Gossamer

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–noun 

1. a fine, filmy cobweb (蜘蛛網) seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, esp. in autumn.

2. a thread or a web of this substance.

3. an extremely delicate variety of gauze, used esp. for veils.

4. any thin, light fabric.

5. something extremely light, flimsy, or delicate.

6. a thin, waterproof outer garment, esp. for women. 



–adjective 

7. Also, gossamery





　 　

Two little creatures are perched on my shoulders, one whispering into each ear. One carries a pitchfork. The other has gossamer wings.



pitchfork

乾草叉



Devil: But to what purpose other than pure style? And it's there a glitch between the movie's look and style, which are clearly 1930s Art Deco, and its claim to be set in the 1950s? 



Angel: Who really cares about stuff like that? Putting it in the 1950s allowed the Coens to have a lot of fun with the brainstorm of the Robbins character, who invents the hula hoop and makes untold billions for Hudsucker.



glitch

Slang.

–noun 

1. a defect 

or 

malfunction in a machine or plan. 



2. Computers. any error, malfunction, or problem. Compare bug 1 (def. 5).

3. a brief or sudden interruption or surge in voltage in an electric circuit. 



–verb (used with object) 

4. to cause a glitch in: an accident that glitched our plans.  





mesh

to be caught in the meshes of the [law]. 

The [two] versions of the story don't mesh. 

trawl

Kenzie goes [trawling] [for] the little girl through an underworld of 

we are back with Gaffer Hexam and his saintly daughter Lizzie, [trawling] the same river [for] the dumped and the drowned at the start of "Our Mutual Friend."

troll 

cf. droll trot

Vicinity