[Dixonary] Round 2485: ADHORN [Definition List]

[Paul Keating]

My initial misgivings about this word giving insufficient rein to
players' inventiveness have proved groundless. No fewer than twenty
concocted definitions for ADHORN are presented below for your
edification and entertainment. The remaining definition is, believe it
or not, real.

Please vote for the two you think the best, for some value (or values)
of "good" that seems appropriate to you (such as plausible, politically
correct, embarrassing, witty, implausible, long, or as chosen by a
random number generator). You can do this whether or not you have
submitted a definition, and whether or not you have played before.
You're not allowed to vote if you know the right answer.

Vote by public reply to this message, by the deadline, which is on
Monday 24 February 2014 at
14:00 PST
15:00 MST
16:00 CST
17:00 EST
22:00 GMT/UTC
23:00 CET for me
and on Tuesday 25 February 2014 at
09:00 EDT in Melbourne.

1. [from the name of a bullying braggart character in the play by
George Villiers called The Rehearsal] a blustering, bullying fellow; a
pot-valiant braggart; a bully
2. a prayer for cleansing from a venial sin related to sorcery, magic
superstition or divination
3. Obs. rare. Used (jocularly, and with ref. to adorn), for 'to plant
horns on,' to cuckold
4. [misspelling of adorn] to decorate or add beauty to, as with ornaments
5. a type of stainless steel vessel used for sintering ceramics
6. an adversary believed to be persuadable to your side
7. a council of elders in pre-Norman England
8. a goat-like antelope of eastern Europe
9. the daily necessities of life
10. to approach an asymptote
11. a cobbler's nail
12. a separation or divorce
13. old liquid measure for beer
14. to transfer (something) to another
15. [AS] a mythological tree, possibly an oak
16. the smaller of the rhinoceros's two horns
17. decorative items made from antlers or similar material
18. a North American sumac growing in marshy soil east of the Mississippi
19. any of various rank-smelling basidiomycetous saprotrophic fungi of
the order Phallales
20. the surreptitious insertion of advertisements into films and TV
shows [derived from shoehorn]
21. the permanent bony stub from which grow yearly the horns of the
American pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana)

--
Paul Keating
The Hague

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[Hugo Kornelis]

Hi Paul,

Beer is always good, and cleverness should be rewarded.

13. old liquid measure for beer
20. the surreptitious insertion of advertisements into films and TV
shows [derived from shoehorn]

Cheers,
Hugo


Paul Keating schreef op 23-2-2014 11:42:
> My initial misgivings about this word giving insufficient rein to
> players' inventiveness have proved groundless. No fewer than twenty
> concocted definitions for ADHORN are presented below for your
> edification and entertainment. The remaining definition is, believe it
> or not, real.
>
> Please vote for the two you think the best, for some value (or values)
> of "good" that seems appropriate to you (such as plausible,
> politically correct, embarrassing, witty, implausible, long, or as
> chosen by a random number generator). You can do this whether or not
> you have submitted a definition, and whether or not you have played
> before. You're not allowed to vote if you know the right answer.
>
> Vote by public reply to this message, by the deadline, which is on
> Monday 24 February 2014 at
> 14:00 PST
> 15:00 MST
> 16:00 CST
> 17:00 EST
> 22:00 GMT/UTC
> 23:00 CET for me
> and on Tuesday 25 February 2014 at
> 09:00 EDT in Melbourne.
>
> 1. [from the name of a bullying braggart character in the play by
> George Villiers called The Rehearsal] a blustering, bullying fellow; a
> pot-valiant braggart; a bully
> 2. a prayer for cleansing from a venial sin related to sorcery, magic
> superstition or divination
> 3. Obs. rare. Used (jocularly, and with ref. to adorn), for 'to plant
> horns on,' to cuckold
> 4. [misspelling of adorn] to decorate or add beauty to, as with ornaments
> 5. a type of stainless steel vessel used for sintering ceramics
> 6. an adversary believed to be persuadable to your side
> 7. a council of elders in pre-Norman England
> 8. a goat-like antelope of eastern Europe
> 9. the daily necessities of life
> 10. to approach an asymptote
> 11. a cobbler's nail
> 12. a separation or divorce
> 13. old liquid measure for beer
> 14. to transfer (something) to another
> 15. [AS] a mythological tree, possibly an oak
> 16. the smaller of the rhinoceros's two horns
> 17. decorative items made from antlers or similar material
> 18. a North American sumac growing in marshy soil east of the Mississippi
> 19. any of various rank-smelling basidiomycetous saprotrophic fungi of
> the order Phallales
> 20. the surreptitious insertion of advertisements into films and TV
> shows [derived from shoehorn]
> 21. the permanent bony stub from which grow yearly the horns of the
> American pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana)
>
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[Tim B]

19 and 20, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

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[Tim Lodge]

I'll fall for the theatrical bully and the smelly fungus, 1 and 19:

1. [from the name of a bullying braggart character in the play by George
Villiers called The Rehearsal] a blustering, bullying fellow; a pot-valiant
braggart; a bully

19. any of various rank-smelling basidiomycetous saprotrophic fungi of the
order Phallales

-- Tim L

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[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll fall for 9 and 18.

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[EnDash@aol.com]

I'll take a guess that it's number 1 or number 20.

In a message dated 2/23/2014 5:42:54 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
2485-adhorn (AT) boargules (DOT) com writes:

1. [from the name of a bullying braggart character in the play by George
Villiers called The Rehearsal] a blustering, bullying fellow; a pot-valiant
braggart; a bully


20. the surreptitious insertion of advertisements into films and TV shows
[derived from shoehorn]
-- Dick Weltz



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[Daniel Widdis]

Both 3 and 16 are too obvious (and strange) to be true.

On 2/23/14, 2:42 AM, Paul Keating wrote:
> 3. Obs. rare. Used (jocularly, and with ref. to adorn), for 'to plant
> horns on,' to cuckold
>
> 16. the smaller of the rhinoceros's two horns

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[Guerri Stevens]

Having no clue, I vote for 2 and 6.

Guerri

On 2/23/2014 5:42 AM, Paul Keating wrote:
> 2. a prayer for cleansing from a venial sin related to sorcery, magic
> superstition or divination
> 6. an adversary believed to be persuadable to your side

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[--Keith Hale--]

5 & 11 will serve for my votes, please.
Ta.
-Keith-

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[Judy Madnick]

How about 1 and 21 so that I don't have to read the entire list. (That wouldn't help much anyhow.)

Judy Madnick
Albany, NY

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[Christopher Carson]

Quite an assortment. I’ll toss my votes to the authors of

5 and 11

Chris

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[Jim Hart]

I'll try the botanical 18 and 19

Jim


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[Dave Cunningham]

3 and 7 for no logical reasoning at all

Dave


On Sunday, February 23, 2014 5:42:49 AM UTC-5, Paul Keating wrote:

> My initial misgivings about this word giving insufficient rein to players’
> inventiveness have proved groundless. No fewer than twenty concocted
> definitions for ADHORN are presented below for your edification and
> entertainment. The remaining definition is, believe it or not, real.
>
> Please vote for the two you think the best, for some value (or values) of
> “good” that seems appropriate to you (such as plausible, politically
> correct, embarrassing, witty, implausible, long, or as chosen by a random
> number generator). You can do this whether or not you have submitted a
> definition, and whether or not you have played before. You're not allowed
> to vote if you know the right answer.
>
> Vote by public reply to this message, by the deadline, which is on Monday
> 24 February 2014 at
> 14:00 PST
> 15:00 MST
> 16:00 CST
> 17:00 EST
> 22:00 GMT/UTC
> 23:00 CET for me
> and on Tuesday 25 February 2014 at
> 09:00 EDT in Melbourne.
>
> 1. [from the name of a bullying braggart character in the play by George
> Villiers called The Rehearsal] a blustering, bullying fellow; a
> pot-valiant braggart; a bully
> 2. a prayer for cleansing from a venial sin related to sorcery, magic
> superstition or divination
> 3. Obs. rare. Used (jocularly, and with ref. to adorn), for ‘to plant
> horns on,’ to cuckold
> 4. [misspelling of adorn] to decorate or add beauty to, as with ornaments
> 5. a type of stainless steel vessel used for sintering ceramics
> 6. an adversary believed to be persuadable to your side
> 7. a council of elders in pre-Norman England
> 8. a goat-like antelope of eastern Europe
> 9. the daily necessities of life
> 10. to approach an asymptote
> 11. a cobbler’s nail
> 12. a separation or divorce
> 13. old liquid measure for beer
> 14. to transfer (something) to another
> 15. [AS] a mythological tree, possibly an oak
> 16. the smaller of the rhinoceros’s two horns
> 17. decorative items made from antlers or similar material
> 18. a North American sumac growing in marshy soil east of the Mississippi
> 19. any of various rank-smelling basidiomycetous saprotrophic fungi of the
> order Phallales
> 20. the surreptitious insertion of advertisements into films and TV shows
> [derived from shoehorn]
> 21. the permanent bony stub from which grow yearly the horns of the
> American pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana)
>
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> The Hague
>

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[thejazzmonger]

#1 - from the George Villiers play (because I like the idea of that as a
source)

#14 - to transfer something (for no good reason)


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[Efrem Mallach]

Eliminating those related to ads or horns, which may not have been a smart thing to do, and others I don't believe, still leaves too many plausible definitions. Absent divine guidance, I'll try 6 and 11.

Efrem

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On Feb 23, 2014, at 5:42 AM, Paul Keating <2485-adhorn (AT) boargules (DOT) com> wrote:

> My initial misgivings about this word giving insufficient rein to players' inventiveness have proved groundless. No fewer than twenty concocted definitions for ADHORN are presented below for your edification and entertainment. The remaining definition is, believe it or not, real.
>
> Please vote for the two you think the best, for some value (or values) of "good" that seems appropriate to you (such as plausible, politically correct, embarrassing, witty, implausible, long, or as chosen by a random number generator). You can do this whether or not you have submitted a definition, and whether or not you have played before. You're not allowed to vote if you know the right answer.
>
> Vote by public reply to this message, by the deadline, which is on Monday 24 February 2014 at
> 14:00 PST
> 15:00 MST
> 16:00 CST
> 17:00 EST
> 22:00 GMT/UTC
> 23:00 CET for me
> and on Tuesday 25 February 2014 at
> 09:00 EDT in Melbourne.
>
> 6. an adversary believed to be persuadable to your side
>
> 11. a cobbler's nail

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[Tony Abell]

The surreptitious ad is intriguing, but 15 and 19 will do it for me this time:

> 15. [AS] a mythological tree, possibly an oak
> 19. any of various rank-smelling basidiomycetous saprotrophic fungi of
> the order Phallales

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[Dodi Schultz]

I'll take a stab at
> 13. old liquid measure for beer
and
> 21. the permanent bony stub from which grow yearly the horns of the
> American pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana)

--Dodi

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