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Tim B
March 23rd, 2013, 03:30 AM
Here we are, then; another wonderful selection of imaginative definitions for your entertainment.
Please vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before the
deadline, which is 9 pm GMT (=UTC) on Sunday 24th March. That might well be 5 pm in New York and 2
pm in LA, but I'm not promising!

New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this round. Don't look in a
dictionary. Full rules, if you're curious, can be found at WWW.DIXONARY.NET.

1: [Hung.] a river-bed.

2: [Scots] foul odor; stench.

3: parsley or fennel [Norfolk].

4: the excrement of the badger.

5: a gate in a stone wall (N. Yorks.).

6: the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang]

7: knotted cords used as an Inca mnemonic device.

8: a specialized grease fitting for underwater apparatus.

9: small wooden wedges used to secure canvas hatch covers.

10: a politician who was not re-elected after serving one term.

11: jagged rocks found off the north and west coasts of Scotland.

12: well-preserved, long-lasting food used as currency or barter.

13: the fibrous parts of the blubber of a whale, forming the refuse when the oil has been melted out.

14: a system of parallel ditches,developed in the Netherlands in the 11th Century, to drain peat swamps.

15: in the television space opera _Babylon 5_, a race of mouse-like beings that survived by hiding
in the wainscoting.

16: a device consisting of a metal frame for the head and a bit to restrain the tongue, formerly
used to punish scolds.

17: an hereditary disease of fowl, characterized by severe distortion of the beak, hence inability
to feed; it is invariably fatal.

18: a compound used in the production of red-orange stained glass [acronym formed from the chemical
symbols of iron, nitrogen, potassium and sulphur].

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Daniel Widdis
March 23rd, 2013, 03:53 AM
2 and 12 please

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 23, 2013, at 1:30 AM, Tim B <dixonary (AT) siam (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

> Here we are, then; another wonderful selection of imaginative definitions for your entertainment.
> Please vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before the deadline, which is 9 pm GMT (=UTC) on Sunday 24th March. That might well be 5 pm in New York and 2 pm in LA, but I'm not promising!
>
> New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this round. Don't look in a dictionary. Full rules, if you're curious, can be found at WWW.DIXONARY.NET.
>
> 1: [Hung.] a river-bed.
>
> 2: [Scots] foul odor; stench.
>
> 3: parsley or fennel [Norfolk].
>
> 4: the excrement of the badger.
>
> 5: a gate in a stone wall (N. Yorks.).
>
> 6: the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang]
>
> 7: knotted cords used as an Inca mnemonic device.
>
> 8: a specialized grease fitting for underwater apparatus.
>
> 9: small wooden wedges used to secure canvas hatch covers.
>
> 10: a politician who was not re-elected after serving one term.
>
> 11: jagged rocks found off the north and west coasts of Scotland.
>
> 12: well-preserved, long-lasting food used as currency or barter.
>
> 13: the fibrous parts of the blubber of a whale, forming the refuse when the oil has been melted out.
>
> 14: a system of parallel ditches,developed in the Netherlands in the 11th Century, to drain peat swamps.
>
> 15: in the television space opera _Babylon 5_, a race of mouse-like beings that survived by hiding in the wainscoting.
>
> 16: a device consisting of a metal frame for the head and a bit to restrain the tongue, formerly used to punish scolds.
>
> 17: an hereditary disease of fowl, characterized by severe distortion of the beak, hence inability to feed; it is invariably fatal.
>
> 18: a compound used in the production of red-orange stained glass [acronym formed from the chemical symbols of iron, nitrogen, potassium and sulphur].
>
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—Keith Hale—
March 23rd, 2013, 04:31 AM
I'm going with 13 & 16, please!
-Keith-

>
> 13: the fibrous parts of the blubber of a whale, forming the refuse when the oil has been melted out.
>
> 16: a device consisting of a metal frame for the head and a bit to restrain the tongue, formerly used to punish scolds.

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John Barrs
March 23rd, 2013, 05:07 AM
I'll go for #12 and #13 on account of they could be the same thing

JohnnyB



> 12: well-preserved, long-lasting food used as currency or barter.
>
> 13: the fibrous parts of the blubber of a whale, forming the refuse when
> the oil has been melted out.
>
>

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Dave Cunningham
March 23rd, 2013, 06:54 AM
13 and 17 as it sounds sorta veterinaryish.

Dave

On Saturday, March 23, 2013 4:30:44 AM UTC-4, Tim B wrote:

> Here we are, then; another wonderful selection of imaginative definitions
> for your entertainment.
> Please vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to
> this one), before the
> deadline, which is 9 pm GMT (=UTC) on Sunday 24th March. That might well
> be 5 pm in New York and 2
> pm in LA, but I'm not promising!
>
> New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this round.
> Don't look in a
> dictionary. Full rules, if you're curious, can be found at
> WWW.DIXONARY.NET.
>
> 1: [Hung.] a river-bed.
>
> 2: [Scots] foul odor; stench.
>
> 3: parsley or fennel [Norfolk].
>
> 4: the excrement of the badger.
>
> 5: a gate in a stone wall (N. Yorks.).
>
> 6: the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang]
>
> 7: knotted cords used as an Inca mnemonic device.
>
> 8: a specialized grease fitting for underwater apparatus.
>
> 9: small wooden wedges used to secure canvas hatch covers.
>
> 10: a politician who was not re-elected after serving one term.
>
> 11: jagged rocks found off the north and west coasts of Scotland.
>
> 12: well-preserved, long-lasting food used as currency or barter.
>
> 13: the fibrous parts of the blubber of a whale, forming the refuse when
> the oil has been melted out.
>
> 14: a system of parallel ditches,developed in the Netherlands in the 11th
> Century, to drain peat swamps.
>
> 15: in the television space opera _Babylon 5_, a race of mouse-like beings
> that survived by hiding
> in the wainscoting.
>
> 16: a device consisting of a metal frame for the head and a bit to
> restrain the tongue, formerly
> used to punish scolds.
>
> 17: an hereditary disease of fowl, characterized by severe distortion of
> the beak, hence inability
> to feed; it is invariably fatal.
>
> 18: a compound used in the production of red-orange stained glass [acronym
> formed from the chemical
> symbols of iron, nitrogen, potassium and sulphur].
>

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Tim Lodge
March 23rd, 2013, 07:32 AM
I'll try:

> 13: the fibrous parts of the blubber of a whale, forming the refuse when the oil has been melted out.
>
> 18: a compound used in the production of red-orange stained glass [acronym formed from the chemical
> symbols of iron, nitrogen, potassium and sulphur].

-- Tim L

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Judy Madnick
March 23rd, 2013, 07:32 AM
Quote:
Here we are, then; another wonderful selection of imaginative definitions for your entertainment.
Okay, I have been sufficiently entertained...and these are my votes:


9: small wooden wedges used to secure canvas hatch covers.

11: jagged rocks found off the north and west coasts of Scotland.


Judy Madnick
Jacksonville, FL

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Guerri Stevens
March 23rd, 2013, 07:51 AM
I vote for 5 and 16.

Guerri

On 3/23/2013 4:30 AM, Tim B wrote:
>
> 5: a gate in a stone wall (N. Yorks.).
>
> 16: a device consisting of a metal frame for the head and a bit to
> restrain the tongue, formerly used to punish scolds.

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France International/Mike Shefler
March 23rd, 2013, 09:14 AM
I'll try 4 and 13.

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Efrem Mallach
March 23rd, 2013, 01:20 PM
I'll try wedges and ditches, 9 and 14.

Efrem

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On Mar 23, 2013, at 4:30 AM, Tim B wrote:

> 9: small wooden wedges used to secure canvas hatch covers.
>
> 14: a system of parallel ditches,developed in the Netherlands in the 11th Century, to drain peat swamps.

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Steve Graham
March 23rd, 2013, 04:34 PM
I'll take 11 and 16 please.

Steve Graham
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different
results. Albert Einstein

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Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2391: FENKS - Time to vote

Here we are, then; another wonderful selection of imaginative definitions
for your entertainment.
Please vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this
one), before the deadline, which is 9 pm GMT (=UTC) on Sunday 24th March.
That might well be 5 pm in New York and 2 pm in LA, but I'm not promising!

New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this round.
Don't look in a dictionary. Full rules, if you're curious, can be found at
WWW.DIXONARY.NET.

1: [Hung.] a river-bed.

2: [Scots] foul odor; stench.

3: parsley or fennel [Norfolk].

4: the excrement of the badger.

5: a gate in a stone wall (N. Yorks.).

6: the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang]

7: knotted cords used as an Inca mnemonic device.

8: a specialized grease fitting for underwater apparatus.

9: small wooden wedges used to secure canvas hatch covers.

10: a politician who was not re-elected after serving one term.

11: jagged rocks found off the north and west coasts of Scotland.

12: well-preserved, long-lasting food used as currency or barter.

13: the fibrous parts of the blubber of a whale, forming the refuse when the
oil has been melted out.

14: a system of parallel ditches,developed in the Netherlands in the 11th
Century, to drain peat swamps.

15: in the television space opera _Babylon 5_, a race of mouse-like beings
that survived by hiding in the wainscoting.

16: a device consisting of a metal frame for the head and a bit to restrain
the tongue, formerly used to punish scolds.

17: an hereditary disease of fowl, characterized by severe distortion of the
beak, hence inability to feed; it is invariably fatal.

18: a compound used in the production of red-orange stained glass [acronym
formed from the chemical symbols of iron, nitrogen, potassium and sulphur].

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France International/Mike Shefler
March 23rd, 2013, 04:48 PM
Sigh, I guess I'll have to stop practicing my piano. Oh wait, I
understand, it's driving everyone _else_ nuts!

--Mike

On 3/23/2013 5:34 PM, Steve Graham wrote:
> Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different
> results. Albert Einstein

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Glen Boswell
March 23rd, 2013, 05:22 PM
I'll plump for 11 and 13 please.

Whale meat again . . .

Glen

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Nancy Shepherdson
March 23rd, 2013, 08:56 PM
I'll take 2 and 14, please.
And may god smile on me that neither is the real def.

Nancy

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Tony Abell
March 24th, 2013, 12:05 PM
I suspect the yucky stuff is the ticket, so 4 and 13:

> 4: the excrement of the badger.

> 13: the fibrous parts of the blubber of a whale, forming the refuse when the oil has been melted out.

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Chuck
March 24th, 2013, 03:04 PM
Tim -

From a varied collection of choices mine are -

13: the fibrous parts of the blubber of a whale, forming the refuse when
the oil has been melted out.

and

16: a device consisting of a metal frame for the head and a bit to
restrain the tongue, formerly used to punish scolds.

Thanks,

Chuck

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Dodi Schultz
March 24th, 2013, 03:24 PM
I'll try the stench and the wedges:

> 2: [Scots] foul odor; stench.
and
> 9: small wooden wedges used to secure canvas hatch covers.

—Dodi

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Chris Carson
March 24th, 2013, 03:58 PM
10 and 11 for me.

Chris

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 23, 2013, at 4:30 AM, Tim B <dixonary (AT) siam (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

> Here we are, then; another wonderful selection of imaginative definitions for your entertainment.
> Please vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before the deadline, which is 9 pm GMT (=UTC) on Sunday 24th March. That might well be 5 pm in New York and 2 pm in LA, but I'm not promising!
>
> New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this round. Don't look in a dictionary. Full rules, if you're curious, can be found at WWW.DIXONARY.NET.
>
> 1: [Hung.] a river-bed.
>
> 2: [Scots] foul odor; stench.
>
> 3: parsley or fennel [Norfolk].
>
> 4: the excrement of the badger.
>
> 5: a gate in a stone wall (N. Yorks.).
>
> 6: the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang]
>
> 7: knotted cords used as an Inca mnemonic device.
>
> 8: a specialized grease fitting for underwater apparatus.
>
> 9: small wooden wedges used to secure canvas hatch covers.
>
> 10: a politician who was not re-elected after serving one term.
>
> 11: jagged rocks found off the north and west coasts of Scotland.
>
> 12: well-preserved, long-lasting food used as currency or barter.
>
> 13: the fibrous parts of the blubber of a whale, forming the refuse when the oil has been melted out.
>
> 14: a system of parallel ditches,developed in the Netherlands in the 11th Century, to drain peat swamps.
>
> 15: in the television space opera _Babylon 5_, a race of mouse-like beings that survived by hiding in the wainscoting.
>
> 16: a device consisting of a metal frame for the head and a bit to restrain the tongue, formerly used to punish scolds.
>
> 17: an hereditary disease of fowl, characterized by severe distortion of the beak, hence inability to feed; it is invariably fatal.
>
> 18: a compound used in the production of red-orange stained glass [acronym formed from the chemical symbols of iron, nitrogen, potassium and sulphur].
>
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