I met both of these prominent men during my Columbus years, as an improminent young fellow-citizen might,

Start with a 50 per cent mixture of cellosolve and water; then go directly to pure cellosolve.

I'll need a sharper knife to make clean cuts.  a clean leap over a fence

Known as aettir, these basic divisions were sometimes named after Norse deities: Freya's eight, Hagal's eight and Tiu's eight.