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Jim Hart
July 13th, 2015, 06:07 PM
Here at last (I did say there might be a grace period though no one used
it) are 18 definitions of PITURI.
Vote for your two favourites within the next 38 hours (113
millifortnights) i.e. by Wednesday at:
2300 in Melbourne
1400 UK
1300 UTC
0900 US EDT
etc. Your furlongage may vary.


1. [Med.] dot-like hemorrhages on the surface of the brain at autopsy
indicative of malaria.

2. a device for measuring airspeed (from _Pitot_ and _Venturi_).

3. [Obs.] psoriasis or perhaps some other disease of the skin.

4. Among Gypsies: the hedgehog, _Erinaceus europaeus_.

5. an Erlenmeyer flask with an extended neck

6. a device for detecting gas in mines.

7. thickened fruit purée dessert

8. The mouthpiece of a flute.

9. mental imbalance or distress

10. a long surgical knife with a narrow blade.

11. a stillness; especially an absence of wind

12. A device for producing suction from flowing liquid; aspirator.

13. the body's center of gravity; and in theory, the storage center of
life force.

14. An Australian shrub _Duboisia hopwoodii_, the leaves of which are
used as a narcotic

15. a device for measuring the pressure and flow volume of a gas or
liquid through a pipe.

16. _Turkey._ white wine flavored with pine resin; retsina [Turk., ult.
fm Gk _pituinos_ 'pine resin']

17. In Persian mythology, a beautiful and benevolent supernatural being
or fairy,earlier regarded as malevolent.

18. whistling hole: a hole in rock that has a narrow aperture to a
wider chamber which can produce sounds, groans, moans or whistles when
the wind blows across them


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Steve Graham
July 13th, 2015, 06:17 PM
9 for a maybe and 18 for effort

Steve Graham


9. mental imbalance or distress

18. whistling hole: a hole in rock that has a narrow aperture to a wider chamber which can produce sounds, groans, moans or whistles when the wind blows across them

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—Keith Hale—
July 13th, 2015, 06:58 PM
I hate to start VoxPop so early, but 18 & 12 get my goat. I mean vote.
Votes.
-Keith-

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Daniel Widdis
July 13th, 2015, 07:57 PM
Forgetting everything that blows, sucks, or makes noises associated with
either, I'll have the fruit purée with a glass of wine, please, with an
honorable mention to the narcotics.

7 and 16.

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Judy Madnick
July 13th, 2015, 10:10 PM
3. [Obs.] psoriasis or perhaps some other disease of the skin.

9. mental imbalance or distress

Judy Madnick
Albany, NY

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Guerri Stevens
July 14th, 2015, 04:53 AM
I vote for 11 and 18.

Guerri

On 7/13/2015 7:07 PM, Jim Hart wrote:
>
> 11. a stillness; especially an absence of wind
>
> 18. whistling hole: a hole in rock that has a narrow aperture to a
> wider chamber which can produce sounds, groans, moans or whistles when
> the wind blows across them
>
>

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Tim B
July 14th, 2015, 08:13 AM
2 and 12, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

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endash@verizon.net
July 14th, 2015, 08:18 AM
My guesses are numbers 16 and 18.  -- Dick Weltz




 



 





On 07/13/15, Jim Hart<jfshart (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

 



Here at last (I did say there might be a grace period though no one used
it) are 18 definitions of PITURI.
Vote for your two favourites within the next 38 hours (113
millifortnights) i.e. by Wednesday at:
2300 in Melbourne
1400 UK
1300 UTC
0900 US EDT
etc. Your furlongage may vary.


1. [Med.] dot-like hemorrhages on the surface of the brain at autopsy
indicative of malaria..

2. a device for measuring airspeed (from _Pitot_ and _Venturi_).

3. [Obs.] psoriasis or perhaps some other disease of the skin.

4. Among Gypsies: the hedgehog, _Erinaceus europaeus_..

5. an Erlenmeyer flask with an extended neck

6.. a device for detecting gas in mines.

7. thickened fruit purée dessert

8. The mouthpiece of a flute.

9. mental imbalance or distress

10. a long surgical knife with a narrow blade.

11. a stillness; especially an absence of wind

12. A device for producing suction from flowing liquid; aspirator.

13. the body's center of gravity; and in theory, the storage center of
life force.

14. An Australian shrub _Duboisia hopwoodii_, the leaves of which are
used as a narcotic

15. a device for measuring the pressure and flow volume of a gas or
liquid through a pipe.

16. _Turkey._ white wine flavored with pine resin; retsina [Turk., ult.
fm Gk _pituinos_ 'pine resin']

17. In Persian mythology, a beautiful and benevolent supernatural being
or fairy,earlier regarded as malevolent.

18. whistling hole: a hole in rock that has a narrow aperture to a
wider chamber which can produce sounds, groans, moans or whistles when
the wind blows across them


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France International/Mike Shefler
July 14th, 2015, 09:46 AM
I'll go for 4 and 8.

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Efrem Mallach
July 14th, 2015, 10:03 AM
10 and 15, just because.

Efrem

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> On Jul 13, 2015, at 7:07 PM, Jim Hart <jfshart (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
>
> Here at last (I did say there might be a grace period though no one used it) are 18 definitions of PITURI.
> Vote for your two favourites within the next 38 hours (113 millifortnights) i.e. by Wednesday at:
> 2300 in Melbourne
> 1400 UK
> 1300 UTC
> 0900 US EDT
> etc. Your furlongage may vary.
>
>
> 10. a long surgical knife with a narrow blade.
>
>
> 15. a device for measuring the pressure and flow volume of a gas or liquid through a pipe.

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Tim Lodge
July 14th, 2015, 02:37 PM
I'll go for the gypsy hedgehog and the C of G, 4 and 13:

4. Among Gypsies: the hedgehog, _Erinaceus europaeus_.

13. the body's center of gravity; and in theory, the storage center of
life force.

-- Tim L

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Christopher Carson
July 14th, 2015, 02:59 PM
I'll go with the 8s -

8 and 18

Chris

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 13, 2015, at 7:07 PM, Jim Hart <jfshart (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
>
> Here at last (I did say there might be a grace period though no one used it) are 18 definitions of PITURI.
> Vote for your two favourites within the next 38 hours (113 millifortnights) i.e. by Wednesday at:
> 2300 in Melbourne
> 1400 UK
> 1300 UTC
> 0900 US EDT
> etc. Your furlongage may vary.
>
>
> 1. [Med.] dot-like hemorrhages on the surface of the brain at autopsy indicative of malaria.
>
> 2. a device for measuring airspeed (from _Pitot_ and _Venturi_).
>
> 3. [Obs.] psoriasis or perhaps some other disease of the skin.
>
> 4. Among Gypsies: the hedgehog, _Erinaceus europaeus_.
>
> 5. an Erlenmeyer flask with an extended neck
>
> 6. a device for detecting gas in mines.
>
> 7. thickened fruit purée dessert
>
> 8. The mouthpiece of a flute.
>
> 9. mental imbalance or distress
>
> 10. a long surgical knife with a narrow blade.
>
> 11. a stillness; especially an absence of wind
>
> 12. A device for producing suction from flowing liquid; aspirator.
>
> 13. the body's center of gravity; and in theory, the storage center of life force.
>
> 14. An Australian shrub _Duboisia hopwoodii_, the leaves of which are used as a narcotic
>
> 15. a device for measuring the pressure and flow volume of a gas or liquid through a pipe.
>
> 16. _Turkey._ white wine flavored with pine resin; retsina [Turk., ult. fm Gk _pituinos_ 'pine resin']
>
> 17. In Persian mythology, a beautiful and benevolent supernatural being or fairy,earlier regarded as malevolent.
>
> 18. whistling hole: a hole in rock that has a narrow aperture to a wider chamber which can produce sounds, groans, moans or whistles when the wind blows across them
>
>
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Christopher Carson
July 14th, 2015, 02:59 PM
I'll go with the 8s -

8 and 18

Chris

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 13, 2015, at 7:07 PM, Jim Hart <jfshart (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
>
> Here at last (I did say there might be a grace period though no one used it) are 18 definitions of PITURI.
> Vote for your two favourites within the next 38 hours (113 millifortnights) i.e. by Wednesday at:
> 2300 in Melbourne
> 1400 UK
> 1300 UTC
> 0900 US EDT
> etc. Your furlongage may vary.
>
>
> 1. [Med.] dot-like hemorrhages on the surface of the brain at autopsy indicative of malaria.
>
> 2. a device for measuring airspeed (from _Pitot_ and _Venturi_).
>
> 3. [Obs.] psoriasis or perhaps some other disease of the skin.
>
> 4. Among Gypsies: the hedgehog, _Erinaceus europaeus_.
>
> 5. an Erlenmeyer flask with an extended neck
>
> 6. a device for detecting gas in mines.
>
> 7. thickened fruit purée dessert
>
> 8. The mouthpiece of a flute.
>
> 9. mental imbalance or distress
>
> 10. a long surgical knife with a narrow blade.
>
> 11. a stillness; especially an absence of wind
>
> 12. A device for producing suction from flowing liquid; aspirator.
>
> 13. the body's center of gravity; and in theory, the storage center of life force.
>
> 14. An Australian shrub _Duboisia hopwoodii_, the leaves of which are used as a narcotic
>
> 15. a device for measuring the pressure and flow volume of a gas or liquid through a pipe.
>
> 16. _Turkey._ white wine flavored with pine resin; retsina [Turk., ult. fm Gk _pituinos_ 'pine resin']
>
> 17. In Persian mythology, a beautiful and benevolent supernatural being or fairy,earlier regarded as malevolent.
>
> 18. whistling hole: a hole in rock that has a narrow aperture to a wider chamber which can produce sounds, groans, moans or whistles when the wind blows across them
>
>
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Paul Keating
July 14th, 2015, 03:39 PM
Vox pop says 18, but as a dealer one learns players' teethmarks, and I reckon I detect such a toothmark here.

I vote for the hitherto unregarded 14 and 17.

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nancyshepherdson
July 14th, 2015, 06:30 PM
I'll take 13 and 14 this time.

Nancy


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Tony Abell
July 14th, 2015, 07:10 PM
I'll cast votes in the general direction of a couple diseases, 3 and 9:

> 3. [Obs.] psoriasis or perhaps some other disease of the skin.

> 9. mental imbalance or distress

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Shani Naylor
July 15th, 2015, 01:18 AM
I'll go for the unpopular 1 & 17.

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