[Dixonary] Round 2513: CURNEY [Definitions]

[Paul Keating]

Our inventive players have concocted all but one of the nineteen
definitions for CURNEY 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 Sunday 1
June 2014 at



- 04:30 PDT (in the morning)
- 05:30 MDT
- 06:30 CDT
- 07:30 EDT
- 11:30 UTC
- 12:30 BST
- 13:30 CEST for me, and
- 21:30 EST in Melbourne.

1. *Obs. Scot.* the tails and nicks on the shank of some printed letter
types [more usually *kerning*]
2. *S. Africa.* a wheeled, secure carrier for transporting raw diamonds
3. drapery over a window or doorway; a veil over a helmet
4. *Irish.* a frozen body of water suitable for ice skating
5. a company, lot ‹the whole curney of them is gone›
6. *Gael.* unreasonably stubborn; intolerant
7. a woman who dances in a chorus line
8. *Scots.* 1. angry 2. belligerent
9. an oak apple or oak gall
10. nonsense
11. a dentist’s chair
12. a leftward turning spiral
13. *ch. Irish.* a swampy field or bog
14. an assistant or apprentice compositor
15. a harness used to couple hunting dogs in pairs
16. a small oval-shaped table used to serve tea or coffee
17. an obsolete freight vehicle, originally pulled by slaves
18. Trad. Irish dish of lamb, potato and onion cooked in beer
19. *Biology.* a small protuberance or elevation, as from an organ, tissue,
or structure

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[Judy Madnick]

9. an oak apple or oak gall
13. ch. Irish. a swampy field or bog

Judy Madnick
Albany, NY

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[shani.naylor@gmail.com]

>
> Hi
>

I'll go with the Gaelic theme:

6. *Gael.* unreasonably stubborn; intolerant

8. *Scots.* 1. angry 2. belligerent

Shani

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[—Keith Hale—]

3 & 6 seem to work for me at the present time, thanks ever so.

—Keith—

On 30 May 2014 18:23, Paul Keating <2513.curney (AT) boargules (DOT) com> wrote:
> Our inventive players have concocted all but one of the nineteen definitions
> for CURNEY 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 Sunday 1
> June 2014 at
>
> 04:30 PDT (in the morning)
> 05:30 MDT
> 06:30 CDT
> 07:30 EDT
> 11:30 UTC
> 12:30 BST
> 13:30 CEST for me, and
> 21:30 EST in Melbourne.
>
> 1. Obs. Scot. the tails and nicks on the shank of some printed letter types
> [more usually kerning]
> 2. S. Africa. a wheeled, secure carrier for transporting raw diamonds
> 3. drapery over a window or doorway; a veil over a helmet
> 4. Irish. a frozen body of water suitable for ice skating
> 5. a company, lot ‹the whole curney of them is gone›
> 6. Gael. unreasonably stubborn; intolerant
> 7. a woman who dances in a chorus line
> 8. Scots. 1. angry 2. belligerent
> 9. an oak apple or oak gall
> 10. nonsense
> 11. a dentist’s chair
> 12. a leftward turning spiral
> 13. ch. Irish. a swampy field or bog
> 14. an assistant or apprentice compositor
> 15. a harness used to couple hunting dogs in pairs
> 16. a small oval-shaped table used to serve tea or coffee
> 17. an obsolete freight vehicle, originally pulled by slaves
> 18. Trad. Irish dish of lamb, potato and onion cooked in beer
> 19. Biology. a small protuberance or elevation, as from an organ, tissue, or
> structure
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[nina.amenta@gmail.com]

9 and 18

On Friday, May 30, 2014 4:23:47 PM UTC-7, Paul Keating wrote:
>
> Our inventive players have concocted all but one of the nineteen
> definitions for CURNEY 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 Sunday
> 1 June 2014 at
>
>
>
> - 04:30 PDT (in the morning)
> - 05:30 MDT
> - 06:30 CDT
> - 07:30 EDT
> - 11:30 UTC
> - 12:30 BST
> - 13:30 CEST for me, and
> - 21:30 EST in Melbourne.
>
> 1. *Obs. Scot.* the tails and nicks on the shank of some printed letter
> types [more usually *kerning*]
> 2. *S. Africa.* a wheeled, secure carrier for transporting raw diamonds
> 3. drapery over a window or doorway; a veil over a helmet
> 4. *Irish.* a frozen body of water suitable for ice skating
> 5. a company, lot ‹the whole curney of them is gone›
> 6. *Gael.* unreasonably stubborn; intolerant
> 7. a woman who dances in a chorus line
> 8. *Scots.* 1. angry 2. belligerent
> 9. an oak apple or oak gall
> 10. nonsense
> 11. a dentist’s chair
> 12. a leftward turning spiral
> 13. *ch. Irish.* a swampy field or bog
> 14. an assistant or apprentice compositor
> 15. a harness used to couple hunting dogs in pairs
> 16. a small oval-shaped table used to serve tea or coffee
> 17. an obsolete freight vehicle, originally pulled by slaves
> 18. Trad. Irish dish of lamb, potato and onion cooked in beer
> 19. *Biology.* a small protuberance or elevation, as from an organ,
> tissue, or structure
>
>

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[Johnb - co.uk]

I'll join the company and because I can't think of what the abbr. ch.
means in this context we'll all go to the bog: #5 and #13 please

(swiss companion of honour shown on the Irish TV channel?)*

John*

5. a company, lot ‹the whole curney of them is gone›

13. /ch. Irish./ a swampy field or bog

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[Tim B]

14 and 18, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

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[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 6 and 16.

Guerri
On 5/30/2014 7:23 PM, Paul Keating wrote:
>
> 6. /Gael./ unreasonably stubborn; intolerant
> 16. a small oval-shaped table used to serve tea or coffee

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[Tim Lodge]

I'll go for one Scots and one Irish, 8 and 13:

8. *Scots.* 1. angry 2. belligerent

13. *ch. Irish.* a swampy field or bog

-- Tim L

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[Efrem Mallach]

I'll take adjectives rather than nouns: 6 and 8.

Efrem

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On May 30, 2014, at 7:23 PM, Paul Keating <2513.curney (AT) boargules (DOT) com> wrote:

> Our inventive players have concocted all but one of the nineteen definitions for CURNEY 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 Sunday 1 June 2014 at
> 04:30 PDT (in the morning)
> 05:30 MDT
> 06:30 CDT
> 07:30 EDT
> 11:30 UTC
> 12:30 BST
> 13:30 CEST for me, and
> 21:30 EST in Melbourne.
> 6. Gael. unreasonably stubborn; intolerant
>
> 8. Scots. 1. angry 2. belligerent

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[Dave Cunningham]

5 and 12 for no reason at all

Dave


On Friday, May 30, 2014 7:23:47 PM UTC-4, Paul Keating wrote:

> Our inventive players have concocted all but one of the nineteen
> definitions for CURNEY 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 Sunday
> 1 June 2014 at
>
>
>
> - 04:30 PDT (in the morning)
> - 05:30 MDT
> - 06:30 CDT
> - 07:30 EDT
> - 11:30 UTC
> - 12:30 BST
> - 13:30 CEST for me, and
> - 21:30 EST in Melbourne.
>
> 1. *Obs. Scot.* the tails and nicks on the shank of some printed letter
> types [more usually *kerning*]
> 2. *S. Africa.* a wheeled, secure carrier for transporting raw diamonds
> 3. drapery over a window or doorway; a veil over a helmet
> 4. *Irish.* a frozen body of water suitable for ice skating
> 5. a company, lot ‹the whole curney of them is gone›
> 6. *Gael.* unreasonably stubborn; intolerant
> 7. a woman who dances in a chorus line
> 8. *Scots.* 1. angry 2. belligerent
> 9. an oak apple or oak gall
> 10. nonsense
> 11. a dentist’s chair
> 12. a leftward turning spiral
> 13. *ch. Irish.* a swampy field or bog
> 14. an assistant or apprentice compositor
> 15. a harness used to couple hunting dogs in pairs
> 16. a small oval-shaped table used to serve tea or coffee
> 17. an obsolete freight vehicle, originally pulled by slaves
> 18. Trad. Irish dish of lamb, potato and onion cooked in beer
> 19. *Biology.* a small protuberance or elevation, as from an organ,
> tissue, or structure
>
>

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[Millie Morgan]

I don't believe it's any of them, but 5 and 11 sound the least likely so they can have my votes

>5. a company, lot ‹the whole curney of them is gone›
>11. a dentist’s chair


Best wishes,
Millie


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[Daniel Widdis]

2 and 17 please

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[Dodi Schultz]

On 5/31/2014 1:08 AM, nina.amenta (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote:
> 9 and 18

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We have a new player!

Welcome, Nina!

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[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll take 5 and 9.

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[EnDash via Dixonary]

I'll take 3 and 18, please.


3. drapery over a window or doorway; a veil over a helmet

18. Trad. Irish dish of lamb, potato and onion cooked in beer



-- Dick Weltz




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[Tony Abell]

I'll try the popular 9 and 13:

> 9. an oak apple or oak gall
> 13. ch. Irish. a swampy field or bog

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[Dodi Schultz]

I've been agonizing over this one, having absolutely no clue whatever. May
as well get it over with. How about:
> 3. drapery over a window or doorway; a veil over a helmet
> and
> 13. /ch. Irish./ a swampy field or bog
--Dodi


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[Glen Boswell]

I'll go for 9 and 14 please.

Cheers

Glen

On Saturday, May 31, 2014 12:23:47 AM UTC+1, Paul Keating wrote:
>
> Our inventive players have concocted all but one of the nineteen
> definitions for CURNEY 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 Sunday
> 1 June 2014 at
>
>
>
> - 04:30 PDT (in the morning)
> - 05:30 MDT
> - 06:30 CDT
> - 07:30 EDT
> - 11:30 UTC
> - 12:30 BST
> - 13:30 CEST for me, and
> - 21:30 EST in Melbourne.
>
> 1. *Obs. Scot.* the tails and nicks on the shank of some printed letter
> types [more usually *kerning*]
> 2. *S. Africa.* a wheeled, secure carrier for transporting raw diamonds
> 3. drapery over a window or doorway; a veil over a helmet
> 4. *Irish.* a frozen body of water suitable for ice skating
> 5. a company, lot ‹the whole curney of them is gone›
> 6. *Gael.* unreasonably stubborn; intolerant
> 7. a woman who dances in a chorus line
> 8. *Scots.* 1. angry 2. belligerent
> 9. an oak apple or oak gall
> 10. nonsense
> 11. a dentist’s chair
> 12. a leftward turning spiral
> 13. *ch. Irish.* a swampy field or bog
> 14. an assistant or apprentice compositor
> 15. a harness used to couple hunting dogs in pairs
> 16. a small oval-shaped table used to serve tea or coffee
> 17. an obsolete freight vehicle, originally pulled by slaves
> 18. Trad. Irish dish of lamb, potato and onion cooked in beer
> 19. *Biology.* a small protuberance or elevation, as from an organ,
> tissue, or structure
>
>

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[Paul Keating]

Sorry, Glen, this missed the deadline by 6 minutes and I was already
posting the results.

On Sunday, 1 June 2014 13:36:22 UTC+2, Glen Boswell wrote:
>
> I'll go for 9 and 14 please.
>
> Cheers
>
> Glen
>
>
>

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