View Full Version : [Dixonary] Round 2427 ... now it's time to vote
Millie Morgan
July 27th, 2013, 01:39 AM
Here are 19 of the FUNEST definitions you've seen in a long while.
But only one of them came from a dictionary.
Please send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message
before the deadline:
10:00pm Sun 28/7 Melb.
5:00am Sun 28/7 PDT
7:00am Sun 28/7 CDT
8:00am Sun 28/7 EDT
1:00pm Sun 28/7 BST
2:00pm Sun 28/7 CEST
Apologies for some of those deadlines;
they're truly uncivilized for a Sunday morning, I know :(
-- Millie
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1: An advance or a loan, especially for services rendered to a government
2: To supply; to provision
3: A preparation largely composed of fish oil and beeswax used to polish
Japanese lacquered furniture
4: a type of bulbous cyst commonly found on the leaves of certain
eucalpytus species
5: [Obs] The route of a funerary procession
6: lamentable; doleful
7: a deep steep sided bowl shaped hollow at the head of a glaciated valley
- see also cwm, corrie or cirque
8: laboratory flask having a globular shape with two tubes projecting from
its top
9: the measure of angular distance travelled by a moving pendulum
10: a candelabra
11: in a medieval castle or fortress, an opening in a projecting parapet
through which missiles could be dropped on attackers
12: The highest inside point of an arch
13: manuscript or paper that is erased and then written over
14: a turf, or fat land
15: a peak or pinnacle
16: [Ital.] a gaseous outflow from a volcano vent
17: crude, home-made fuel made from high alcohol content distilled spirits,
usually corn
18: articulated arm and nozzle for delivering stored grain products to a
barge or railroad car
19: Type of shovel used in digging tunnels before the development of boring
machines
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—Keith Hale—
July 27th, 2013, 02:45 AM
8 & 13, Please! Keith
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John Barrs
July 27th, 2013, 03:49 AM
Millie
I'll go for the two death related ones, #5 and #11 please
JohnnyB
On 27 July 2013 07:39, Millie Morgan <milliemmorgan (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
> Here are 19 of the FUNEST definitions you've seen in a long while.
> But only one of them came from a dictionary.
>
> Please send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message
> before the deadline:
>
> 10:00pm Sun 28/7 Melb.
> 5:00am Sun 28/7 PDT
> 7:00am Sun 28/7 CDT
> 8:00am Sun 28/7 EDT
> 1:00pm Sun 28/7 BST
> 2:00pm Sun 28/7 CEST
>
> Apologies for some of those deadlines;
> they're truly uncivilized for a Sunday morning, I know :(
>
> -- Millie
>
> ----------------------------------------
>
> 1: An advance or a loan, especially for services rendered to a government
>
> 2: To supply; to provision
>
> 3: A preparation largely composed of fish oil and beeswax used to polish
> Japanese lacquered furniture
>
> 4: a type of bulbous cyst commonly found on the leaves of certain
> eucalpytus species
>
> 5: [Obs] The route of a funerary procession
>
> 6: lamentable; doleful
>
> 7: a deep steep sided bowl shaped hollow at the head of a glaciated
> valley - see also cwm, corrie or cirque
>
> 8: laboratory flask having a globular shape with two tubes projecting
> from its top
>
> 9: the measure of angular distance travelled by a moving pendulum
>
> 10: a candelabra
>
> 11: in a medieval castle or fortress, an opening in a projecting parapet
> through which missiles could be dropped on attackers
>
> 12: The highest inside point of an arch
>
> 13: manuscript or paper that is erased and then written over
>
> 14: a turf, or fat land
>
> 15: a peak or pinnacle
>
> 16: [Ital.] a gaseous outflow from a volcano vent
>
> 17: crude, home-made fuel made from high alcohol content distilled
> spirits, usually corn
>
> 18: articulated arm and nozzle for delivering stored grain products to a
> barge or railroad car
>
> 19: Type of shovel used in digging tunnels before the development of
> boring machines
>
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Tim Lodge
July 27th, 2013, 05:21 AM
I'll take the candleabra and the fat land, 10 and 14, please:
10: a candelabra
14: a turf, or fat land
-- Tim L
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Guerri Stevens
July 27th, 2013, 06:02 AM
I vote for 17 and 19.
Guerri
On 7/27/2013 2:39 AM, Millie Morgan wrote:
>
> 17: crude, home-made fuel made from high alcohol content distilled
> spirits, usually corn
> 19: Type of shovel used in digging tunnels before the development of
> boring machines
>
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Tim B
July 27th, 2013, 06:30 AM
Sorry I didn't notice the tight deadline and failed to get a definition in.
I'll have
3, because it sounds more plausible than most,
and
14, because I'm wondering what "fat land" is.
Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.
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Hugo Kornelis
July 27th, 2013, 06:49 AM
Hi Millie,
Aaarggghh ... I wanted to send in a def, but kept postponing, wanting a
better idea - and then the time ran out.
Anyway, my votes are for #6 and #16.
Cheers,
Hugo
Op 27-7-2013 8:39, Millie Morgan schreef:
> Here are 19 of the FUNEST definitions you've seen in a long while.
> But only one of them came from a dictionary.
>
> Please send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message
> before the deadline:
>
> 10:00pm Sun 28/7 Melb.
> 5:00am Sun 28/7 PDT
> 7:00am Sun 28/7 CDT
> 8:00am Sun 28/7 EDT
> 1:00pm Sun 28/7 BST
> 2:00pm Sun 28/7 CEST
>
> Apologies for some of those deadlines;
> they're truly uncivilized for a Sunday morning, I know :(
> -- Millie
>
> ----------------------------------------
> 1: An advance or a loan, especially for services rendered to a government
> 2: To supply; to provision
> 3: A preparation largely composed of fish oil and beeswax used to
> polish Japanese lacquered furniture
> 4: a type of bulbous cyst commonly found on the leaves of certain
> eucalpytus species
> 5: [Obs] The route of a funerary procession
> 6: lamentable; doleful
> 7: a deep steep sided bowl shaped hollow at the head of a glaciated
> valley - see also cwm, corrie or cirque
> 8: laboratory flask having a globular shape with two tubes projecting
> from its top
> 9: the measure of angular distance travelled by a moving pendulum
> 10: a candelabra
> 11: in a medieval castle or fortress, an opening in a projecting
> parapet through which missiles could be dropped on attackers
> 12: The highest inside point of an arch
> 13: manuscript or paper that is erased and then written over
> 14: a turf, or fat land
> 15: a peak or pinnacle
> 16: [Ital.] a gaseous outflow from a volcano vent
> 17: crude, home-made fuel made from high alcohol content distilled
> spirits, usually corn
> 18: articulated arm and nozzle for delivering stored grain products to
> a barge or railroad car
> 19: Type of shovel used in digging tunnels before the development of
> boring machines
>
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Steve Graham
July 27th, 2013, 07:51 AM
I'll fall for 6 and 19
Steve Graham
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No tree is too big for a short dog to lift his leg on
6: lamentable; doleful
19: Type of shovel used in digging tunnels before the development of boring
machines
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mvgrieco
July 27th, 2013, 07:54 AM
My votes go to 8 & 18.
-Matthew Grieco
Sent from my MetroPCS 4G Wireless PhoneMillie Morgan <milliemmorgan (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:Here are 19*of the FUNEST definitions you've seen in a long while.
But only one of them came from a dictionary.
Please send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message
before the deadline:
10:00pm* Sun 28/7* Melb.
* 5:00am* Sun 28/7* PDT
* 7:00am* Sun 28/7 CDT
* 8:00am* Sun 28/7* EDT
* 1:00pm* Sun 28/7* BST
* 2:00pm* Sun 28/7* CEST
Apologies for*some of*those deadlines;
they're*truly*uncivilized for a Sunday morning, I know *:(
*
-- Millie
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*
*1: An advance or a loan, especially for services rendered to a government
*
*2: To supply; to provision
*
*3: A preparation largely composed of fish oil and beeswax used to polish Japanese lacquered furniture
*
*4: a type of bulbous cyst commonly found on the leaves of certain* eucalpytus species
*
*5: [Obs] The route of a funerary procession
*
*6: lamentable; doleful
*
*7: a deep steep sided bowl shaped hollow at the head of a glaciated valley - see also cwm, corrie or cirque
*
*8: laboratory flask having a globular shape with two tubes projecting from its top
*
*9: the measure of angular distance travelled by a moving pendulum
*
10: a candelabra
*
11: in a medieval castle or fortress, an opening in a projecting parapet* through which missiles could be dropped on attackers
*
12: The highest inside point of an arch
*
13: manuscript or paper that is erased and then written over
*
14: a turf, or fat land
*
15: a peak or pinnacle
*
16: [Ital.] a gaseous outflow from a volcano vent
*
17: crude, home-made fuel made from high alcohol content distilled spirits, usually corn
*
18: articulated arm and nozzle for delivering stored grain products to a barge or railroad car
*
19: Type of shovel used in digging tunnels before the development of boring machines
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Judy Madnick
July 27th, 2013, 08:52 AM
12: The highest inside point of an arch
15: a peak or pinnacle
Judy Madnick
Albany, NY
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thejazzmonger
July 27th, 2013, 09:54 AM
#7 - the glacial bowl
#15 - peak or pinnacle
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France International/Mike Shefler
July 27th, 2013, 10:09 AM
I'll go for 5 and 6.
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Daniel Widdis
July 27th, 2013, 11:41 AM
Cirques are fun. So is dropping missiles from a castle.
7 and 11 please.
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Efrem Mallach
July 27th, 2013, 11:44 AM
I'll try architectural ones: 11 and 12.
Efrem
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On Jul 27, 2013, at 2:39 AM, Millie Morgan <milliemmorgan (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
> 11: in a medieval castle or fortress, an opening in a projecting parapet through which missiles could be dropped on attackers
>
> 12: The highest inside point of an arch
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Glen Boswell
July 27th, 2013, 11:52 AM
I think I'll go for 7 and 10 please.
Cheers
Glen
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EnDash@aol.com
July 27th, 2013, 06:50 PM
I will opt for 7 and 12.
-- Dick Weltz
In a message dated 7/27/2013 2:39:53 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
milliemmorgan (AT) gmail (DOT) com writes:
Here are 19 of the FUNEST definitions you've seen in a long while.
But only one of them came from a dictionary.
Please send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message
before the deadline:
10:00pm Sun 28/7 Melb.
5:00am Sun 28/7 PDT
7:00am Sun 28/7 CDT
8:00am Sun 28/7 EDT
1:00pm Sun 28/7 BST
2:00pm Sun 28/7 CEST
Apologies for some of those deadlines;
they're truly uncivilized for a Sunday morning, I know :(
-- Millie
----------------------------------------
1: An advance or a loan, especially for services rendered to a government
2: To supply; to provision
3: A preparation largely composed of fish oil and beeswax used to polish
Japanese lacquered furniture
4: a type of bulbous cyst commonly found on the leaves of certain
eucalpytus species
5: [Obs] The route of a funerary procession
6: lamentable; doleful
7: a deep steep sided bowl shaped hollow at the head of a glaciated
valley - see also cwm, corrie or cirque
8: laboratory flask having a globular shape with two tubes projecting
from its top
9: the measure of angular distance travelled by a moving pendulum
10: a candelabra
11: in a medieval castle or fortress, an opening in a projecting parapet
through which missiles could be dropped on attackers
12: The highest inside point of an arch
13: manuscript or paper that is erased and then written over
14: a turf, or fat land
15: a peak or pinnacle
16: [Ital.] a gaseous outflow from a volcano vent
17: crude, home-made fuel made from high alcohol content distilled
spirits, usually corn
18: articulated arm and nozzle for delivering stored grain products to a
barge or railroad car
19: Type of shovel used in digging tunnels before the development of
boring machines
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Chris Carson
July 27th, 2013, 07:20 PM
Hmmm.... 7 and 10 look like likely candidates.
Chris
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On Jul 27, 2013, at 2:39 AM, Millie Morgan <milliemmorgan (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
> Here are 19 of the FUNEST definitions you've seen in a long while.
> But only one of them came from a dictionary.
>
> Please send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message
> before the deadline:
>
> 10:00pm Sun 28/7 Melb.
> 5:00am Sun 28/7 PDT
> 7:00am Sun 28/7 CDT
> 8:00am Sun 28/7 EDT
> 1:00pm Sun 28/7 BST
> 2:00pm Sun 28/7 CEST
>
> Apologies for some of those deadlines;
> they're truly uncivilized for a Sunday morning, I know :(
>
> -- Millie
>
> ----------------------------------------
>
> 1: An advance or a loan, especially for services rendered to a government
>
> 2: To supply; to provision
>
> 3: A preparation largely composed of fish oil and beeswax used to polish Japanese lacquered furniture
>
> 4: a type of bulbous cyst commonly found on the leaves of certain eucalpytus species
>
> 5: [Obs] The route of a funerary procession
>
> 6: lamentable; doleful
>
> 7: a deep steep sided bowl shaped hollow at the head of a glaciated valley - see also cwm, corrie or cirque
>
> 8: laboratory flask having a globular shape with two tubes projecting from its top
>
> 9: the measure of angular distance travelled by a moving pendulum
>
> 10: a candelabra
>
> 11: in a medieval castle or fortress, an opening in a projecting parapet through which missiles could be dropped on attackers
>
> 12: The highest inside point of an arch
>
> 13: manuscript or paper that is erased and then written over
>
> 14: a turf, or fat land
>
> 15: a peak or pinnacle
>
> 16: [Ital.] a gaseous outflow from a volcano vent
>
> 17: crude, home-made fuel made from high alcohol content distilled spirits, usually corn
>
> 18: articulated arm and nozzle for delivering stored grain products to a barge or railroad car
>
> 19: Type of shovel used in digging tunnels before the development of boring machines
>
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Dodi Schultz
July 27th, 2013, 07:59 PM
No point in putting this off any longer; the brilliant insight just isn't
going to arrive.
My wild guesses:
> 8: laboratory flask having a globular shape with two tubes projecting
> from its top
and
> 10: a candelabra
—Dodi
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Tony Abell
July 27th, 2013, 08:43 PM
15 and 18 strike my fancy this time:
> 15: a peak or pinnacle
> 18: articulated arm and nozzle for delivering stored grain products to a
> barge or railroad car
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Dave Cunningham
July 28th, 2013, 06:47 AM
5 and 12 without the ghost of a reason --
Dave, back from a cruise
On Saturday, July 27, 2013 2:39:50 AM UTC-4, Millie Morgan wrote:
> Here are 19 of the FUNEST definitions you've seen in a long while.
> But only one of them came from a dictionary.
>
> Please send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message
> before the deadline:
>
> 10:00pm Sun 28/7 Melb.
> 5:00am Sun 28/7 PDT
> 7:00am Sun 28/7 CDT
> 8:00am Sun 28/7 EDT
> 1:00pm Sun 28/7 BST
> 2:00pm Sun 28/7 CEST
>
> Apologies for some of those deadlines;
> they're truly uncivilized for a Sunday morning, I know :(
>
> -- Millie
>
> ----------------------------------------
>
> 1: An advance or a loan, especially for services rendered to a government
>
> 2: To supply; to provision
>
> 3: A preparation largely composed of fish oil and beeswax used to polish
> Japanese lacquered furniture
>
> 4: a type of bulbous cyst commonly found on the leaves of certain
> eucalpytus species
>
> 5: [Obs] The route of a funerary procession
>
> 6: lamentable; doleful
>
> 7: a deep steep sided bowl shaped hollow at the head of a glaciated
> valley - see also cwm, corrie or cirque
>
> 8: laboratory flask having a globular shape with two tubes projecting
> from its top
>
> 9: the measure of angular distance travelled by a moving pendulum
>
> 10: a candelabra
>
> 11: in a medieval castle or fortress, an opening in a projecting parapet
> through which missiles could be dropped on attackers
>
> 12: The highest inside point of an arch
>
> 13: manuscript or paper that is erased and then written over
>
> 14: a turf, or fat land
>
> 15: a peak or pinnacle
>
> 16: [Ital.] a gaseous outflow from a volcano vent
>
> 17: crude, home-made fuel made from high alcohol content distilled
> spirits, usually corn
>
> 18: articulated arm and nozzle for delivering stored grain products to a
> barge or railroad car
>
> 19: Type of shovel used in digging tunnels before the development of
> boring machines
>
>
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