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− | Napoleon, whom Wellington defeated at Waterloo. | + | * '''Napoleon:''' Napoleon Bonaparte, whom Wellington defeated at Waterloo |
+ | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160291 Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ||
− | + | * '''''Gr'' lipos + ''L'' oleum:''' fat + oil → ''lipoleum'' (if it were a word) would mean "the [olive] oil made from fat" (cp. ''petroleum'', which means "the oil made from rock." But why does Napoleon = fat-oil? | |
− | + | * '''linoleum:''' a type of floor-covering impregnated with linseed-oil → [[Page_21|FW 021.13:]] [[oil cloth flure]] |
Revision as of 09:03, 2 August 2006
- Napoleon: Napoleon Bonaparte, whom Wellington defeated at Waterloo
- Gr lipos + L oleum: fat + oil → lipoleum (if it were a word) would mean "the [olive] oil made from fat" (cp. petroleum, which means "the oil made from rock." But why does Napoleon = fat-oil?
- linoleum: a type of floor-covering impregnated with linseed-oil → FW 021.13: oil cloth flure