Charles Olson: Poems Glossary

Charles Olson: Poems Glossary

Victrola

a gramophone popular in the 1920s and 1930s

Hindrances

something holding back a person

Trammel

to restrain something, to catch something in a net

Throng

a large number of people

Cook-crowning

a way to measure time

Ravined

with ridges

Elixir

a potion used as a medicine

Bungling

executing a task in a clumsy manner

Warf house

a house built on the shore or the bank of a river

Headland

a piece of land stretching into the sea

Syndactylism

webbing connecting the toes

Tilled

to cultivate the land

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