[Dixonary] Round 2517 OUGUIYA Defs up

[John Barrs]

Here are 18 quality definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and
wisdom by our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide which is
the definition that was submitted by a dictionary

Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to
this one), before the deadline..

2:00 pm on Sunday, 15 Jun 2014 in the UK 9:00 am on East Coast USA 6:00 am
on West Coast USA midnight in parts of Oz

New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may
vote.

JohnnyB

1. lead poisoning

2. _ Haitian Creole_ malevolence; evil

3. disease of vines where they grow no fruit

4. Maori word for a path made by frequent use

5. [Kumeyaay] a normally dry watercourse; arroy

6. a position of stalemate in the game of awari

7. a Nigerian fruit, generally eaten while unripe

8. a type of squash grown and eaten in southern Africa

9. fortune-telling using the entrails of a bird (Haiti)

10. the negotiated price for the sale of a herd of cattle. [Taureg]

11. a Brazilian dish consisting of pork, manioc, beans and pineapple

12. the cape or cloak traditionally worn by tribal monarchs of western
Africa

13. in East Africa, a handwoven rug with a thick pile and colorful abstract
designs

14. in certain West African tribes, a gesture of the head indicating
ambiguity or uncertainty

15. a midwife, in the Sesotho tribal language of Botswana, Namibia, South
Africa, Zambia, etc.

16. W. Afr. In folklore; a wailing enchantress who practises sorcery and
mysterious rites, and preys on newborn children

17. quartz crystals from the ancient plateau Chapada dos Veadeiros in
Brazil, having an estimated age of 1.8 billion years

18. the principal monetary unit in Mauritania, equivalent to 5 francs of
the West African Monetary Union; (also) a note or coin of this value.[the
ouguiya replaced the French franc in 1973, and was initially (1973-4)
divided into 5 khoum]

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[Judy Madnick]

7. a Nigerian fruit, generally eaten while unripe

8. a type of squash grown and eaten in southern Africa


Judy

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[Efrem Mallach]

Dang! This American, used to the weird way people usually tell time in these benighted colonies, read "1700" (which I readily admit is in no way ambiguous or even misleading) as "7 pm" and thought he still had over an hour. Oh, well. So it goes. Entirely my fault.

Anyhow, in the vain hope of salvaging something from this deal, I'll try the Haitian 2 and 9.

Efrem

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On Jun 13, 2014, at 5:20 PM, John Barrs <johnnybarrs (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

> Here are 18 quality definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and wisdom by our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide which is the definition that was submitted by a dictionary
>
> Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to this one), before the deadline..
>
> 2:00 pm on Sunday, 15 Jun 2014 in the UK 9:00 am on East Coast USA 6:00 am on West Coast USA midnight in parts of Oz
>
> New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may vote.
>
> JohnnyB
>
>
> 2. _ Haitian Creole_ malevolence; evil
>
> 9. fortune-telling using the entrails of a bird (Haiti)

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[Dave Cunningham]

12 must have a word, and I am supposed to know about coins, and I thought I
was the only person to make up fake coin defs much at all, so 18 for the
other.



On Friday, June 13, 2014 5:20:34 PM UTC-4, JohnnyB wrote:

> Here are 18 quality definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and
> wisdom by our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide which is
> the definition that was submitted by a dictionary
>
> Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to
> this one), before the deadline..
>
> 2:00 pm on Sunday, 15 Jun 2014 in the UK 9:00 am on East Coast USA 6:00 am
> on West Coast USA midnight in parts of Oz
>
> New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may
> vote.
>
> JohnnyB
>
> 1. lead poisoning
>
> 2. _ Haitian Creole_ malevolence; evil
>
> 3. disease of vines where they grow no fruit
>
> 4. Maori word for a path made by frequent use
>
> 5. [Kumeyaay] a normally dry watercourse; arroy
>
> 6. a position of stalemate in the game of awari
>
> 7. a Nigerian fruit, generally eaten while unripe
>
> 8. a type of squash grown and eaten in southern Africa
>
> 9. fortune-telling using the entrails of a bird (Haiti)
>
> 10. the negotiated price for the sale of a herd of cattle. [Taureg]
>
> 11. a Brazilian dish consisting of pork, manioc, beans and pineapple
>
> 12. the cape or cloak traditionally worn by tribal monarchs of western
> Africa
>
> 13. in East Africa, a handwoven rug with a thick pile and colorful
> abstract designs
>
> 14. in certain West African tribes, a gesture of the head indicating
> ambiguity or uncertainty
>
> 15. a midwife, in the Sesotho tribal language of Botswana, Namibia, South
> Africa, Zambia, etc.
>
> 16. W. Afr. In folklore; a wailing enchantress who practises sorcery and
> mysterious rites, and preys on newborn children
>
> 17. quartz crystals from the ancient plateau Chapada dos Veadeiros in
> Brazil, having an estimated age of 1.8 billion years
>
> 18. the principal monetary unit in Mauritania, equivalent to 5 francs of
> the West African Monetary Union; (also) a note or coin of this value.[the
> ouguiya replaced the French franc in 1973, and was initially (1973-4)
> divided into 5 khoum]
>
>
>
>

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[—Keith Hale—]

All the bad ju-ju defs scared me away from them, so i'll plump for the
ancient 17 minerals and the game-staling 6.

Cheers
-Keith-

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[Shani Naylor]

Hi -- as usual, having no clue what it could be, I'll vote for:

3. disease of vines where they grow no fruit

18. the principal monetary unit in Mauritania, equivalent to 5 francs of
the West African Monetary Union; (also) a note or coin of this value.[the
ouguiya replaced the French franc in 1973, and was initially (1973-4)
divided into 5 khoum]

Shani


On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 9:20 AM, John Barrs <johnnybarrs (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

> Here are 18 quality definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and
> wisdom by our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide which is
> the definition that was submitted by a dictionary
>
> Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to
> this one), before the deadline..
>
> 2:00 pm on Sunday, 15 Jun 2014 in the UK 9:00 am on East Coast USA 6:00 am
> on West Coast USA midnight in parts of Oz
>
> New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may
> vote.
>
> JohnnyB
>
> 1. lead poisoning
>
> 2. _ Haitian Creole_ malevolence; evil
>
> 3. disease of vines where they grow no fruit
>
> 4. Maori word for a path made by frequent use
>
> 5. [Kumeyaay] a normally dry watercourse; arroy
>
> 6. a position of stalemate in the game of awari
>
> 7. a Nigerian fruit, generally eaten while unripe
>
> 8. a type of squash grown and eaten in southern Africa
>
> 9. fortune-telling using the entrails of a bird (Haiti)
>
> 10. the negotiated price for the sale of a herd of cattle. [Taureg]
>
> 11. a Brazilian dish consisting of pork, manioc, beans and pineapple
>
> 12. the cape or cloak traditionally worn by tribal monarchs of western
> Africa
>
> 13. in East Africa, a handwoven rug with a thick pile and colorful
> abstract designs
>
> 14. in certain West African tribes, a gesture of the head indicating
> ambiguity or uncertainty
>
> 15. a midwife, in the Sesotho tribal language of Botswana, Namibia, South
> Africa, Zambia, etc.
>
> 16. W. Afr. In folklore; a wailing enchantress who practises sorcery and
> mysterious rites, and preys on newborn children
>
> 17. quartz crystals from the ancient plateau Chapada dos Veadeiros in
> Brazil, having an estimated age of 1.8 billion years
>
> 18. the principal monetary unit in Mauritania, equivalent to 5 francs of
> the West African Monetary Union; (also) a note or coin of this value.[the
> ouguiya replaced the French franc in 1973, and was initially (1973-4)
> divided into 5 khoum]
>
>
>
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[Tim Lodge]

It's either going to be long or short, so I'll try 1 and 18:

1. lead poisoning

18. the principal monetary unit in Mauritania, equivalent to 5 francs of
the West African Monetary Union; (also) a note or coin of this value.[the
ouguiya replaced the French franc in 1973, and was initially (1973-4)
divided into 5 khoum]

-- Tim L

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[EnDash via Dixonary]

My guesses are numbers 2 and 18.


2. _ Haitian Creole_ malevolence; evil


18. the principal monetary unit in Mauritania, equivalent to 5 francs of
the West African Monetary Union; (also) a note or coin of this value.[the
ouguiya replaced the French franc in 1973, and was initially (1973-4) divided
into 5 khoum]





-- Dick Weltz


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[Tim B]

2 and 16, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

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[Dodi Schultz]

Since I haven't the remotest notion what this might mean, I'll just pick
two that nobody else seems to want:

5. [Kumeyaay] a normally dry watercourse; arroy

and

10. the negotiated price for the sale of a herd of cattle. [Taureg]

--Dodi


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[Millie Morgan]

I and 16 for me thanks:

1. lead poisoning
16. W. Afr. In folklore; a wailing enchantress who practises sorcery and
mysterious rites, and preys on newborn children



Best wishes,
Millie

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[nancygoat]

I'll take 15 and 16 this time.

Nancy

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[Tony Abell]

I vote for 1 and 14:

> *1. lead poisoning

> 14. in certain West African tribes, a gesture of the head indicating ambiguity or uncertainty


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[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 3 and 10.

Guerri
On 6/13/2014 5:20 PM, John Barrs wrote:
>
> 3. disease of vines where they grow no fruit
>
> 10. the negotiated price for the sale of a herd of cattle. [Taureg]

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