn't she? She's first-rate, splendid.
shortbread crisp, dry, buttery bars.
shoulder him into the square ditch shove him into the cesspool.
sick in your breadbasket sick at the stomach.
the sin of Simon Magus a magician who tried to persuade Peter and John to sell to him the power to confer the spirit of the Holy Ghost.
singlets undershirts.
sinned mortally To commit a mortal sin, one must be fully aware that a sin is being committed; knowingly and willingly acting against the laws of God.
slim jim long strips of candy.
smugging perhaps a combination of "smuggling" (suggesting something done clandestinely) and "smug" (meaning, to "make pretty"); here, the term refers to the secret homosexual horseplay that five students were caught at, including Simon Moonan and "Lady" Boyle ("Tusker" Boyle).
Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary a religious association formed by the Jesuit order and based on Loyola's devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Stephen is the administrative leader (prefect) of this organization, which performs charitable works and meets on Saturday mornings for prayers in honor of the Virgin Mary.
some maneens like myself "maneens" is a Irish diminutive of men; Simon is being overly humble, a bit self-deprecating here in order to be well-liked.
a spoiled nun a woman who, for whatever reason, has turned away from her calling to be a nun.
stewards ushers.
a stuff in the kisser a punch in the face.
sums and cuts The teacher has assigned the next problems to be done.
super spottum on this very spot.
surd an irrational number; the root of an integer.
Synopsis Philosophiae Scholasticae ad mentem divi Thomae Summary of the Philosophy and Academic Opinions of Saint Thomas.
The Tablet an ultra right-wing English Catholic paper.
Tempora mutantur nos et mutamur in illis . . . Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis. The times change us and we change in them . . . the times change and we change in them.
Terence Bellew MacManus When the body of the exiled MacManus was returned to Ireland for burial, church officials protested his burial in hallowed ground.
. . . that's one sure five That's for sure; a top mark in billiards, using only one stroke.
that's the real Ally Daly That's a first-class turkey, the best!
there were two cocks There were two faucets — one marked "hot," the other "cold."
they are going to be flogged In this context, flogged refers to being whipped by a cane on the buttocks.
They drove in a jingle. A jingle is a covered, two-wheeled Irish vehicle.
they had fecked cash They had stolen cash.
they had stolen a monstrance In the Roman Catholic Church, a monstrance is a receptacle in which the consecrated host is exposed for adoration.
They were caught near the Hill of Lyons. "They" refers to five students.
Thoth the Egyptian god of wisdom and the inventor of the arts, sciences, and the system of hieroglyphics. The Greeks and Romans referred to him as the cunning communicator Hermes, or Mercury.
the three theological virtues faith, hope, and charity.
thurible a censer, where the incense is burned.
to redden my pipe to light it.
took their constitutional They regularly took a walk for health's sake.
a trail of bunting a trail of festive streamers.
the trinkets and the chainies geegaws, cheap jewelry, and china dishes.
the tub of guts up in Armagh Michael Logue, another archbishop who didn't, but probably could have, used his influence to dispel the general condemnation of Parnell. Reference is taken from Hamlet.
turned to the flyleaf turned to the blank page in the front of the book.
Turpin Hero the old English ballad from which Joyce derived the title of an unfinished narrative, Stephen Hero, which eventually became A Portrait.
twigging scraping a twig broom across a carpet.
two prints of butter two pats of butter with patterned marks, or "prints" on top.
upsetting her napkinring A napkin ring is a ring of china, metal, or wood that holds a folded napkin.
