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Matthew
March 2nd, 2012, 04:11 PM
For your voting pleasure we have 18 definitions.

Please vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply
to this one), before the deadline:

Sunday, March 4th, 1:00 PM Eastern Time.

New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
round. Don't look in a dictionary.

1: a meadow nymph

2: a white daffodil

3: a wide-brimmed hat

4: early English epic poetry

5: a 16th Century Welsh trilogy

6: [Gael.] conspiracy; playful prank

7: a footpath; a road. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

8: a celebratory gathering with singing [Welsh]

9: constituting a very large indeterminate number

10: wine-colored; containing wine; inebriating, like wine

11: a British theme gathering based on the court of King Arthur

12: a tall tale, esp where the teller is involved in extra-legal
activties

13: the period of concurrence of two or more planets within one
constellation

14: [Welsh] diminuitive of _Guinevere_; now also used as general term
of endearment

15: a fish of the salmon kind, shaped like the herring, and often
called the fresh-water herring

16: a collection of lusty romances by Swiss-French author Madame de
Stael, hence any maudlin pot-boiler

17: a temporary building, usually of boards; a shepherd's summer hut;
a shanty, shed, shieling [Welsh, 'summer dwelling']

18: a squall forming in fair weather, characteristic of the ocean off
the coast of South Africa, and defined by the small isolated cloud
marking the top of the invisible vortex of the storm

--Matthew Grieco

—Keith Hale—
March 2nd, 2012, 04:25 PM
I suppose i will take 9 and her double 18. Thanks!

Steve Graham
March 2nd, 2012, 04:46 PM
4: early English epic poetry

8: a celebratory gathering with singing [Welsh]


Steve Graham

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too
dark to read. Groucho Marx

Frances Wetzstein
March 2nd, 2012, 05:02 PM
Sounds so literary to me so I'll go for

#4 and #5

-----Original Message-----
From: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
[mailto:dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com] On Behalf Of Matthew
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 5:12 PM
To: Dixonary
Subject: [Dixonary] Vote for GWINIAD - Round 2286


For your voting pleasure we have 18 definitions.

Please vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in
reply to this one), before the deadline:

Sunday, March 4th, 1:00 PM Eastern Time.

New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition
this round. Don't look in a dictionary.

1: a meadow nymph

2: a white daffodil

3: a wide-brimmed hat

4: early English epic poetry

5: a 16th Century Welsh trilogy

6: [Gael.] conspiracy; playful prank

7: a footpath; a road. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

8: a celebratory gathering with singing [Welsh]

9: constituting a very large indeterminate number

10: wine-colored; containing wine; inebriating, like wine

11: a British theme gathering based on the court of King Arthur

12: a tall tale, esp where the teller is involved in
extra-legal activties

13: the period of concurrence of two or more planets within one
constellation

14: [Welsh] diminuitive of _Guinevere_; now also used as
general term of endearment

15: a fish of the salmon kind, shaped like the herring, and
often called the fresh-water herring

16: a collection of lusty romances by Swiss-French author
Madame de Stael, hence any maudlin pot-boiler

17: a temporary building, usually of boards; a shepherd's
summer hut; a shanty, shed, shieling [Welsh, 'summer dwelling']

18: a squall forming in fair weather, characteristic of the
ocean off the coast of South Africa, and defined by the small
isolated cloud marking the top of the invisible vortex of the storm

--Matthew Grieco

Bill Bensburg
March 2nd, 2012, 06:20 PM
14 and 17, please.

thanks!

Bill

Millie Morgan
March 2nd, 2012, 07:39 PM
No idea
.... I'll guess 3 and 15 thankyou Matthew

> 3: a wide-brimmed hat
> 15: a fish of the salmon kind, shaped like the herring, and often called
> the fresh-water herring

Best wishes
Millie

Judy Madnick
March 2nd, 2012, 08:45 PM
<< 7: a footpath; a road. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

<< 8: a celebratory gathering with singing [Welsh]

Judy Madnick

Daniel Widdis
March 3rd, 2012, 12:30 AM
Any def that mentions wine three times can't be wrong.

And lusty is a wonderful adjective.

X and XVI, please.

--
Dan



>
>10: wine-colored; containing wine; inebriating, like wine
>
>16: a collection of lusty romances by Swiss-French author Madame de
>Stael, hence any maudlin pot-boiler

Guerri Stevens
March 3rd, 2012, 04:10 AM
I vote for 1 and 17.

Guerri

Matthew wrote:
>
> 1: a meadow nymph
>
> 17: a temporary building, usually of boards; a shepherd's summer hut;
> a shanty, shed, shieling [Welsh, 'summer dwelling']

John Barrs
March 3rd, 2012, 05:10 AM
Well, what a selection!

I thought I was going to have to declare a DQ on seeing the defs but my
reasons are not sufficiently clearly shown so feeling drunken and also
bemused by the freh-water herring ... please record my votes for #10 and
#15

JohnnyB

10: wine-colored; containing wine; inebriating, like wine
>
> 15: a fish of the salmon kind, shaped like the herring, and often
> called the fresh-water herring
>
>

Tim Lodge
March 3rd, 2012, 06:10 AM
I'll try the footpath and the freshwater herring:

> *7: a footpath; a road. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
>
> 15: a fish of the salmon kind, shaped like the herring, and often
> called the fresh-water herring

-- Tim L

Toni Savage
March 3rd, 2012, 07:35 AM
I like 16 and 18 for creativity.* I especially want to know if 18 is the def of any word.* There are SOOOO many words for winds in this world, from oe to ....


-- Toni Savage


>________________________________
>From: Matthew <mvgrieco (AT) cs (DOT) com>
>To: Dixonary <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
>Sent: Friday, March 2, 2012 5:11 PM
>Subject: [Dixonary] Vote for GWINIAD - Round 2286
>
>For your voting pleasure we have 18 definitions.
>
>Please vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply
>to this one), before the deadline:
>
>Sunday, March 4th, 1:00 PM Eastern Time.
>
>New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
>round. Don't look in a dictionary.
>
>1: a meadow nymph
>
>2: a white daffodil
>
>3: a wide-brimmed hat
>
>4: early English epic poetry
>
>5: a 16th Century Welsh trilogy
>
>6: [Gael.] conspiracy; playful prank
>
>7: a footpath; a road. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
>
>8: a celebratory gathering with singing [Welsh]
>
>9: constituting a very large indeterminate number
>
>10: wine-colored; containing wine; inebriating, like wine
>
>11: a British theme gathering based on the court of King Arthur
>
>12: a tall tale, esp where the teller is involved in extra-legal
>activties
>
>13: the period of concurrence of two or more planets within one
>constellation
>
>14: [Welsh] diminuitive of _Guinevere_; now also used as general term
>of endearment
>
>15: a fish of the salmon kind, shaped like the herring, and often
>called the fresh-water herring
>
>16: a collection of lusty romances by Swiss-French author Madame de
>Stael,* hence any maudlin pot-boiler
>
>17: a temporary building, usually of boards; a shepherd's summer hut;
>a shanty,* shed, shieling [Welsh, 'summer dwelling']
>
>18: a squall forming in fair weather, characteristic of the ocean off
>the coast* of South Africa, and defined by the small isolated cloud
>marking the top of* the invisible vortex of the storm
>
>--Matthew Grieco
>
>
>

France International/Mike Shefler
March 3rd, 2012, 08:22 AM
I'll vote for wine women and song. Well, OK, two out of three then. Give
me 8 and 10.

Dave Cunningham
March 3rd, 2012, 08:30 AM
5 for no reason, and 15 for the blatant red herring.

Dave


On Mar 2, 5:11*pm, Matthew <mvgri... (AT) cs (DOT) com> wrote:
> For your voting pleasure we have 18 definitions.
>
> Please vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply
> to this one), before the deadline:
>
> Sunday, March 4th, 1:00 PM Eastern Time.
>
> New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
> round. Don't look in a dictionary.
>
> *1: a meadow nymph
>
> *2: a white daffodil
>
> *3: a wide-brimmed hat
>
> *4: early English epic poetry
>
> *5: a 16th Century Welsh trilogy
>
> *6: [Gael.] conspiracy; playful prank
>
> *7: a footpath; a road. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
>
> *8: a celebratory gathering with singing [Welsh]
>
> *9: constituting a very large indeterminate number
>
> 10: wine-colored; containing wine; inebriating, like wine
>
> 11: a British theme gathering based on the court of King Arthur
>
> 12: a tall tale, esp where the teller is involved in extra-legal
> activties
>
> 13: the period of concurrence of two or more planets within one
> constellation
>
> 14: [Welsh] diminuitive of _Guinevere_; now also used as general term
> of endearment
>
> 15: a fish of the salmon kind, shaped like the herring, and often
> called the fresh-water herring
>
> 16: a collection of lusty romances by Swiss-French author Madame de
> Stael, *hence any maudlin pot-boiler
>
> 17: a temporary building, usually of boards; a shepherd's summer hut;
> a shanty, *shed, shieling [Welsh, 'summer dwelling']
>
> 18: a squall forming in fair weather, characteristic of the ocean off
> the coast *of South Africa, and defined by the small isolated cloud
> marking the top of *the invisible vortex of the storm
>
> --Matthew Grieco
>
>

Dodi Schultz
March 3rd, 2012, 09:16 AM
I'll try:

7: a footpath; a road. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

and

15: a fish of the salmon kind, shaped like the herring, and often called
the fresh-water herring

—Dodi

Tim B
March 3rd, 2012, 12:09 PM
9 and 17, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

Paul Keating
March 3rd, 2012, 02:55 PM
Vox pop says its 15. And if not, maybe 7, 8, 10 or 17.

I'll take 15, the courtly "fish of the salmon kind", and 17, the Welsh hut.

scott crom
March 3rd, 2012, 04:08 PM
I'll have 6 and 11, please.

Scott

Tony Abell
March 3rd, 2012, 07:20 PM
I'll go for 2 and 15, please:

> 2: a white daffodil

> 15: a fish of the salmon kind, shaped like the herring, and often
> called the fresh-water herring

Jim Hart
March 4th, 2012, 04:29 AM
Staying near the top: 1 and 3

Jim

thejazzmonger
March 4th, 2012, 07:32 AM
Interesting! I'll try:

#1 - a meadow nymph

#15 - herring-like salmon