[Dixonary] SMARAGDINE - Time to VOTE

[Steve Dixon]

Sorry, gang, that I am so late getting these up. I thought I was picking my
sister up about 5:30 to take her to eat and then to the airport for a 9:45
PM flight. At about 1:30 she tells me we need to leave by 3:30. Much too
late to move the deadline up though, it turns out, nothing new came in
after about 2:15.


The good news is you are going to enjoy figuring out the definition from
the great bunch offered here. Good luck!


Vote for TWO by replying to this message, (you can hit “Reply� this time)
before the deadline, which is 6:30 AM EDT on Friday, April 06, 2012, or
3:30 AM PDT .



1.

a folkloric creature adapted to living on hillsides by having legs on
one side of its body shorter than those on the other side.



1.

a kind of domestic pigeon.


1.

a shop-girl.


1.

of or pertaining to emerald green; of a gem-like, lustrous green color.


1.

prone to extreme anger.


1.

_obs_ Having a musical aspect or quality, usually said of a speaking
voice. From Skt. raga-s "harmony, melody."


1.

talentless.


1.

the sadness or bitterness of being old [fr.Heb _mara_ bitter].


1.

the cloth in which a haggis is boiled.


1.

multivariate to the point of absurdity; describing a system with many
branches or possible results, most of which are impractical or nonsensical.


1.

an astringent ointment used in the late 19th century in France.


1.

a decorative technique for ceramics, in which a painted design is
smeared with a cloth before it is dry.


1.

the strongly scented deposit left on tree trunks and other vegetation by
certain animals to mark territorial boundaries.



1.

a type of coarse alabaster, fire-hardened for use as flooring or tile.


1.

margarine which has been subjected to extreme heat.


1.

muddy.


1.

possessing irregular or distorted features.


1.

orach; saltbush.


1.

in India, a student who endures a bullying initiation with pride and
good humor.


1.

[Dan.] an informal dinner consisting mainly of herring prepared in a
variety of manners.


1.

a blend of almond paste and sugar.

[EnDash@aol.com]

My picks are 4 and 9.


4. of or pertaining to emerald green; of a gem-like, lustrous green color.
9. the cloth in which a haggis is boiled.

-- Dick Weltz

[Bill Bensburg]

I vote for 17 & 18.

I echo the comments about the format of the message vis-a-vis "new" and
"old" google groups.

Bill

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[Daniel Widdis]

The original defs looked fine to me. Although, when doing the usual cut of
the definition list to reprint the ones I voted for, they auto-renumbered
themselves. Apparently they are entered as bullet points rather than raw
text. Which is very, very annoying of Google Groups to do, particularly
with our game.

I think I am going to start shopping around for alternate venues to play
this game.

If 10 is not smaragdine I'd like to know what word matches that def. And 20
because it's got my name on it.

--
Dan

[Tim Lodge]

I'm also seeing that, on the Google Group website, every def is number
'1'! However, like Dan I was able to renumber them in MS Word.

I'll take a green floor tile:

> 4. of or pertaining to emerald green; of a gem-like, lustrous green color.
>
> 14. a type of coarse alabaster, fire-hardened for use as flooring or tile.

-- Tim L

[Tim B]

I was beginning to think I'd have to vote for 1 and 1; the only version I've seen with correct
numbers is the Word attachment! All the ones that arrived by email were all ones.

I'll have 4 and 13, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 8 and 10.

Guerri

Steve Dixon wrote:
>
> 8. the sadness or bitterness of being old [fr.Heb _mara_ bitter].
>
> 10. multivariate to the point of absurdity; describing a system with
> many branches or possible results, most of which are impractical
> or nonsensical.

[Judy Madnick]

From: "Tim B" <dixonary (AT) siam (DOT) co.uk>

<< I was beginning to think I'd have to vote for 1 and 1; the only
<< version I've seen with correct
<< numbers is the Word attachment! All the ones that arrived by
<< email were all ones.

I haven't been to the group webpage, but the numbers in the email I received were fine. Hmmmm....

Judy

[Tony Abell]

I play by email only. The definition list is arriving as a multi-part message
containing both plain text and HTML. My email client lets me see either
version. Most email clients these days do not. Instead, they completely hide
the distinction and automatically show only the HTML part when it is present.

In all of the postings of the definitions, the HTML is normally numbered and
the plain text version is messed up, with all the numbers being "1." followed
by a line feed.

Whether or not an email message comes as just a plain text message or both
plain text and HTML seems to depend on how the sender created the message. If
it was created with a real email program (not a web browser) using plain text
only, it might arrive in only plain text to the list members. I don't know
whether the numbering would be messed up in that case.

[Judy Madnick]

From: "Tony Abell" <hello (AT) isanybodyhome (DOT) com>

<< I play by email only....

<< In all of the postings of the definitions, the HTML is normally
<< numbered and
<< the plain text version is messed up, with all the numbers being
<< "1." followed
<< by a line feed.

Ah, okay. I had the same result...but hadn't originally checked the text version...which I now see has all 1's. Since all my email is filtered through gmail and arrives in my third-party email program, I went back to my gmail account online, and that's fine.

I frequently have issues whereby gmail (online) looks fine, but when a particular email arrives in my third-party program, it has problems (e.g., instead of receiving a "bunch" of embedded images, there will be just one...over and over again, and if I send an embedded image, it may or may not appear in the proper position in the recipients' mailboxes). I've never known whether gmail is at fault...or there's a miscommunication between gmail and my email program.

Judy

[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll go for 11 and 16.

[Dave Cunningham]

12 and 13 for no particular cogent thought

Dave


On Wednesday, April 4, 2012 8:12:43 PM UTC-4, Steve Dixon wrote:

> Sorry, gang, that I am so late getting these up. I thought I was picking
> my sister up about 5:30 to take her to eat and then to the airport for a
> 9:45 PM flight. At about 1:30 she tells me we need to leave by 3:30. Much
> too late to move the deadline up though, it turns out, nothing new came in
> after about 2:15.
>
>
> The good news is you are going to enjoy figuring out the definition from
> the great bunch offered here. Good luck!
>
>
> Vote for TWO by replying to this message, (you can hit “Reply� this
> time) before the deadline, which is 6:30 AM EDT on Friday, April 06, 2012,
> or 3:30 AM PDT .
>
>
>
> 1.
>
> a folkloric creature adapted to living on hillsides by having legs on
> one side of its body shorter than those on the other side.
>
>
>
> 1.
>
> a kind of domestic pigeon.
>
>
> 1.
>
> a shop-girl.
>
>
> 1.
>
> of or pertaining to emerald green; of a gem-like, lustrous green color..
>
>
> 1.
>
> prone to extreme anger.
>
>
> 1.
>
> _obs_ Having a musical aspect or quality, usually said of a speaking
> voice. From Skt. raga-s "harmony, melody."
>
>
> 1.
>
> talentless.
>
>
> 1.
>
> the sadness or bitterness of being old [fr.Heb _mara_ bitter].
>
>
> 1.
>
> the cloth in which a haggis is boiled.
>
>
> 1.
>
> multivariate to the point of absurdity; describing a system with many
> branches or possible results, most of which are impractical or nonsensical.
>
>
> 1.
>
> an astringent ointment used in the late 19th century in France.
>
>
> 1.
>
> a decorative technique for ceramics, in which a painted design is
> smeared with a cloth before it is dry.
>
>
> 1.
>
> the strongly scented deposit left on tree trunks and other vegetation
> by certain animals to mark territorial boundaries.
>
>
>
> 1.
>
> a type of coarse alabaster, fire-hardened for use as flooring or tile.
>
>
> 1.
>
> margarine which has been subjected to extreme heat.
>
>
> 1.
>
> muddy.
>
>
> 1.
>
> possessing irregular or distorted features.
>
>
> 1.
>
> orach; saltbush.
>
>
> 1.
>
> in India, a student who endures a bullying initiation with pride and
> good humor.
>
>
> 1.
>
> [Dan.] an informal dinner consisting mainly of herring prepared in a
> variety of manners.
>
>
> 1.
>
> a blend of almond paste and sugar.
>
>
>

[Matthew]

My votes go to:

14. *a type of coarse alabaster, fire-hardened for use as flooring or
tile.

and

17. possessing irregular or distorted features.

--Matthew Grieco

[Dodi Schultz]

SMARAGDINE? 'Smysterious! 'Smaybe . . .


> 4.
>
> of or pertaining to emerald green; of a gem-like, lustrous green color.
>

OR . . .

>14.
>
> a type of coarse alabaster, fire-hardened for use as flooring or tile.
>


—Dodi

[Paul Keating]

Vox pop says it’s 4, 10 or 14, and since I can’t vote for all three of them, I’ll take 10 and 14.

[Tony Abell]

Despite the amusing 1, I was leaning more towards voting 1 and 1. Then I thought
better of it, and decided to go for 1 and 1 instead:

> 4. of or pertaining to emerald green; of a gem-like, lustrous green color.

> 12. a decorative technique for ceramics, in which a painted design is smeared with a cloth before it is dry.

[Millie Morgan]

I'll pick the unloved pigeon and shop-girl

>2. a kind of domestic pigeon
>3. a shop-girl.


Best wishes
Millie

[Nancy Shepherdson]

I never found any postings numbered other than with ones, even in my
email.

However, I've counted carefully and choose 4 (the emerald color) and
18 (saltbush).

Nancy