[Dixonary] Rd. 2450, Please Vote, Nepeta!

[Nancy Shepherdson]

Hi all –

Sorry for posting the defs late. I got sick yesterday afternoon and took
to my bed. Just crawling out now, feeling much better. So, here, finally,
for your voting pleasure, are your fanciful definitions of nepeta, plus my
real one.

Please vote for your two favorites, publicly, by 11 p.m. Central Time.
Monday October 21. That’s 6 a.m. GMT, I think. I will be somewhat
flexible about this.

And if I didn’t get your def and, therefore, you didn’t know to re-send,
due to the lack of acknowledgement from me, you will get two dealer points.


Nancy


1. a bet in which the bettor chooses the second and third horses to finish
in a race, in either order

2. An albino cougar.

3. the Roman goddess of fruit trees.

4. an embroidered scarf or shawl.

5. An annual or perennial herbaceous plant of the genus so-called,
belonging to the family Labiatae; catmint.

6. Joy; gladsomeness.

7. A small island in the Indian Ocean populated by Stone-Age people and
protected by India from incursion.

8. a pleasant, distinctive smell frequently accompanying the first rain
after a long period of warm, dry weather

9. a tryptic peptide extracted from bovine alpha(s1)-casein that induces
forgetfulness.

10. the drug mentioned in Homer's Odyssey which brought forgetfulness or
the plant from which the drug came: [it is now also the name for a genus of
pitcher plants]

11. plant lacking petal-bearing tubular or disc florets.

12. a polish used on brass musical instruments.

13. In Hinduism, the drink that is consumed by the gods and bestows
immortality.

14. a form of insomnia in which a person sleeps for only short periods of
time.

15. cloudbank

16. a goat's cheese from Nepal.

17. the forewing of plant bugs and related insects, having a thickened base
and a membranous apex.


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[Judy Madnick]

Glad you're feeling better.

9. a tryptic peptide extracted from bovine alpha(s1)-casein that induces forgetfulness.

10. the drug mentioned in Homer's Odyssey which brought forgetfulness or the plant from which the drug came: [it is now also the name for a genus of pitcher plants]

Judy Madnick
Albany, NY

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[EnDash@aol.com]

I'll take 4 and 10.




4. an embroidered scarf or shawl.




10. the drug mentioned in Homer's Odyssey which brought forgetfulness or
the plant from which the drug came: [it is now also the name for a genus of
pitcher plants]


-- Dick Weltz


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[Nancy Shepherdson]

That's 6 a.m. Tuesday, GMT.

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[—Keith Hale—]

Much as i dislike going with vox pop - #10 gets my vote (sorry, 10-writer)
as does #6.
Cheers! -Keith-


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[Dodi Schultz]

On 10/20/2013 2:50 PM, Nancy Shepherdson wrote:
>
>
> Please vote for your two favorites, publicly, by 11 p.m. Central Time.
> Monday October 21. That’s 6 a.m. GMT, I think.

I've never got GMT straight in my head, but I THINK the time for our UK
players will be 5 a.m. on Tuesday. They're still on summer time.

I use http://www.qlock.com/time/.

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[Tim B]

5 and 13, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

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[Steve Graham]

9 and 17 please



Steve Graham

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9. a tryptic peptide extracted from bovine alpha(s1)-casein that
induces forgetfulness.



17. the forewing of plant bugs and related insects, having a thickened
base and a membranous apex.



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[Daniel Widdis]

8 should have a name, and 13 should be available at my local pub



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[Efrem Mallach]

How about 4 and 17?

Glad you're up and about,

Efrem

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On Oct 20, 2013, at 2:50 PM, Nancy Shepherdson <nancygoat (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

> Hi all –
>
> Sorry for posting the defs late. I got sick yesterday afternoon and took to my bed. Just crawling out now, feeling much better. So, here, finally, for your voting pleasure, are your fanciful definitions of nepeta, plus my real one.
>
> Please vote for your two favorites, publicly, by 11 p.m. Central Time. Monday October 21. That’s 6 a.m. GMT, I think. I will be somewhat flexible about this.
>
> And if I didn’t get your def and, therefore, you didn’t know to re-send, due to the lack of acknowledgement from me, you will get two dealer points.
>
> Nancy
>
>
> 4. an embroidered scarf or shawl.
>
> 17. the forewing of plant bugs and related insects, having a thickened base and a membranous apex.

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[Millie Morgan]

I think it's No.3
Or if not, it could be No.7

>3. the Roman goddess of fruit trees.
>7. A small island in the Indian Ocean populated by Stone-Age people and protected by India from incursion.

Best wishes,
Millie
(glad to hear you're feeling a bit better now Nancy)

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[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll take 6 and 10.

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[Tim Lodge]

6 and 13, please:

6. Joy; gladsomeness

13. In Hinduism, the drink that is consumed by the gods and bestows
immortality.

-- Tim L

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[Tony Abell]

The agreeable 8 and popular 10 for me:

> 8. a pleasant, distinctive smell frequently accompanying the first rain
> after a long period of warm, dry weather

> 10. the drug mentioned in Homer's Odyssey which brought forgetfulness or
> the plant from which the drug came: [it is now also the name for a genus of
> pitcher plants]

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[Dodi Schultz]

Nancy, sorry to hear you were ill, glad to hear you're better.

I'll chance

> 5.An annual or perennial herbaceous plant of the genus so-called,
> belonging to the family Labiatae; catmint.
and
> 13.In Hinduism, the drink that is consumed by the gods and bestows
> immortality.

—Dodi

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