Both Uses of
nettle
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- Those homely recipes are often the best: strawberries for the teeth: nettles and rainwater: oatmeal they say steeped in buttermilk.†
Chpt 5 *
- Nettled not a little by L. Boom (as it incorrectly stated) and the line of bitched type but tickled to death simultaneously by C. P. M'Coy and Stephen Dedalus B. A. who were conspicuous, needless to say, by their total absence (to say nothing of M'Intosh) L. Boom pointed it out to his companion B. A. engaged in stifling another yawn, half nervousness, not forgetting the usual crop of nonsensical howlers of misprints.†
Chpt 16 *
Definitions:
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(nettle as in: my nettlesome little sister) to annoy -- especially with minor irritations
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(nettle as in: beware of nettles near the river) a type of plant with stinging or irritating hairs