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Jerry-built unsubstantial. A "jerry-builder" is a speculative builder who runs up cheap, unsubstantial
houses, using materials of the commonest kind. (See Jury Mast.)
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Joan of Arc or Jeanne la Pucelle. M. Octave Delepierre has published a pamphlet, called Doute
Historique, to deny the tradition that Joan of Arc was burnt at Rouen for sorcery. He cites a document
discovered by Father Vignier in the seventeenth century, in the archives of Metz, to prove that she
became the wife of Sieur des Armoise, with whom she resided at Metz, and became the mother of a
family. Vignier subsequently found in the family muniment-chest the contract of marriage between
"Robert des Armoise, knight, and Jeanne D'Arcy, surnamed the Maid of Orleaus." In 1740 there were
found in the archives of the Maison de Ville (Orléans) records of several payments to certain messengers
from Joan to her brother John, bearing the dates 1435, 1436. There is also the entry of a presentation
from the council of the city to the Maid, for her services at the siege (dated 1439). M. Delepierre has
brought forward a host of other documents to corroborate the same fact, and show that the tale of her
martyrdom was invented to throw odium on the English. A sermon is preached annually in France
towards the beatification of the Maid, who will eventually become the patron saint of that nation
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Ireland or Erin is Celtic; from Eri or Iar (western). Lloyd (State Worthies, article "Grandison"), with a
gravity which cannot but excite laughter, says the island is called the land of Ire because of the broils
there, which have extended over four hundred years. Wormius derives the word from the Runic Yr, a
bow. (See below.)
Ireland.
Called by the natives "Erin," i.e. Eri-innis, or Iar-innis (west island).
By the Welsh "Yver-den" (west valley).
Tricky, that, because the Welsh language does not contain the letter V!
The actual current name for Ireland in Welsh is Iwerddon, pronounced (roughly) i-wear-thon.
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Dear Maverick: I rejoice to see you posting in AWADtalk again!
Could that "v" be a typo for "u" of "w" perhaps? I have found several typos in this book.
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Jobation A scolding; so called from the patriarch Job.
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Joan of Arc or Jeanne la Pucelle. M. Octave Delepierre has published a pamphlet, called Doute
Historique, to deny the tradition that Joan of Arc was burnt at Rouen for sorcery. He cites a document
discovered by Father Vignier in the seventeenth century, in the archives of Metz, to prove that she
became the wife of Sieur des Armoise, with whom she resided at Metz, and became the mother of a
family. Vignier subsequently found in the family muniment-chest the contract of marriage between
"Robert des Armoise, knight, and Jeanne D'Arcy, surnamed the Maid of Orleaus." In 1740 there were
found in the archives of the Maison de Ville (Orléans) records of several payments to certain messengers
from Joan to her brother John, bearing the dates 1435, 1436. There is also the entry of a presentation
from the council of the city to the Maid, for her services at the siege (dated 1439). M. Delepierre has
brought forward a host of other documents to corroborate the same fact, and show that the tale of her
martyrdom was invented to throw odium on the English. A sermon is preached annually in France
towards the beatification of the Maid, who will eventually become the patron saint of that nation
Could this be true? She was the patron saint of my college. This is something worth looking into. Does anyone else know where I might obtain more information?
Best regards,
WW
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Jordeloo (3 syl.). Notice given to passengers when dirty water was thrown from chamber windows into
the street. Either "Gare de l'eau," or else "Jorda' lo!" the mutula being usually called the "Jordan."
I leave someone else the fun of finding out what "mutula" meant.
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Juan Fernandez A rocky island in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Chili. Here Alexander Selkirk, a
buccaneer, resided in solitude for four years, and his history is commonly supposed to be the basis of
Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.
Sailors commonly believe that this island is the scene of Crusoe's adventures; but Defoe distinctly
indicates an island on the east coast of South America, somewhere near Dutch Guiana.
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Kaffir (Arabic, Kâfir. an infidel). A name given to the Hottentots, who reject the Moslem faith.
Kafiristan, in Central Asia, means "the country of the infidels."
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Hi Bill
Yes, I expect it could well be just a typo. Lucky none of us mere mortals perpetrate suck abdominations, eh? ;)
btw, already familiar to some folks here, but I am just reading Anne Faddiman's Ex Libris, and have just finished the chapter detailing her whole family's shared genetic predisposition to proof-read every printed word in front of them, including menus, cornflake boxes, small-ads... lmao!
(and ps Bill, you deserve a medal for long-suffering in the face of overwhelming gittery!)
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