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staff.kellogg.edu staff.kellogg.eduHers.pdf1
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grievous
Severe
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quandary
Uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation.
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It is not rational, because theirhijacked experiences are irrational. They are irrational because they areepistemically sensitive to their psychological precursors, in the same waythat conclusions of inference epistemically depend on inferential inputs
"Epistemically sensitive" meaning that it depends on the inferential inputs which lead them to that conclusion (or to that experience).
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My label for this property is“epistemic charge.”
"Epistemic charge" = the epistemic status that perceptual experiences can have
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a belief isill-founded if it is formed or maintained irrationally, well-founded if itis formed and maintained rationally.3These notions are also gradable.One belief can be more ill-founded (or well-founded) than another.
The gradability of ill-/well-founded here is interesting. The less rational the path to the belief, the more ill-founded it is.
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Perceptual experiences that arose from this kind of reasoning wouldbe rational, in a broader sense that encompasses both good and badoutcomes: they are evaluable as rationally better or worse.
"Rational" just means "rationally (epistemically) appraisable," as in, it can be shown to be better or worse in terms of rationality. So it can be "rational" even if it is evaluated as being rationally worse.
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They all assume that thephenomena they govern are epistemically appraisable. They are normsthat purport to describe how a specific aspect of a properly rationalsubject’s mental life would be. The kind of rationality thatfigures inthe Rationality of Perception hypothesis is located at this high level ofabstraction.
Rationality is tied to a phenomena's epistemic appraisability. The Rationality of Perception holds that perceptual experiences themselves are epistemically appraisable.
But what does it mean to be epistemically appraisable? Does it just mean that it is concerned with what is rational/what rationality looks like? Is that not circular?
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relative tocertain types of norms—norms of rationality
"Rational" here is inherently normative.
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But if Jill’s fear makes her perceptual experience congruent with thefear, then the situation is epistemically more complicated. When we lookmore closely at hijacked perception that reaches all the way to a visualexperience, wefind a distinctive philosophical problem. I’m going to callthis problemthe problem of hijacked experience
More specific: the move to ONLY when the hijacked perception is at the level of perceptual experience, not perceptual judgment. This is more interesting ethically and epistemically.
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When perceptual judgments or perceptual experiences arise fromprocesses that give prior outlooks too much weight and fail to giveproper weight to perceptual inputs (if there are any such inputs), wecan say that the outlookhijacksthe perceptual state
This definition of hijacking a perceptual state (giving too much weight to "prior outlooks" and not enough to perceptual inputs when creating perceptual judgments or perceptual experiences) sidesteps the initial distinction between what exactly gets hijacked--the judgments or the experiences themselves. It is indiscriminate between the two possibilities.
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The distinction between perceptual experience and judgment gives usat least two broad kinds of potential effects on perception
If the mental states affect perceptual judgment, then the perceiver observes the world as it is but jumps to a particular conclusion that's in line with their mental states. If the mental states affect the perceptual experience, then they do not observe the states as they actually are but see the world itself in a way that aligns with their mental states and make the subsequent (reasonable) judgments about these incorrect perceptions.
The former seems to be the fault of the lacking reasoning faculties of the perceiver, while the latter is almost beyond their control, in that it's a defect of human cognition that is unavoidable and insidious.
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irrational perception. Influences on perception could come from beliefs,hypotheses, knowledge, desires, traits, and moods.1They could alsocome from evaluative states that psychologists call“attitudes.”
Irrational perception seems to be a psychological phenomenon of misinterpretation on the part of the person doing the perceiving. Most of these causes seem to be related to or are themselves mental states, except for perhaps knowledge. What is it about these states that "get in the way" of an objective perception of the world?
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Verluste
Der Verlust - loss
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Jagd
Die Jagd - chase
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Bevölkerung
Die Bevölkerung - population
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Bedenken
Noun, meaning qualms or concerns.
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Erkenntnissen
Erkenntnissen: Sachen ein person hat gelernt von etwas sie haben gesehen order gelesen (findings)
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Erniedrigung
Erniedrigung: ein weg leute zu degradieren (humiliation)
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Zeugnisse
Zeugnisse: ein Erklärung von was ein person hat gesehen order gesagt (a testimony)
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- Aug 2019
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bio.libretexts.org bio.libretexts.org
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Plant Tissues
There are 2 major tissues found in plants: 1) meristematic tissues and 2) permanent tissues. Meristematic tissue is the location of a plant where cells are actively dividing and growing while Permanent tissue is the location of a plant where the cells are no longer dividing. Meristematic tissue contains 3 regions of plant growth: 1) apical meristems-plant extension- 2) lateral meristems-plant thickness- and 3) intercalary meristems-plant length.
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Plant Organ Systems
The plant organ system is composed of 2 categories: 1) • Shoot organ system (non-reproductive and reproductive part of the plant) - used to obtain light for photosynthesis above ground 2)• Root organ system- used to obtain nutrients (water and minerals) underground
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vascular plants
Plants that contain seeds are divided into 2 categories: 1) gymnosperms and 2) angiosperms -Gymnosperm: seeds are not protected -Angiosperm: seeds are protected
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leaflets
A leaflet is a component of a compound leaf resembling an individual leaf. Each of the leaflets and the central midrib pictured actually comprise one leaf of the locust tree.
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hegemonic
Hegemony
- The predominance of one state or social group over others.
- Predominance; preponderance; leadership; specifically, headship or control exercised by one state over another or others, as through confederation or conquest: originally applied to such a relation often existing among the states of ancient Greece.
- Leadership; preponderant influence or authority; -- usually applied to the relation of a government or state to its neighbors or confederates.
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organicist i
Organicism is the philosophical perspective which views the universe and its parts as organic wholes and - either by analogy or literally - as living organisms. It can be synonymous with holism
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Cartesian paradigm
The 'Cartesian Paradigm' is where both body and mind are perceived as distinct and separate and not part of a unified whole . The name Cartesian is derived from the French philosopher Rene Descartes .
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‘manosphere’ is a group of loosely incorporated websites andsocial media communities where men’s perspectives, needs, gripes,frustrations and desires are explicitly explored.
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- Jul 2019
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Path FormationPaved paths are not always the most desirable routes going from point A to point B. This may lead pedestrians to take short-cuts. Initially pedestrians walk over green grass. Subsequent people tend to use the stamped grass path instead of the pristine grass, and after many pedestrians an unpaved path is formed without any top-down design.
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mises-media.s3.amazonaws.com mises-media.s3.amazonaws.com
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voluntary trade
describes a market where buyers and sellers have the right to sell and buy by their own preference or refuse to if they so choose.
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arxiv.org arxiv.org
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multivalent,
takes on more than one value
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univalent,
takes on a unique value
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We therefore endorse the established principle that students and the state should share the cost of tertiary education. We support the income-contingent repayment approach as a means of delivering this fairly, with those benefitting the most making the greatest contribution.
Student Contribution System = new name for students and the state sharing the cost of tertiary education, with an income-contingent repayment approach (those benefitting the most making the greatest contribution...[what does this mean?])
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pacifist
One who believes war and violence are unjustifiable
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onerous
(of a task or responsibility) involving a great deal of effort, trouble, or difficulty; in Law: involving heavy obligations
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skittish
Frivolous, unpredictable
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drudgery
Hard or menial work
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lacunae
An unfilled space or gap
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cartels
An association of manufacturers or suppliers with the purpose of maintaining prices at a high level and restricting competition.
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so ist es ein sicheres Kennzeichen, daß man entweder noch gar keinen gültigen Beweis habe, oder es auch mehrere und verschiedne Pflichten sind, die man für Eine gehalten hat.
Auch hier kommt mir Kants Argumentation unschlüssig vor. Es ist ein einfaches, ein Beispiel zu konstruieren, in dem es zwei gute und gültige Gründe für EINE Verpflichtung gibt.
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daß nämlich ein irrendes Gewissen ein Unding sei. Denn in dem objektiven Urteile, ob etwas Pflicht sei oder nicht, kann man wohl bisweilen irren; aber im subjektiven, ob ich es mit meiner praktischen (hier richtenden) Vernunft zum Behuf jenes Urteils verglichen habe, kann ich nicht irren, weil ich alsdann praktisch gar nicht geurteilt haben würde;
Irgendwie störe ich mich daran. Mir fällt zwar kein konkretes, dies wiederlegendes Beispiel ein, aber das mag ja einer anderen vielleicht anders gehen. Zumindest nehme ich aber schon an, dass sich eine Gewissensverirrung passieren kann, und bin unschlüssig beziehunsgweese unverständig, was Kants Begründung gegen diese angeht. Vielleicht verstehe ich aber auch seinen Begriff vollkommen falsch.
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drawing-room
"A room to withdraw to, a private chamber attached to a more public room (see withdrawing-room n.); now, a room reserved for the reception of company, and to which the ladies withdraw from the dining-room after dinner" (OED).
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thither
"Also, 'hither,' to go to and fro; to move about in various directions" (OED).
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Jämställdhet innebär att kvinnor och män har samma makt att forma samhället och sina egna liv.
Vad är jämställdhet?
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putrescent
From MCCONNELL 286: "growing rotten or decayed"
From DANAHAY 179: rotting
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temerity
From DANAHAY 180: recklessness
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redoubt
From MCCONNELL 288: fortification
From DANAHAY 181: "a fort put up before a battle to protect troops and artillery"
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putrefactive
From MCCONNELL 288: "causing decay or rottenness"
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special constable
GANGNES: "Special constables" in the Victorian period were private citizens who were appointed or volunteered to help the official police keep the peace in times of crisis. The "white badge" (below) likely refers to the white armbands issued to special constables in the nineteenth century. "Staff" may indicate their truncheons, or the narrator was given another kind of wooden weapon.
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hussars
From DANAHAY 187: "light cavalry, named after the fifteenth-century Hungarian units on which they were modeled"
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a score or so of miles
GANGNES: A "score" is 20 miles, so roughly 20-40 miles.
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in conjunction
From MCCONNELL 298: "At conjunction, the Earth and Mars are on opposite sides of the Sun."
From HUGHES AND GEDULD 225: "Mars and Earth are in (superior) conjunction, and farthest from each other, when they are lined up with the sun between them; they are in opposition, and closest to each other, when they are lined up with Earth between Mars and the sun."
From DANAHAY 189: "It is far away from earth, but will be 'in opposition' again."
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sidereal
From DANAHAY 190: "having to do with the stars"
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gibber
From DANAHAY 191: "to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and often foolishly"
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tympanic surface
From MCCONNELL 244: "Like the tympanum, the vibrating membrane of the middle ear."
From DANAHAY 143: "A tympan is a drum, so the Martian skin here is like a drum."
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pipette
From DANAHAY 144: "a small glass tube used by chemists to move liquid from one area to another"
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silicious
From MCCONNELL 245: "growing in silica-rich soil, crystalline"
From DANAHAY 145: "crystalline, made of silica or sand"
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wonderful
GANGNES: In this case, strange and unbelievable (not inherently a good thing).
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budded off just as young lily bulbs
From DANAHAY 145: "the bulbs of a lily that reproduce by budding off from each other through the process of fission, a form of asexual reproduction"
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fresh water polyp
From MCCONNELL 246: "a sedentary marine animal with a fixed base like a plant, and sensitive tendrils (palp) around its mouth with which it snares its prey"
From DANAHAY 145: "a sedentary type of animal form characterized by a more or less fixed base, columnar body, and free end with mouth and tentacles"
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Tunicates
From MCCONNELL 246: "marine animals with saclike bodies and two protruding openings for the ingestion and expulsion of water (their means of locomotion)"
From STOVER 190: "The Tunicates ... are Sea Squirts, belonging to the Urchordata, a subphylum of chordata or 'vertebrated animals [to which they are] first cousins.'"
From DANAHAY 146: "a subspecies of sea animals that have saclike bodies and minimal digestive systems"
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carmine
From DANAHAY 147: bright red
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sticks
From HUGHES AND GEDULD 219: "'Sticks' was a common abbreviation for 'shooting-sticks'; pistols."
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copper
From MCCONNELL 258: "a very large kettle, usually made of iron; a common feature of kitchens at the turn of the century"
From DANAHAY 155: a large kettle
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stun
GANGNES: In this case, a tool or object the narrator can use to knock the curate unconscious or make him quiet some other way.
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butt
GANGNES: the end of the handle of the meat cleaver
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split ring
From MCCONNELL 259: "a large key-ring, for keeping all the keys of a household"
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ruddy
GANGNES: red or red-brown
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insecurity
GANGNES: In this case, vulnerability or lack of safety.
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gladiolus
GANGNES: Gladiolus are flowering plants, not vegetables. The flowers and greens are edible to humans, but eating the bulbs is not advised.
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fecundity
From DANAHAY 161: fertility
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slake
From DANAHAY 161: "quench, to drink until no longer thirsty"
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lightermen
From MCCONNELL 225: "crewmembers of a lighter, or unpowered barge used to unload cargo ships in harbor"
From HUGHES AND GEDULD 215: "sailors on or owners of lighters or barges (boats used in the 'lightening,' or unloading, of large ships)"
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fishing-smacks
From MCCONNELL 232: smacks are "single-masted, light sailing vessels used as tenders for warships"
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colliers
From MCCONNELL 227: "ships carrying coal"
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ram
From MCCONNELL 228: "a warship with a heavy iron beak or prow for penetrating the hull of an enemy"
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Thames estuary
From MCCONNELL 228: the point at which the river meets the sea's tide
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bulwarks
From MCCONNELL 229: "walls above the main deck to protect the passengers from wind and driving rain"
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douche
From MCCONNELL 230: a spray of water
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larboard
From MCCONNELL 231: port/left
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Mortlake
GANGNES: area of London on the south bank of the Thames, east of Twickenham, north of Richmond, and south of Chiswick; essentially the same area as Sheen
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concussion
GANGNES: explosion
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insensible
GANGNES: unconscious
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coloured supplements
From MCCONNELL 240: "Popular newspapers frequently issued these supplements, cheap and crude reproductions, 'suitable for framing,' of famous works of art or stirring historical scenes; they decorated the homes of many lower middle class families."
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scullery
From MCCONNELL 241: "room in which food is cleaned or cut before being taken to the kitchen for cooking; hence the most malodorous and usually the dirtiest room of the house"
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cumulus cloud
From MCCONNELL 207: "A tall, dense, puffy cloud. Many readers during the First World War viewed this as a forecast of the use of poison gas."
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carbonic acid gas
From MCCONNELL 207: carbon dioxide
From STOVER 149: carbon dioxide is heavier than air; it is emitted from erupting volcanoes into the low-lying areas around them
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fitful cannonade
From DANAHAY 113: a heavy artillery fire
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quick-firers
From DANAHAY 114: rapid-fire artillery (like minute-guns)
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the sack of a cycle shop
From DANAHAY 116: "sack"=looting
GANGNES: The narrator's brother is one of the first to arrive during the process of looting a bicycle shop, which allows him to steal a bicycle before they are all taken.
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hansom cabs
From MCCONNELL 212: a one-horse, two-wheeled cab for two passengers with the driver seated above and behind the cab
From DANAHAY 116: "these were frequently for hire on the streets of London like taxis"
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pony chaise
DANAHAY 117: small carriage light enough for one pony to pull
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pugilistic
From DANAHAY 117: related to boxing
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insensible
From DANAHAY 118: unconscious
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five pound note
From MCCONNELL 215: one pound = five dollars
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gride
From DANAHAY 120: a grating/grinding sound
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horses’ bits
From DANAHAY 122: a bit is a piece of metal that fits in a horse's mouth and forms part of the reins
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brewer’s dray
From DANAHAY 122: large cart breweries used to deliver beer
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privet hedge
From MCCONNELL 220: European evergreen with white flowers
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disgorged
From DANAHAY 124: spilled out
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sovereigns
From MCCONNELL 220: gold coins worth two pounds, eighteen shillings (each)
From DANAHAY 124: gold coins worth two pounds each ("the man has a lot of heavy money in his bag")
GANGNES: Note that MCCONNELL's and DANAHAY's respective accounts of a sovereign's worth are not the same as one another or as HUGHES AND GEDULD's (and STOVER's) below.
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gold
From HUGHES AND GEDULD: "refers to sovereigns: gold coins worth one English pound each."
GANGNES: Note that HUGHES AND GEDULD's account of a sovereign's worth is not the same as MCCONNELL's or DANAHAY's above. STOVER (157) agrees with HUGHES AND GEDULD.
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ramifications
From MCCONNELL 224: extensions
From DANAHAY 127: new branches of "black smoke"
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gout
From DANAHAY 127: blob
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powder
GANGNES: gunpowder for cannons and other artillery
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exacerbating
to make a problem worse
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music-hall
From DANAHAY 99: "a vaudeville type of entertainment in a theater comprised of singing, comedy and dancing"
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Sunday League
From MCCONNELL 192: Sunday Leagues were "religious groups which gathered to protest the opening of pubs on the Sabbath"
From DANAHAY 99: a Sunday League was a group "opposed to opening the pubs on Sundays [who] organized wholesome alternatives such as excursions"
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Flying Hussars
From MCCONNELL 193: "light cavalry specializing in swift attack"
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menagerie
From DANAHAY 100: "a collection of wild or foreign animals kept for exhibition"
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traps
From DANAHAY 101: small carriages with two wheels
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evensong
From DANAHAY 102: evening prayer
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lasses
From DANAHAY 102: young women
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reservist
From MCCONNELL 195: "The reorganization of the British Army included an emphasis upon the reserve forces; but there was considerable doubt throughout the years before World War I whether a 'reserve' soldier would really be able to function in a battlefield situation."
From DANAHAY 102: "somebody in the army reserve force"
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roughs
From DANAHAY 102: working-class young men
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field guns
From MCCONNELL 196: "heavy cannon mounted on carriages"
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wire guns
From MCCONNELL 196: "Field pieces with finely-wound wire, coiled under tension, inside their barrels. An early form of rifling (introduced in 1855), the wire coil made it possible to construct a much thinner and lighter barrel than previously, and also increased greatly the effective range of the projectile. Wire guns were used extensively during the period, and in the First World War."
From DANAHAY 103: "artillery with wire wound in the barrels that increased their power and range"
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hawkers
From DANAHAY 104: "people who sold in the streets by shouting out the name of their product"
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one of those old-fashioned tricycles with a small front wheel
From MCCONNELL 198: "the 'Coventry' tricycle, two wheels with a much larger supporting wheel to one side, current around 1876"
From HUGHES AND GEDULD 213: sometimes nicknamed "Tuppence-farthing bikes" (because of their appearance)
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promenaders
From DANAHAY 105: "people dressed in their best clothes out for a stroll"
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walking out
From MCCONNELL 199: courting
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small hours
GANGNES: early hours after midnight ("wee hours")
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tocsin
From DANAHAY 106: alarm bell or warning
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stupid
GANGNES: In this case, not unintelligent, but rather, unaware or unknowing.
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en masse
From MCCONNELL 202: "in a body, in a crowd"
From DANAHAY 107: "in one huge mass"
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laid their guns
From MCCONNELL 203: "prepared to fire"
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ululation
From MCCONNELL 203: "crying or moaning"
From DANAHAY 109: "a high-pitched cry that goes up and down the scale"
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heavy minute guns
From MCCONNELL 206: "guns designed to fire at intervals of one minute"
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kopjes
From STOVER 148: "Small hills of South African locution made familiar to English readers in accounts of the Boer War, from behind which Boer guerrillas sniped on English troops. Although the war did not officially break out until 1899, the landscape of the coming conflict was reported by [Rudyard] Kipling."
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battery
From MCCONNELL 173: "four to eight guns in the Horse Artillery of the time"
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theodolite
From MCCONNELL 175: "a surveying instrument with a telescopic sight, for establishing horizontal and vertical angles"
From DANAHAY 85: "A mirror mounted on a pole, used in this situation to communicate the whereabouts of the Martians and warn the artillery of their approach."
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heliograph
From MCCONNELL 175: "a moveable mirror, usually mounted on a tripod, used to transmit signals by sun flashes"
From DANAHAY 85: "An apparatus for telegraphing by means of the sun's rays flashed from a mirror."
Note: There is a photograph of heliograph operators in DANAHAY Appendix I.
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assiduously
From DANAHAY 86: busily
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twelve-pounders
From MCCONNELL 177: "Guns capable of firing a twelve-pound ball. Heavy artillery, like every other aspect of warfare, underwent a gigantic growth in the late nineteenth century--especially after the German munitions maker, Alfred Krupp, developed the first all-steel gun in 1851."
From DANAHAY 86: "artillery, heavier than field guns described previously"
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rampart
From DANAHAY 87: "a broad embankment raised as a fortification"
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omnibus
From DANAHAY 87: a horse-drawn bus
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Sabbatical
From DANAHAY 87: "literally means day of worship; people are dressed as if for going to church on Sunday"
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vicar
From MCCONNELL 178: "the priest of a parish"
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grenadiers
From MCCONNELL 178: "Originally, grenadiers were especially tall soldiers in a regiment employed to throw grenades. This practice was discontinued by the end of the eighteenth century, though the tallest and finest soldiers of their regiments continued to be called 'grenadiers.' After 1858, the only regiment officially referred to by the name was the Grenadier Guards, the First Regiment of the Household Cavalry."
From DANAHAY 88: "originally 'grenade throwers,' but by this time an elite army regiment"
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pollard willows
From MCCONNELL 180: "willows cut back to the trunk, so as to produce dense masses of branches"
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portmanteau
From DANAHAY 90: a large travelling bag or suitcase
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camera
From MCCONNELL 182: "The first portable camera, the Kodak, had been patented by George Eastman in 1888. Wells himself was an ardent amateur photographer."
From DANAHAY 91: "These were very large, box-like cameras."
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tidal bore
From MCCONNELL 182: "an abrupt rise of tidal water flowing inland from the mouth of an estuary"
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the thing called a siren in our manufacturing towns
From MCCONNELL 183: "The word [used in this way] was still new at the time, and referred primarily to factory whistles."
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towing path
From MCCONNELL 183: "a path along the bank of a river for the horses or men who tow boats on the river"
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clangorous
From DANAHAY 92: a loud, metallic ringing sound
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wheal
From MCCONNELL 184: "welt or ridge"
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CURATE
From DANAHAY 93: "a member of the clergy who is either in charge of a parish or who is serving as an assistant in a parish."
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spinneys
From DANAHAY 94: "small clumps of trees, not large enough to be a wood"
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mackerel sky
From DANAHAY 95: "A mackerel is a seawater fish that has rows of dark markings on its back. The rows of clouds resemble these markings."
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cockchafer
From MCCONNELL 190: European scarab beetle
From DANAHAY 97: large European flying beetle
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lassitude
From DANAHAY 68: weariness, lack of energy
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chariot
From DANAHAY 68: a word for cart
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sappers
From MCCONNELL156: "military engineers, builders of trenches, fortifications, etc."
From DANAHAY 69: "engineers who built bridges, forts and other structures the army might need"
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Horse Guards
From MCCONNELL156: "The famous 'Blues,' or Royal Horse Guards, consolidated in 1819."
From DANAHAY 69: the Royal Horse Guards: elite British army cavalry unit
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field gun
From DANAHAY 71: "a piece of mobile artillery, usually pulled by horses"
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bevy
From DANAHAY 71: large group
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horse and dog-cart
From MCCONNELL 159: "a light, two-wheeled vehicle with two seats, back to back: horse-drawn"
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palings
From MCCONNELL 159: fence pickets
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dish cover
From DANAHAY 72: a large metal cover used to keep food hot
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spanking
From DANAHAY 73: speeding
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dog roses
From MCCONNELL 161: "European variety of rose, with very pale red flowers"
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fusillade
From DANAHAY 74: "a round of coordinated fire by a body of soldiers"
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good hap
From DANAHAY 74: good luck
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smote
From DANAHAY 75: struck or hit
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tripod
From MCCONNELL 163: "Any three-legged support, although the most common instance of the 'tripod' for Wells's readers would probably have been the tripod on which older cameras were mounted."
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in its wallowing career
From DANAHAY 76: in its path
GANGNES: In the 1898 edition, "wallowing" is removed.
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articulate
From DANAHAY 76: jointed, able to bend and/or move
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insensate
From DANAHAY 76: without consciousness
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squatter’s
From DANAHAY 77: a squatter is "a person living in a building without paying rent"
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stress
From DANAHAY 78: force
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Colossi
From MCCONNELL 169: "giant figures"
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Hist!
GANGNES: an exclamation to quietly get someone's attention; similar to "Psst!"
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gun he drove had been unlimbered
From MCCONNELL: "To 'unlimber' a gun is to detach it from its limber, a two-wheeled carriage drawn by four to six horses, and prepare it for firing."
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limber
From DANAHAY 81: "the part of the carriage on which the gun is pulled, and from which it has to be 'unlimbered' or detached"
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in skirmishing order
From MCCONNELL 171: "formation for a conventional attack"
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ejaculatory
From DANAHAY 82: disjointed, told in short bursts
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cowls
From DANAHAY 83: the hood of a monk's garment
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decollected.net decollected.net
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accosted
From DANAHAY 56: "spoke to or grabbed hold of"
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attenuated
From DANAHAY 57: thin
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Deputation
GANGNES: In this case, as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary: "a body of persons appointed to go on a mission on behalf of another or others"
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furze bush
From MCCONNELL 143: "a spiny shrub with yellow flowers, very common throughout England and Europe"
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mustering
From DANAHAY 59: "Literally collecting together, but here figuratively meaning becoming more numerous."
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parabolic
From DANAHAY 60: bowl shaped
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incontinently
From DANAHAY 60: immediately
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gloaming
From DANAHAY 60: twilight
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mounted
GANGNES: riding a horse
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collision
GANGNES: In this case, an attack or conflict. Stent and Ogilvy sent their telegraph before there was any sign of overt hostility from the Martians; they contacted the barracks so that the soldiers might come to the pit and protect the Martians from being attacked by humans, not the other way around.
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hummock
From MCCONNELL 146: "a small knoll or hill"
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my collar had burst away from its stud
From MCCONNELL 148: "Collars at the time were detached from the shirt, generally made of celluloid, and fastened around the neck with a stud."
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incredible
GANGNES: In this instance, unbelievable; the narrator is relieved that his wife believes his story about what happened to him because his neighbors did not.
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cope
From DANAHAY 64: a cloak or cape
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argon
From HUGHES AND GEDULD 205: "a chemically inactive, odorless, colorless, gaseous element, no. 18 on the Periodic Table of the Elements. It had just been discovered and was in the news. Wells had written it up in 'The Newly Discovered Element' and 'The Protean Gas,' Saturday Review 79 (February 9 and May 4, 1895): 183-184, 576-577."
GANGNES: The above articles from the Saturday Review are available in scanned facsimile here ("The Newly Discovered Element") and here ("The Protean Gas").
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shell
GANGNES: An artillery projectile. See Wikipedia entry) on different kinds of shells.
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erethism
From MCCONNELL 151: "term describing an unusual state of irritability or stimulation in an organism"
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tempering
From MCCONNELL 151: burning/roasting
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canard
From DANAHAY 66: a joke or hoax
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love-making
GANGNES: In this case, courting.
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A boy from the town, trenching on Smith’s monopoly, was selling papers with the afternoon’s news.
GANGNES: MCCONNELL is somewhat at odds with HUGHES AND GEDULD and STOVER here; H&G's identification of "Smith" as referring to the newsagent W. H. Smith is important to the print culture of Victorian Britain. I include MCCONNELL to show that critical/annotated editions are not infallible.
From HUGHES AND GEDULD 205: "Cutting into or 'poaching on' W. H. Smith's monopoly of selling newspapers inside the station. The chain of W. H. Smith to this day has the exclusive rights to selling newspapers, magazines, and books in m any British railroad stations."
From MCCONNELL 153: "'Trenching' means encroaching. The newsboy is selling his papers at a station where Mr. Smith has a permanent newsstand."
From STOVER 91: "Reference to W.H. Smith, whose chain of stationery stores to this day has the exclusive rights to sell newspapers, books, and magazines in British railway stations."
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villas
From DANAHAY 66: "the Victorian term for any large detached modern house"
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a squadron of Hussars, two Maxims, and about four hundred men of the Cardigan regiment
From MCCONNELL 154: "Hussars are light cavalry. The Maxim is the Maxim-Vickers, the first truly automatic machine gun, manufactured in the 1880s." The Cardigan regiment is from Cardiganshire: a county in West Wales.
From HUGHES AND GEDULD 206: "The Maxim gun, patented in 1884 by Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, was an early form of machine gun. After some modification it was adopted by the British Army in 1889. In the field, Maxims were usually mounted on wheeled carriages. ... The Cardigan regiment was named for Cardiganshire, a western county of Wales located between Fishguard and Aberystwyth."
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