[Dixonary] Round 2430 GUIGE voting time

[Millie Morgan]

Here are 21 devious definitions for GUIGE
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:

8:30am Wed 7/8 Melb.
3:30pm Tue 6/8 PDT
5:30pm Tue 6/8 CDT
6:30pm Tue 6/8 EDT
11:30pm Tue 6/8 BST
00:30am Wed 7/8 CEST

Best wishes
Millie

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GUIGE


1: A thief

2: a temporary memory lapse; absent-mindedness

3: a Punch and Judy show [Fr.]

4: Not bleached or dyed. Used of textiles

5: climbing tool which combines 1) an ice screw 2) a folding knife attached
to act as a crank and 3) an Abalakov Threader

6: a newborn calf or lamb that refuses to nurse

7: cracked earth structure found in dried riverbeds

8: long pole on wheels for transporting logs

9: a form of punishment used in medieval Hungary

10: Ship fitting similar to a belaying pin, but not removable

11: An expandable non-printing slug used in hand-set printer's type to
justify a line of text using a variably spaced font

12: A potter's tool, used in the forming of handles for jugs, mugs, cups etc

13: a shoulder strap attached to the inner side of a shield

14: a forced loan to the royal treasury

15: wit; satire, esp. if delivered with good humor (prob. from French puppet
show _Guignol_)

16: a drink made from the root of _Piper methysticum_, chiefly in French
Polynesia

17: A device for extracting a sample of wine from a barrel

18: _Naut._ A short gaff spar fixed under the bowsprit for guying down the
jib boom

19: muck produced from mining operations in clayey soil

20: someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of
the syllables

21: a rubber ring used to provide strain relief to a wire passing through a
sheet metal case or chassis

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[Judy Madnick]

7: cracked earth structure found in dried riverbeds

14: a forced loan to the royal treasury


Judy Madnick
Albany, NY

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[Glen Boswell]

I'll go for 11, as I've done a bit of printing, and 20, as there should be
a word for such a person.

Cheers

Glen

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[Steve Graham]

I'll take 15 and 17.
Cheers

Steve Graham

No tree is too big for a short dog to lift his leg on

15: wit; satire, esp. if delivered with good humor (prob. from French puppet
show _Guignol_)

17: A device for extracting a sample of wine from a barrel


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[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll fall for 1 and 13.

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[Tim Lodge]

First and last seem good enough for me this time:

1: A thief

21: a rubber ring used to provide strain relief to a wire passing through a
sheet metal case or chassis


-- Tim L

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[EnDash@aol.com]

My picks are numbers 12 and 14.


12: A potter's tool, used in the forming of handles for jugs, mugs, cups
etc

14: a forced loan to the royal treasury

-- Dick Weltz


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[Daniel Widdis]

7 and 17 please

On 8/5/13 7:00 AM, Millie Morgan wrote:

> 7: cracked earth structure found in dried riverbeds
>
>17: A device for extracting a sample of wine from a barrel


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[mvgrieco@cs.com]

My votes go to:



4: Not bleached or dyed. Used of textiles
and
12: A potter's tool, used in the forming of handles for jugs, mugs, cups etc
-Matthew Grieco

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[Efrem Mallach]

So many good ones. I can (probably) eliminate mine, but after that it's guesswork.

I'll guess 6 and 13, because there are probably words for those - or there should be.

Efrem

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On Aug 5, 2013, at 10:00 AM, "Millie Morgan" <milliemmorgan (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

> Here are 21 devious definitions for GUIGE
> 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:
>
> 8:30am Wed 7/8 Melb.
> 3:30pm Tue 6/8 PDT
> 5:30pm Tue 6/8 CDT
> 6:30pm Tue 6/8 EDT
> 11:30pm Tue 6/8 BST
> 00:30am Wed 7/8 CEST
>
> Best wishes
> Millie
>
> ----------------------------------------
>
> GUIGE
>
>
> 6: a newborn calf or lamb that refuses to nurse
>
> 13: a shoulder strap attached to the inner side of a shield

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[—Keith Hale—]

4 & 17, please! -Keith-

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[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 3 and 11.

Guerri

On 8/5/2013 10:00 AM, Millie Morgan wrote:
>
> 3: a Punch and Judy show [Fr.]
>
> 11: An expandable non-printing slug used in hand-set printer's type to
> justify a line of text using a variably spaced font

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[Nancy Shepherdson]

I'll guess at 12 and 17 today.

Nancy

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[thejazzmonger]

#12 - potter's tool

#21 - rubber ring


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[Dodi Schultz]

A hookem-snivey word if I ever saw one. Could be:

> 1: A thief
or maybe
> 14: a forced loan to the royal treasury

—Dodi


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[Chris Carson]

I'll go with 1 and 11 this time.

Chris

Sent from my iPhone

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[Tim B]

1 and 13, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

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