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Jim Hart
June 13th, 2015, 07:38 PM
You came good. I knew you would. Here are 19 definitions for PUTTOCK,
one of which is from a dictionary. Vote for two in the next 36 hours,
i.e. on Monday before:
2300 my time
1400 UK time
1300 UTC
0900 US east
etc


1. Dwarf palmetto

2. a bird of prey

3. public drunkenness

4. a short-handled billhook.

5. a castrated water buffalo.

6. a shapeless piece; a fragment.

7. _Austral. slang._ A henpecked husband.

8. in Isaiah, a small animal of some sort.

9. a cured oak barrel used for aging Scotch whiskey.

10. a natural hill which is long and uncommonly narrow

11. the giant razor clam of Indo-Pacific seas, _Solen pallida_

12. a water hazard on a steeplechase course; to fall into such a hazard.

13. a cloth wrapping applied at a horse's joint between the cannon bone
and great pastern bone

14. _Nautical_ A piece of hardwood on either side of a bowsprit through
where forestays are reeved.

15. a long strip of cloth or leather wound spirally round the leg from
the ankle to the knee and worn by soldiers etc for protection

16. a nozzle, mouthpiece, or fixture through which the blast is
delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge.

17. A barge or lighter, used on the Tyne for carrying coal from
Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt. [Eng.]

18. _Naut._ any of the lines rigged from the ends of the crosstrees to
the mast below in order to brace them against the pull of the rigging above.

19. a basket of wood or wickerwork, open at the top and becoming
narrower and elongated towards the bottom, to be carried on the shoulder
[? < S. Ger. _Butte_ 'basket']




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Paul Keating
June 14th, 2015, 01:10 AM
I don't believe any of these. 6 & 12, as the least unconvincing.

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Tim Lodge
June 14th, 2015, 03:33 AM
I'll try 4 and 10, the billhook and the hill.

-- Tim L

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Guerri Stevens
June 14th, 2015, 05:37 AM
I vote for 7 and 19.

Guerri

On 6/13/2015 8:38 PM, Jim Hart wrote:
> 7. _Austral. slang._ A henpecked husband.
>
> 19. a basket of wood or wickerwork, open at the top and becoming
> narrower and elongated towards the bottom, to be carried on the
> shoulder [? < S. Ger. _Butte_ 'basket']
>

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Steve Graham
June 14th, 2015, 08:06 AM
I'll take 4 and 11 please

Steve Graham

4. a short-handled billhook.

11. the giant razor clam of Indo-Pacific seas, _Solen pallida_


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endash@verizon.net
June 14th, 2015, 08:59 AM
I'll take a stab at numbers 9 and 12.

-- Dick Weltz




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You came good. I knew you would. Here are 19 definitions for PUTTOCK,
one of which is from a dictionary. Vote for two in the next 36 hours,
i.e. on Monday before:
2300 my time
1400 UK time
1300 UTC
0900 US east
etc


1. Dwarf palmetto

2. a bird of prey

3. public drunkenness

4. a short-handled billhook.

5. a castrated water buffalo.

6. a shapeless piece; a fragment.

7. _Austral. slang._ A henpecked husband.

8. in Isaiah, a small animal of some sort.

9. a cured oak barrel used for aging Scotch whiskey.

10. a natural hill which is long and uncommonly narrow

11. the giant razor clam of Indo-Pacific seas, _Solen pallida_

12. a water hazard on a steeplechase course; to fall into such a hazard.

13. a cloth wrapping applied at a horse's joint between the cannon bone
and great pastern bone

14. _Nautical_ A piece of hardwood on either side of a bowsprit through
where forestays are reeved.

15. a long strip of cloth or leather wound spirally round the leg from
the ankle to the knee and worn by soldiers etc for protection

16. a nozzle, mouthpiece, or fixture through which the blast is
delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge.

17. A barge or lighter, used on the Tyne for carrying coal from
Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt. [Eng.]

18. _Naut._ any of the lines rigged from the ends of the crosstrees to
the mast below in order to brace them against the pull of the rigging above.

19. a basket of wood or wickerwork, open at the top and becoming
narrower and elongated towards the bottom, to be carried on the shoulder
[? &lt; S. Ger. _Butte_ 'basket']




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Tim B
June 14th, 2015, 09:42 AM
6 and 14, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

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France International/Mike Shefler
June 14th, 2015, 09:51 AM
I'll go for the 2 nautical defs 14 and 18.

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Daniel Widdis
June 14th, 2015, 11:13 AM
Like Paul, I don't believe any. And the longer they get, the less
believable they sound.

So I'll take the two shortest, please. 1 and 2.

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Dave Cunningham
June 14th, 2015, 02:34 PM
Barrs: 17 and 19

Dave


On Saturday, June 13, 2015 at 8:38:47 PM UTC-4, Jim Hart wrote:

> You came good. I knew you would. Here are 19 definitions for PUTTOCK,
> one of which is from a dictionary. Vote for two in the next 36 hours,
> i.e. on Monday before:
> 2300 my time
> 1400 UK time
> 1300 UTC
> 0900 US east
> etc
>
>
> 1. Dwarf palmetto
>
> 2. a bird of prey
>
> 3. public drunkenness
>
> 4. a short-handled billhook.
>
> 5. a castrated water buffalo.
>
> 6. a shapeless piece; a fragment.
>
> 7. _Austral. slang._ A henpecked husband.
>
> 8. in Isaiah, a small animal of some sort.
>
> 9. a cured oak barrel used for aging Scotch whiskey.
>
> 10. a natural hill which is long and uncommonly narrow
>
> 11. the giant razor clam of Indo-Pacific seas, _Solen pallida_
>
> 12. a water hazard on a steeplechase course; to fall into such a hazard.
>
> 13. a cloth wrapping applied at a horse's joint between the cannon bone
> and great pastern bone
>
> 14. _Nautical_ A piece of hardwood on either side of a bowsprit through
> where forestays are reeved.
>
> 15. a long strip of cloth or leather wound spirally round the leg from
> the ankle to the knee and worn by soldiers etc for protection
>
> 16. a nozzle, mouthpiece, or fixture through which the blast is
> delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge.
>
> 17. A barge or lighter, used on the Tyne for carrying coal from
> Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt. [Eng.]
>
> 18. _Naut._ any of the lines rigged from the ends of the crosstrees to
> the mast below in order to brace them against the pull of the rigging
> above.
>
> 19. a basket of wood or wickerwork, open at the top and becoming
> narrower and elongated towards the bottom, to be carried on the shoulder
> [? < S. Ger. _Butte_ 'basket']
>
>
>
>
>

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—Keith Hale—
June 14th, 2015, 03:33 PM
17 has great structure, and 6 for six-n-giggles.
-Keith-

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nancyshepherdson
June 14th, 2015, 06:52 PM
I'll take 10 and 15.

Nancy

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Shani Naylor
June 14th, 2015, 09:01 PM
12 & 17 for me.

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Efrem Mallach
June 14th, 2015, 09:30 PM
I'll try 13 and 18.

Efrem

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On Jun 13, 2015, at 8:38 PM, Jim Hart <jfshart (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

> You came good. I knew you would. Here are 19 definitions for PUTTOCK, one of which is from a dictionary. Vote for two in the next 36 hours, i.e. on Monday before:
> 2300 my time
> 1400 UK time
> 1300 UTC
> 0900 US east
> etc
>
>
> 13. a cloth wrapping applied at a horse's joint between the cannon bone and great pastern bone
>
>
> 18. _Naut._ any of the lines rigged from the ends of the crosstrees to the mast below in order to brace them against the pull of the rigging above.

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Dodi Schultz
June 14th, 2015, 10:39 PM
I haven't the remotest idea. How about:

> 12. a water hazard on a steeplechase course; to fall into such a hazard.
and
> 18. _Naut._ any of the lines rigged from the ends of the crosstrees to
> the mast below in order to brace them against the pull of the rigging above.

—Dodi


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