[Dixonary] Round 2528: TRIPOLI [Definitions]

[Paul Keating]

Our inventive players have concocted all but one of the fifteen definitions
for TRIPOLI 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 Saturday
26 July 2014 at

11:00 PDT
12:00 MDT
13:00 CDT
14:00 EDT
18:00 UTC
19:00 BST
20:00 CEST for me

and on Sunday 27 July 2014 at

04:00 EST in Melbourne.

1. an auspicious omen
2. in pocket pool, pocketing three balls with one shot
3. breaded and sautéed slices of the lining of a cow's stomach
4. a style of decorative mirror with beveled glass and often other inlays
5. a chess opening which aims to allow White to take control of the centre
with pieces from a distance
6. *Archeol.* a kind of cement made from three kinds of rock [fr. Gk
*tripolith* < *tri* + *lithos* stone]
7. 1. a fine earth used as a polishing-powder, consisting mainly of
decomposed siliceous matter, esp. that formed of the shells of diatoms;
called also *infusorial earth* or *rotten-stone.*
2. a large, mild onion; also, the plant producing a bulb of this kind.
8. in ancient Greece, a form of cooperative government between city-states
that involved sharing of expenses and resources, and occasionally extended
to military expeditions
9. a cap designed for protection in the desert, with an extended peak and
flaps to cover ears and neck
10. a large wild sheep (*Ovis ammon*) of the Middle East, the male of which
has massive curved horns
11. a trick-taking card game for three players, similar to whist
12. a spiny reptile of New Zealand with a vestigial third eye
13. a game at cards, now unknown [Shak.]
14. *Of cloth:* decorated by interweaving short lengths of gold or silver
thread into the material
15. dried or preserved figs

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

[Daniel Widdis]

6 and 14 please.

On 7/24/14, 10:33 PM, Paul Keating wrote:

6. /Archeol./ a kind of cement made from three kinds of rock [fr. Gk
/tripolith/ < /tri/ + /lithos/ stone]

14. /Of cloth:/ decorated by interweaving short lengths of gold or
silver thread into the material

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 2 and 8.

Guerri

On 7/25/2014 1:33 AM, Paul Keating wrote:
> 2. in pocket pool, pocketing three balls with one shot
> 8. in ancient Greece, a form of cooperative government between
> city-states that involved sharing of expenses and resources, and
> occasionally extended to military expeditions

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

[Efrem Mallach]

I'll try 11 (the whist-like card game) and 14 (the cloth with gold or silver threads).

By the way, did anyone else notice that there are really 16 definitions here? There seem to be a 7.1 and a 7.2, unless they are alternative parts of one definition. Perhaps Paul could explain what's going on with them. Or did I miss something elementary?

Efrem

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
On Jul 25, 2014, at 1:33 AM, Paul Keating <2528.tripoli (AT) boargules (DOT) com> wrote:

> Our inventive players have concocted all but one of the fifteen definitions for TRIPOLI 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 Saturday 26 July 2014 at
>
> 11:00 PDT
> 12:00 MDT
> 13:00 CDT
> 14:00 EDT
> 18:00 UTC
> 19:00 BST
> 20:00 CEST for me
>
> and on Sunday 27 July 2014 at
>
> 04:00 EST in Melbourne.
>
> 1. an auspicious omen
> 2. in pocket pool, pocketing three balls with one shot
> 3. breaded and sautéed slices of the lining of a cow's stomach
> 4. a style of decorative mirror with beveled glass and often other inlays
> 5. a chess opening which aims to allow White to take control of the centre with pieces from a distance
> 6. Archeol. a kind of cement made from three kinds of rock [fr. Gk tripolith < tri + lithos stone]
> 7. 1. a fine earth used as a polishing-powder, consisting mainly of decomposed siliceous matter, esp. that formed of the shells of diatoms; called also infusorial earth or rotten-stone.
> 2. a large, mild onion; also, the plant producing a bulb of this kind.
> 8. in ancient Greece, a form of cooperative government between city-states that involved sharing of expenses and resources, and occasionally extended to military expeditions
> 9. a cap designed for protection in the desert, with an extended peak and flaps to cover ears and neck
> 10. a large wild sheep (Ovis ammon) of the Middle East, the male of which has massive curved horns
> 11. a trick-taking card game for three players, similar to whist
> 12. a spiny reptile of New Zealand with a vestigial third eye
> 13. a game at cards, now unknown [Shak.]
> 14. Of cloth: decorated by interweaving short lengths of gold or silver thread into the material
> 15. dried or preserved figs
>
>
> --
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com.
> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

[Judy Madnick]

7 and 10, please.

Judy

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

[Steve Graham]

11 and 12 please



11. a trick-taking card game for three players, similar to whist
12. a spiny reptile of New Zealand with a vestigial third eye





Steve Graham



--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll go with 7 and 9.

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

[Tim B]

I'll have 6 and 8, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

[Daniel Widdis]

It's a two-fer! Vote for one number, get two definitions!

It's not common, but people do submit (and sometimes the dictionary
includes) multiple definitions. (Arguably, that would have been the
best way to combine the noun and adjective in the previous round, to
match the dictionary's two entries.)

On 7/25/14, 5:17 AM, Efrem Mallach wrote:
> By the way, did anyone else notice that there are really 16
> definitions here? There seem to be a 7.1 and a 7.2, unless they are
> alternative parts of one definition. Perhaps Paul could explain what's
> going on with them. Or did I miss something elementary?
>

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

[Paul Keating]

Both. Def 7 gives two very different senses for the word, numbered 1 and 2.
Feel free to retract your vote if knowing that earlier would have made a
difference.

There seem to be a 7.1 and a 7.2, unless they are alternative parts of one
> definition. Perhaps Paul could explain what's going on with them.
>

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

[Tim Lodge]

13 and 14, please:

13. a game at cards, now unknown [Shak.]

14. *Of cloth:* decorated by interweaving short lengths of gold or silver
thread into the material

-- Tim L

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

[Dave Cunningham]

7/11 seems reasonable -- one for length, the other for simplicity

Dave


On Friday, July 25, 2014 1:33:28 AM UTC-4, Paul Keating wrote:

> Our inventive players have concocted all but one of the fifteen
> definitions for TRIPOLI 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
> Saturday 26 July 2014 at
>
> 11:00 PDT
> 12:00 MDT
> 13:00 CDT
> 14:00 EDT
> 18:00 UTC
> 19:00 BST
> 20:00 CEST for me
>
> and on Sunday 27 July 2014 at
>
> 04:00 EST in Melbourne.
>
> 1. an auspicious omen
> 2. in pocket pool, pocketing three balls with one shot
> 3. breaded and sautéed slices of the lining of a cow's stomach
> 4. a style of decorative mirror with beveled glass and often other inlays
> 5. a chess opening which aims to allow White to take control of the
> centre with pieces from a distance
> 6. *Archeol.* a kind of cement made from three kinds of rock [fr. Gk
> *tripolith* < *tri* + *lithos* stone]
> 7. 1. a fine earth used as a polishing-powder, consisting mainly of
> decomposed siliceous matter, esp. that formed of the shells of diatoms;
> called also *infusorial earth* or *rotten-stone.*
> 2. a large, mild onion; also, the plant producing a bulb of this kind.
> 8. in ancient Greece, a form of cooperative government between
> city-states that involved sharing of expenses and resources, and
> occasionally extended to military expeditions
> 9. a cap designed for protection in the desert, with an extended peak and
> flaps to cover ears and neck
> 10. a large wild sheep (*Ovis ammon*) of the Middle East, the male of
> which has massive curved horns
> 11. a trick-taking card game for three players, similar to whist
> 12. a spiny reptile of New Zealand with a vestigial third eye
> 13. a game at cards, now unknown [Shak.]
> 14. *Of cloth:* decorated by interweaving short lengths of gold or silver
> thread into the material
> 15. dried or preserved figs
>
>

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

[Rose Knoblauch]

5 and 9, please.


On 24 July 2014 22:33, Paul Keating <2528.tripoli (AT) boargules (DOT) com> wrote:

> Our inventive players have concocted all but one of the fifteen
> definitions for TRIPOLI 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
> Saturday 26 July 2014 at
>
> 11:00 PDT
> 12:00 MDT
> 13:00 CDT
> 14:00 EDT
> 18:00 UTC
> 19:00 BST
> 20:00 CEST for me
>
> and on Sunday 27 July 2014 at
>
> 04:00 EST in Melbourne.
>
> 1. an auspicious omen
> 2. in pocket pool, pocketing three balls with one shot
> 3. breaded and sautéed slices of the lining of a cow's stomach
> 4. a style of decorative mirror with beveled glass and often other inlays
> 5. a chess opening which aims to allow White to take control of the
> centre with pieces from a distance
> 6. *Archeol.* a kind of cement made from three kinds of rock [fr. Gk
> *tripolith* < *tri* + *lithos* stone]
> 7. 1. a fine earth used as a polishing-powder, consisting mainly of
> decomposed siliceous matter, esp. that formed of the shells of diatoms;
> called also *infusorial earth* or *rotten-stone.*
> 2. a large, mild onion; also, the plant producing a bulb of this kind.
> 8. in ancient Greece, a form of cooperative government between
> city-states that involved sharing of expenses and resources, and
> occasionally extended to military expeditions
> 9. a cap designed for protection in the desert, with an extended peak and
> flaps to cover ears and neck
> 10. a large wild sheep (*Ovis ammon*) of the Middle East, the male of
> which has massive curved horns
> 11. a trick-taking card game for three players, similar to whist
> 12. a spiny reptile of New Zealand with a vestigial third eye
> 13. a game at cards, now unknown [Shak.]
> 14. *Of cloth:* decorated by interweaving short lengths of gold or silver
> thread into the material
> 15. dried or preserved figs
>
> --
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> "Dixonary" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
> email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com.
> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
>

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

[Christopher Carson]

I'll go with 5 and 11.

Chris

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 25, 2014, at 1:33 AM, "Paul Keating" <2528.tripoli (AT) boargules (DOT) com> wrote:
>
> Our inventive players have concocted all but one of the fifteen definitions for TRIPOLI 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 Saturday 26 July 2014 at
>
> 11:00 PDT
> 12:00 MDT
> 13:00 CDT
> 14:00 EDT
> 18:00 UTC
> 19:00 BST
> 20:00 CEST for me
>
> and on Sunday 27 July 2014 at
>
> 04:00 EST in Melbourne.
>
> 1. an auspicious omen
> 2. in pocket pool, pocketing three balls with one shot
> 3. breaded and sautéed slices of the lining of a cow's stomach
> 4. a style of decorative mirror with beveled glass and often other inlays
> 5. a chess opening which aims to allow White to take control of the centre with pieces from a distance
> 6. Archeol. a kind of cement made from three kinds of rock [fr. Gk tripolith < tri + lithos stone]
> 7. 1. a fine earth used as a polishing-powder, consisting mainly of decomposed siliceous matter, esp. that formed of the shells of diatoms; called also infusorial earth or rotten-stone.
> 2. a large, mild onion; also, the plant producing a bulb of this kind.
> 8. in ancient Greece, a form of cooperative government between city-states that involved sharing of expenses and resources, and occasionally extended to military expeditions
> 9. a cap designed for protection in the desert, with an extended peak and flaps to cover ears and neck
> 10. a large wild sheep (Ovis ammon) of the Middle East, the male of which has massive curved horns
> 11. a trick-taking card game for three players, similar to whist
> 12. a spiny reptile of New Zealand with a vestigial third eye
> 13. a game at cards, now unknown [Shak.]
> 14. Of cloth: decorated by interweaving short lengths of gold or silver thread into the material
> 15. dried or preserved figs
>
> --
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com.
> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

[Shani Naylor]

Hi -- can I take 5 & 13.

5. a chess opening which aims to allow White to take control of the centre
with pieces from a distance
13. a game at cards, now unknown [Shak.]

Shani

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

[Jim Hart]

The quite popular 11 and the not unpopular 14 for me

Jim

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

[Tony Abell]

I'll have a couple recreational choices. 2 and 13, please:

> 2. in pocket pool, pocketing three balls with one shot

> 13. a game at cards, now unknown [Shak.]

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

[Glen Boswell]

>
> It'll be 11 and 13 for me this time
>

Cheers

Glen

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

[endash@verizon.net]

I'll go for 5 and 11, please.

-- Dick Weltz
&nbsp;




&nbsp;



&nbsp;





On 07/25/14, Paul Keating&lt;2528.tripoli (AT) boargules (DOT) com&gt; wrote:

&nbsp;





Our inventive players have concocted all but one of the fifteen definitions for TRIPOLI 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 &quot;good&quot; 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 Saturday 26 July 2014 at

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 11:00 PDT
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 12:00 MDT
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 13:00 CDT
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 14:00 EDT
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 18:00 UTC
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 19:00 BST
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 20:00 CEST for me

and on Sunday 27 July 2014 at

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 04:00 EST in Melbourne.



&nbsp;1.. an auspicious omen
&nbsp;2. in pocket pool, pocketing three balls with one shot
&nbsp;3. breaded and sautéed slices of the lining of a cow's stomach
&nbsp;4. a style of decorative mirror with beveled glass and often other inlays
&nbsp;5. a chess opening which aims to allow White to take control of the centre with pieces from a distance
&nbsp;6. Archeol. a kind of cement made from three kinds of rock [fr. Gk tripolith &lt; tri + lithos stone]
&nbsp;7. 1. a fine earth used as a polishing-powder, consisting mainly of decomposed siliceous matter, esp. that formed of the shells of diatoms; called also infusorial earth or rotten-stone.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2. a large, mild onion; also, the plant producing a bulb of this kind.
&nbsp;8. in ancient Greece, a form of cooperative government between city-states that involved sharing of expenses and resources, and occasionally extended to military expeditions
&nbsp;9. a cap designed for protection in the desert, with an extended peak and flaps to cover ears and neck
10. a large wild sheep (Ovis ammon) of the Middle East, the male of which has massive curved horns
11. a trick-taking card game for three players, similar to whist
12. a spiny reptile of New Zealand with a vestigial third eye
13. a game at cards, now unknown [Shak.]
14. Of cloth: decorated by interweaving short lengths of gold or silver thread into the material
15. dried or preserved figs









--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &quot;Dixonary&quot; group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.








--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &quot;Dixonary&quot; group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com (mailto:dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com).
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.