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*man-of-war (also man-o'-war, or sometimes just "man") - a powerful warship (or frigate) in 1500-1800 in Europe | *man-of-war (also man-o'-war, or sometimes just "man") - a powerful warship (or frigate) in 1500-1800 in Europe | ||
| − | *Ham - the second son of Noah, in the Book of Genesis, the father of Cush, Mizraim, Phut and Canaan. | + | *Ham - the second son of [[Noah]], in the [[Book of Genesis]], the father of Cush, Mizraim, Phut and Canaan. |
*vainglorious - boastful | *vainglorious - boastful | ||
*tartan - patterned cloth with overlapping horizontal and vertical colored bands associated with a clan, from the Scottish Highlands | *tartan - patterned cloth with overlapping horizontal and vertical colored bands associated with a clan, from the Scottish Highlands | ||
Revision as of 15:54, June 29, 2024
Vocabulary in Billy Budd, the novella by Herman Melville (published posthumously), includes the following:
Chapter 1
- man-of-war (also man-o'-war, or sometimes just "man") - a powerful warship (or frigate) in 1500-1800 in Europe
- Ham - the second son of Noah, in the Book of Genesis, the father of Cush, Mizraim, Phut and Canaan.
- vainglorious - boastful
- tartan - patterned cloth with overlapping horizontal and vertical colored bands associated with a clan, from the Scottish Highlands
- pagod - charred or burnt ("black pagod of a fellow," referring to a particular black sailor)
- Anacharsis Cloots, nicknamed a "citizen of humanity" and "a personal enemy of God," he was an anarchist who advocated for world parliament as a leading figure of the French Revolution, though himself a Prussian nobleman
- retinue - an entourage or group that accompanies someone important