Difference between revisions of "Camibalistics"
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| − | * '''cam''' | + | * '''cam:''' in engineering, a mechanical linkage which translates circular motion into linear motion |
| − | * the River Cam in Cambridge, England | + | * '''Cam:''' the River Cam in Cambridge, England |
| − | * '''ballistics''' | + | * '''ballistics:''' the science of the motion, behavior, and effects of projectiles |
| − | * '''cannibal''' | + | * '''cannibal:''' someone who eats human flesh |
| − | ** ''[[Ulysses]]'' 077.33-34: "Rum idea: eating bits of a corpse why the cannibals cotton to it." | + | ** '''''[[Ulysses]]'' 077.33-34:''' "Rum idea: eating bits of a corpse why the cannibals cotton to it." |
* '''cannon balls''' | * '''cannon balls''' | ||
| − | * '' | + | * '''baliste:''' (''French'') a type of siege engine → Lazare Sainéan, ''La Langue de Rabelais'' (Paris 1922) |
| − | * '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballista | + | * '''ballista:''' an early form of crossbow |
| + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballista Wikipedia] | ||
| − | * '' | + | * '''kami:''' (''Japanese'') divine |
| − | * | + | * '''cam:''' (''Northern dialect'') a ridge or mound, such as those which divide plots of land and on which are planted hedges. From the Scandinavian ''kame'' = "comb", "crest", "serrated ridge" → may be a reference to an Irish Neolithic tomb and mound-building cultures |
| − | * '' | + | * '''cam:''' (''Welsh'') crooked, bent, awry; wrong; (''by extension'') unorthodox |
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| + | * '''Cambria:''' Latin name for Wales, derived from the Welsh ''Cymru'' = "Wales" | ||
| + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001300130581 A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer] | ||
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| + | * '''Cumbria:''' the ancient name for a region of northwest England (now a county, but only since 1974) | ||
| + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbria Wikipedia] | ||
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[[Category: Rivers]] | [[Category: Rivers]] | ||
Revision as of 04:25, 5 November 2006
- cam: in engineering, a mechanical linkage which translates circular motion into linear motion
- Cam: the River Cam in Cambridge, England
- ballistics: the science of the motion, behavior, and effects of projectiles
- cannibal: someone who eats human flesh
- Ulysses 077.33-34: "Rum idea: eating bits of a corpse why the cannibals cotton to it."
- cannon balls
- baliste: (French) a type of siege engine → Lazare Sainéan, La Langue de Rabelais (Paris 1922)
- ballista: an early form of crossbow
- kami: (Japanese) divine
- cam: (Northern dialect) a ridge or mound, such as those which divide plots of land and on which are planted hedges. From the Scandinavian kame = "comb", "crest", "serrated ridge" → may be a reference to an Irish Neolithic tomb and mound-building cultures
- cam: (Welsh) crooked, bent, awry; wrong; (by extension) unorthodox
- Cambria: Latin name for Wales, derived from the Welsh Cymru = "Wales"
- Cumbria: the ancient name for a region of northwest England (now a county, but only since 1974)
