Round 2402 reposted

[mshefler]

A rather short list this time. Here are 16 definitions of eskippamentum,
one of which came from the dictionary. Vote for your two favorites no later
than 10 AM EDT, Friday, May 3.

1. entrance area to a Finnish sauna with doors or curtains on both
sides, intended to minimize heat loss when people enter or leave.

2. a Double Dutch maneuver in which the jumper performs a back flip.

3. nonce word coined by Frankie Avalon after his recording of "Diana"
skipped and got stuck on American Bandstand in one of the world's
first attempts at lip syncing.

4. portrait of a patron or benefactor incorporated into a liturgical
artwork, especially in an altarpiece.

5. a kind of mucilage extracted from tar.

6. a road covering using local glacial deposits with a bituminous
binder, primarily used in Scandinavia.

7. the short beard growth on a man's face since his last shave, often
used to portray manliness and ruggedness; designer stubble.

8. ideas which are lost through inattention.

9. the tendency, when searching through a long list, to miss those few
items that might be of interest.

10. [Phys.] the second derivative by time of momentum; jerk times mass.

11. [_Obs. Sl.] A self-important person.

12. a poisonous citrus fruit, similar to a lime, with a purplish peel.

13. [Now _Alternative Med._] The therapeutic practice of burning eskippa
or another substance on or next to the skin.

14. [Arch.] tackle or ship-furniture.

15. to careen a ship using tarred sailcloth; often a temporary repair
which could be carried out at sea by dropping the sail over one side
and bring it up on the other side and pulling it taut before securing
it. [literally: to equip with a skin]

16. a vine, long twig or runner.


[Judy Madnick]

5. a kind of mucilage extracted from tar.

6. a road covering using local glacial deposits with a bituminous
binder, primarily used in Scandinavia.


Judy Madnick
Jacksonville, FL

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[Glen Boswell]

I reckon ieither 4 or 14.

Pip pip

Glen

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[—Keith Hale—]

4 & 15 catch my fancy. Cheers. -Keith-

> 4. portrait of a patron or benefactor incorporated into a liturgical
> artwork, especially in an altarpiece.
>
> 15. to careen a ship using tarred sailcloth; often a temporary repair
> which could be carried out at sea by dropping the sail over one side
> and bring it up on the other side and pulling it taut before securing
> it. [literally: to equip with a skin]

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[Steve Graham]

I'll take 3 and 15 for effort, if nothing else.

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

3. nonce word coined by Frankie Avalon after his recording of "Diana"
skipped and got stuck on American Bandstand in one of the world's
first attempts at lip syncing.

15. to careen a ship using tarred sailcloth; often a temporary repair
which could be carried out at sea by dropping the sail over one side
and bring it up on the other side and pulling it taut before securing
it. [literally: to equip with a skin]




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[John Barrs]

#8 and #9 are not only similar in idea but rather appropriate to the game
so I'll go for them


JohnnyB



> 8. ideas which are lost through inattention.
>
> 9. the tendency, when searching through a long list, to miss those few
> items that might be of interest.
>
>
>

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[Millie Morgan]

I take 12 and 14 thanks Mike

> 12. a poisonous citrus fruit, similar to a lime, with a purplish peel.
> 14. [Arch.] tackle or ship-furniture.


Best wishes
Millie


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[Tim B]

It's not so much the definitions I don't believe, more the word itself!

3 and 10, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

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[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 10 and 15.

Guerri
On 5/1/2013 6:32 PM, mshefler wrote:
>
> 10. [Phys.] the second derivative by time of momentum; jerk times mass.
>
> 15. to careen a ship using tarred sailcloth; often a temporary repair
> which could be carried out at sea by dropping the sail over one side
> and bring it up on the other side and pulling it taut before securing
> it. [literally: to equip with a skin]
>

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[Chuck]

Mike -

From a wide choice of selections, mine are -

14. [Arch.] tackle or ship-furniture.

and

15. to careen a ship using tarred sailcloth; often a temporary repair
which could be carried out at sea by dropping the sail over one side and
bring it up on the other side and pulling it taut before securing it.
[literally: to equip with a skin].

Thanks,

Chuck

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[Dodi Schultz]

Since (a) the others seem completely impossible and (b) there ought to be
and probably are far simpler and shorter words for them, as well as (c) the
fact that these two seem uncannily similar and make me suspect that some
player struck oddly close to some obscure dictionary def, I'll take

8. ideas which are lost through inattention.
and
9. the tendency, when searching through a long list, to miss those few
items that might be of interest.

—Dodi

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[Daniel Widdis]

There should be a word for 7, and 3 made me laugh.

On 5/1/13 3:32 PM, mshefler wrote:

>
> 3. nonce word coined by Frankie Avalon after his recording of "Diana"
> skipped and got stuck on American Bandstand in one of the world's
> first attempts at lip syncing.
>
> 7. the short beard growth on a man's face since his last shave, often
> used to portray manliness and ruggedness; designer stubble.
>


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[Nancy Shepherdson]

No idea. I'll take 1 and 4, though. Clever.

Nancy


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[Chris Carson]

I'll fall for the 4s -
4 and 14

Chris

Sent from my iPhone

On May 1, 2013, at 6:32 PM, mshefler <stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com> wrote:

>
> Code:
> --------------------
> A rather short list this time. Here are 16 definitions of eskippamentum,
> one of which came from the dictionary. Vote for your two favorites no later
> than 10 AM EDT, Friday, May 3.
>
> 1. entrance area to a Finnish sauna with doors or curtains on both
> sides, intended to minimize heat loss when people enter or leave.
>
> 2. a Double Dutch maneuver in which the jumper performs a back flip.
>
> 3. nonce word coined by Frankie Avalon after his recording of "Diana"
> skipped and got stuck on American Bandstand in one of the world's
> first attempts at lip syncing.
>
> 4. portrait of a patron or benefactor incorporated into a liturgical
> artwork, especially in an altarpiece.
>
> 5. a kind of mucilage extracted from tar.
>
> 6. a road covering using local glacial deposits with a bituminous
> binder, primarily used in Scandinavia.
>
> 7. the short beard growth on a man's face since his last shave, often
> used to portray manliness and ruggedness; designer stubble.
>
> 8. ideas which are lost through inattention.
>
> 9. the tendency, when searching through a long list, to miss those few
> items that might be of interest.
>
> 10. [Phys.] the second derivative by time of momentum; jerk times mass.
>
> 11. [_Obs. Sl.] A self-important person.
>
> 12. a poisonous citrus fruit, similar to a lime, with a purplish peel.
>
> 13. [Now _Alternative Med._] The therapeutic practice of burning eskippa
> or another substance on or next to the skin.
>
> 14. [Arch.] tackle or ship-furniture.
>
> 15. to careen a ship using tarred sailcloth; often a temporary repair
> which could be carried out at sea by dropping the sail over one side
> and bring it up on the other side and pulling it taut before securing
> it. [literally: to equip with a skin]
>
> 16. a vine, long twig or runner.
>
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[Jim Hart]

I recall something like tar was the unlikely real def recently so I'm going
for 5 and 6

Jim

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[Tony Abell]

I'll go for the two straightforward skipping-related meanings, 8 and 9:

> 8. ideas which are lost through inattention.
>
> 9. the tendency, when searching through a long list, to miss those few
> items that might be of interest.

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