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* '''stringed argent:''' (''heraldry'') heraldic term → probably a reference to the official heraldic description of the coat of arms of the Republic of Ireland – namely, the Brian Ború harp, which is "stringed argent" (i.e. has argent/silver-colored strings) "on a field azure." → [[argent]] in the preceding line
 
* '''stringed argent:''' (''heraldry'') heraldic term → probably a reference to the official heraldic description of the coat of arms of the Republic of Ireland – namely, the Brian Ború harp, which is "stringed argent" (i.e. has argent/silver-colored strings) "on a field azure." → [[argent]] in the preceding line
  
* '''archer:''' (''nursery rhyme'') "A was an Archer, who shot at a frog" → cf. [[Page_4 FW 004.02] [[Brékkek Kékkek Kékkek Kékkek! Kóax Kóax Kóax!]]
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* '''archer:''' (''nursery rhyme'') "A was an Archer, who shot at a frog" → cf. [[Page_4|004.02]] [[Brékkek Kékkek Kékkek Kékkek! Kóax Kóax Kóax!]]
  
 
* '''Charles Archer:''' a character in Sheridan Le Fanu's ''The House by the Churchyard'', a key text for FW
 
* '''Charles Archer:''' a character in Sheridan Le Fanu's ''The House by the Churchyard'', a key text for FW

Latest revision as of 02:32, 12 November 2010

  • stringed argent: (heraldry) heraldic term → probably a reference to the official heraldic description of the coat of arms of the Republic of Ireland – namely, the Brian Ború harp, which is "stringed argent" (i.e. has argent/silver-colored strings) "on a field azure." → argent in the preceding line
  • arches → rainbows
  • archers strung → archers stringing their bows → cf. Odysseus → Ulysses
  • Apollo: Greek god of archery (also of music, poetry, prophecy and healing), often identified with Helios the Sun god → helio in this line