[Dixonary] Round 2288 vote for SINCIPUT

[Millie Morgan]

Here are 22 very entertaining definitions for SINCIPUT only one of which is
from a dictionary.
Please send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message
before the deadline:

7:00am Mon 12th March Melbourne
1:00pm Sun 11th March PDT
3:00pm Sun 11th March CDT
4:00pm Sun 11th March EDT
8:00pm Sun 11th March BT
9:00pm Sun 11th March CET

Thanks Bill ... I'd quite forgotten about the impending change-over to
Daylight Saving in the US, and my acronyms were all up the creek anyway.
Hopefully I've got it right now :)

New players are welcome, even if they didn't enter a definition this round.
Full rules are at http://rules.dixonary.net


Happy voting,
Millie


** SINCIPUT **


1: A person with extreme or fanatical religious views

2: [Hindi] a camel cart

3: Instructions for sining without getting caught

4: a fast packet steamer

5: a rounded body within the nucleus of a cell

6: unsettled; wavering; vacillating; hesitating

7: [Scot] a sort of memoir

8: the upper part of the skull or head; esp., the forehead

9: wheeled shelter used for protection from above attacks

10: a Hindu ritual of purification

11: hungry

12: one of a mythical race of headless people

13: one who is overly concerned with the details of formal manners and
behavior; a prig

14: Being whole, undamaged. [L sincerus "sound, pure, whole"]

15: a large brow ridge, characteristic of Neanderthal skulls

16: headless; leaderless

17: a conference, esp. one of an academic nature; an intellectual
collaboration

18: A character in the book "Gullible's Travels," a 1917 book by Ring
Lardner

19: A dowry gift in Indonesia

20: <n> A medieval tax, a tenth of the revenues from the baronial hearth.
Paid to the Sovereign upon the marriage of the Heir Apparent

21: A former brand of children's claylike modeling substance that can be
shaped, stretched, rolled into a ball and bounced, etc. Later rebranded as
Silly Putty (qv)

22: 1. treason. literally a sin against the head [Lat. _sontis_ guilty +
_capita_ head] 2. broadened to include any capital crime but especially
heresy in city-states controlled by Protestants during the Reformation

[Dave Cunningham]

2 and 10 in order to keep my abysmal record intact

Dave

On Mar 10, 4:18*am, "Millie Morgan" <milliemmor... (AT) bigpond (DOT) com> wrote:
> Here are 22 very entertaining definitions for SINCIPUT only one of which is
> from a dictionary.
> Please send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message
> before the deadline:
>
> 7:00am *Mon 12th March Melbourne
> 1:00pm *Sun 11th March *PDT
> 3:00pm *Sun 11th March CDT
> 4:00pm *Sun 11th March EDT
> 8:00pm *Sun 11th March BT
> 9:00pm *Sun 11th March CET
>
> Thanks Bill ... I'd quite forgotten about the impending change-over to
> Daylight Saving in the US, and my acronyms were all up the creek anyway.
> Hopefully I've got it right now :)
>
> New players are welcome, even if they didn't enter a definition this round.
> Full rules are athttp://rules.dixonary.net
>
> Happy voting,
> Millie
>
> ** SINCIPUT **
>
> *1: A person with extreme or fanatical religious views
>
> *2: [Hindi] a camel cart
>
> *3: Instructions for sining without getting caught
>
> *4: a fast packet steamer
>
> *5: a rounded body within the nucleus of a cell
>
> *6: unsettled; wavering; vacillating; hesitating
>
> *7: [Scot] a sort of memoir
>
> *8: the upper part of the skull or head; esp., the forehead
>
> *9: wheeled shelter used for protection from above attacks
>
> 10: a Hindu ritual of purification
>
> 11: hungry
>
> 12: one of a mythical race of headless people
>
> 13: one who is overly concerned with the details of formal manners and
> behavior; a prig
>
> 14: Being whole, undamaged. *[L sincerus "sound, pure, whole"]
>
> 15: a large brow ridge, characteristic of Neanderthal skulls
>
> 16: headless; leaderless
>
> 17: a conference, esp. one of an academic nature; an intellectual
> collaboration
>
> 18: A character in the book "Gullible's Travels," a 1917 book by Ring
> Lardner
>
> 19: A dowry gift in Indonesia
>
> 20: <n> A medieval tax, *a tenth of the revenues from the baronial hearth.
> Paid to the Sovereign upon the marriage of the Heir Apparent
>
> 21: A former brand of children's claylike modeling substance that can be
> shaped, stretched, rolled into a ball and bounced, etc. Later rebranded as
> Silly Putty (qv)
>
> 22: 1. treason. literally a sin against the head [Lat. _sontis_ *guilty +
> _capita_ head] 2. *broadened to include any capital crime *but especially
> heresy in city-states controlled by Protestants during the Reformation
>
>

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 13 and 22.

Guerri

Millie Morgan wrote:
>
> 13: one who is overly concerned with the details of formal manners and
> behavior; a prig
>
> 22: 1. treason. literally a sin against the head [Lat. _sontis_ guilty
> + _capita_ head] 2. broadened to include any capital crime but
> especially heresy in city-states controlled by Protestants during the
> Reformation

[Tim Lodge]

I'll go for two which will no doubt break my recent run of guessing
the real def:

> *6: unsettled; wavering; vacillating; hesitating
>
> *7: [Scot] a sort of memoir

-- Tim L

[Steve Graham]

With no clue whatsoever:

>
>10: a Hindu ritual of purification
>
>13: one who is overly concerned with the details of formal manners and
>behavior; a prig

[Frances Wetzstein]

I'll vote for #19 and #20 (the taxes) since they are inevitable.

[Dodi Schultz]

On 3/10/2012 5:26 AM, Millie Morgan wrote:
> I emailed this list of defs to the group just over 2 hours ago, and it
> has not yet appearerd in the forum.
> So at the risk of having it appear twice, I am re-sending.

FYI, both reached my inbox. The first says 4:18 a.m., the second 5:26 a.m.

—Dodi

[France International/Mike Shefler]

I"ll try 12 and 16.

[Daniel Widdis]

I'll go with the two different interpretations of "headless".

12 and 16 please.

--
Dan




On 3/10/12 1:18 AM, Millie Morgan wrote:
>
>12: one of a mythical race of headless people
>
>16: headless; leaderless

[Matthew]

My votes go to:

12: one of a mythical race of headless people

and

13: one who is overly concerned with the details of formal manners and
behavior; a prig

--Matthew Grieco

[Judy Madnick]

<< 15: a large brow ridge, characteristic of Neanderthal skulls

<< 18: A character in the book "Gullible's Travels," a 1917 book by
<< Ring
<< Lardner

Judy Madnick

[Bill Bensburg]

I'll reply here; I hope it all turns out OK! :)

I'll throw votes to the twos: 2 & 22.

thanks!

Bill

[scott crom]

I'll have 8 and 15, please.

Scott

[Dodi Schultz]

These two seem unlikely enough:

> 7: [Scot] a sort of memoir
>
> 9: wheeled shelter used for protection from above attacks

—Dodi

[Paul Keating]

It's probably one of the variations on occiput (12 or 16), but I vote for the equally popular and unconvincing 13 and 15.

[steve dixon]

I'll take:

#6 - vascillating (because I am)

#19 - Indonesian dowry

steve d


--
http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin

[Christopher Carson]

I'll tumble for 8 and 15.

Chris


-----Original Message-----
From: Millie Morgan
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 4:18 AM
To: Dixonary (group)
Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2288 vote for SINCIPUT

Here are 22 very entertaining definitions for SINCIPUT only one of which is
from a dictionary.
Please send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message
before the deadline:

7:00am Mon 12th March Melbourne
1:00pm Sun 11th March PDT
3:00pm Sun 11th March CDT
4:00pm Sun 11th March EDT
8:00pm Sun 11th March BT
9:00pm Sun 11th March CET

Thanks Bill ... I'd quite forgotten about the impending change-over to
Daylight Saving in the US, and my acronyms were all up the creek anyway.
Hopefully I've got it right now :)

New players are welcome, even if they didn't enter a definition this round.
Full rules are at http://rules.dixonary.net


Happy voting,
Millie


** SINCIPUT **


1: A person with extreme or fanatical religious views

2: [Hindi] a camel cart

3: Instructions for sining without getting caught

4: a fast packet steamer

5: a rounded body within the nucleus of a cell

6: unsettled; wavering; vacillating; hesitating

7: [Scot] a sort of memoir

8: the upper part of the skull or head; esp., the forehead

9: wheeled shelter used for protection from above attacks

10: a Hindu ritual of purification

11: hungry

12: one of a mythical race of headless people

13: one who is overly concerned with the details of formal manners and
behavior; a prig

14: Being whole, undamaged. [L sincerus "sound, pure, whole"]

15: a large brow ridge, characteristic of Neanderthal skulls

16: headless; leaderless

17: a conference, esp. one of an academic nature; an intellectual
collaboration

18: A character in the book "Gullible's Travels," a 1917 book by Ring
Lardner

19: A dowry gift in Indonesia

20: <n> A medieval tax, a tenth of the revenues from the baronial hearth.
Paid to the Sovereign upon the marriage of the Heir Apparent

21: A former brand of children's claylike modeling substance that can be
shaped, stretched, rolled into a ball and bounced, etc. Later rebranded as
Silly Putty (qv)

22: 1. treason. literally a sin against the head [Lat. _sontis_ guilty +
_capita_ head] 2. broadened to include any capital crime but especially
heresy in city-states controlled by Protestants during the Reformation