[Dixonary] Time to Vote Round 2631 GOURDE

[Steve Graham]

Here are 18 definitions for GOURDE, 17 are from the fertile minds of our
fellow Dixonarians and one from a stodgy old dictionary.

Vote for two (2) by replying to this message by 1800 hours PDT, Aug. 8 (0100
Aug. 9 UTC).

1, a weighty, sobering thought

2, [Obs.] a dull slothful fellow

3, the basic monetary unit of Haiti

4, a five-stringed lute instrument of Brazil

5, a hallucinogenic drug derived from radish leaves

6, [Obs.] one who enjoys food to excess; a glutton.

7, something unfinished or immature; unfledged bird.

8, [Fr. Sl.] the head of one who has been guillotined

9, a crucible for containing molten or burning material.

10, a student celebration in French educational establishments.

11, a hat in the shape of a squash of some sort, found in the Art Deco
period.

12, a stringed instrument similar to the lute but with a fingerboard that is
shorter and unbent.

13, coarse sand or gravel, typically used in mortarless rock wall
construction or as dry fill between two walls

14, a seasoned purée of Provençal origin prepared from salted cod, olive
oil, milk or cream, and sometimes potatoes.

15, the right of a king or lord to purchase imported goods at a port for a
fixed price. Also, a tax or toll levied on merchants.

16, (Mil.) a kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up
and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or
the like.

17, a kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging,
consisting of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together or
enclosed in a canister.

18, Single-headed goblet drum orig. made from hollowed-out calabash but how
usu. from pottery or metal. Membrane traditionally made from goatskin. It is
common to many folk traditions and variations are found in N. Africa,
Central Asia, S. E. Eur., the Middle East, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Size
variable but generally around 25cm diameter. It is held across the left knee
and struck at the edge (by the left hand) and in the centre (by the right).
Examples of its use by Western comps. incl. Ibert's _Suite symphonique_ and
Berlioz's _Les Troyens_ (Dance of the Nubian Slaves).



Steve Graham



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[endash@verizon.net]

Numbers 3 and 18 look possible to me.     -- Dick Weltz
 




 



 





On 08/07/15, Steve Graham<sdgraham (AT) duckswild (DOT) com> wrote:

 







Here are 18 definitions for GOURDE, 17 are from the fertile minds of our fellow Dixonarians and one from a stodgy old dictionary.



Vote for two (2) by replying to this message by 1800 hours PDT, Aug. 8 (0100 Aug. 9 UTC).



1, a weighty, sobering thought



2, [Obs.] a dull slothful fellow



3, the basic monetary unit of Haiti



4, a five-stringed lute instrument of Brazil



5, a hallucinogenic drug derived from radish leaves



6, [Obs.] one who enjoys food to excess; a glutton.



7, something unfinished or immature; unfledged bird.



8, [Fr. Sl..] the head of one who has been guillotined



9, a crucible for containing molten or burning material.



10, a student celebration in French educational establishments.



11, a hat in the shape of a squash of some sort, found in the Art Deco period.



12, a stringed instrument similar to the lute but with a fingerboard that is shorter and unbent.



13, coarse sand or gravel, typically used in mortarless rock wall construction or as dry fill between two walls



14, a seasoned purée of Provençal origin prepared from salted cod, olive oil, milk or cream, and sometimes potatoes.



15, the right of a king or lord to purchase imported goods at a port for a fixed price. Also, a tax or toll levied on merchants.



16, (Mil.) a kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like.



17, a kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging, consisting of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together or enclosed in a canister.



18, Single-headed goblet drum orig. made from hollowed-out calabash but how usu. from pottery or metal. Membrane traditionally made from goatskin. It is common to many folk traditions and variations are found in N. Africa, Central Asia, S. E. Eur., the Middle East, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Size variable but generally around 25cm diameter. It is held across the left knee and struck at the edge (by the left hand) and in the centre (by the right). Examples of its use by Western comps. incl.. Ibert's _Suite symphonique_ and Berlioz's _Les Troyens_ (Dance of the Nubian Slaves).



 



Steve Graham



 







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[Judy Madnick]

Hmmmm...a lot of good possibilities, but probably not one of these (chosen only because they're similar):

4, a five-stringed lute instrument of Brazil

12, a stringed instrument similar to the lute but with a fingerboard that is shorter and unbent.
Judy Madnick
Albany, NY


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[Tim B]

12 because I believe it, and 18 to reward all those keystrokes, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

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[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 6 and 12.

Guerri
On 8/7/2015 9:34 AM, Steve Graham wrote:
> 6, [Obs.] one who enjoys food to excess; a glutton.

> 12, a stringed instrument similar to the lute but with a fingerboard
> that is shorter and unbent.

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[Paul Keating]

3 & 4.
On 7 Aug 2015 15:34, "Steve Graham" <sdgraham (AT) duckswild (DOT) com> wrote:

> Here are 18 definitions for GOURDE, 17 are from the fertile minds of our
> fellow Dixonarians and one from a stodgy old dictionary.
>
> Vote for two (2) by replying to this message by 1800 hours PDT, Aug. 8
> (0100 Aug. 9 UTC).
>
> 1, a weighty, sobering thought
>
> 2, [Obs.] a dull slothful fellow
>
> 3, the basic monetary unit of Haiti
>
> 4, a five-stringed lute instrument of Brazil
>
> 5, a hallucinogenic drug derived from radish leaves
>
> 6, [Obs.] one who enjoys food to excess; a glutton.
>
> 7, something unfinished or immature; unfledged bird.
>
> 8, [Fr. Sl.] the head of one who has been guillotined
>
> 9, a crucible for containing molten or burning material.
>
> 10, a student celebration in French educational establishments.
>
> 11, a hat in the shape of a squash of some sort, found in the Art Deco
> period.
>
> 12, a stringed instrument similar to the lute but with a fingerboard that
> is shorter and unbent.
>
> 13, coarse sand or gravel, typically used in mortarless rock wall
> construction or as dry fill between two walls
>
> 14, a seasoned purée of Provençal origin prepared from salted cod, olive
> oil, milk or cream, and sometimes potatoes.
>
> 15, the right of a king or lord to purchase imported goods at a port for
> a fixed price. Also, a tax or toll levied on merchants.
>
> 16, (Mil.) a kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling
> up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall,
> or the like.
>
> 17, a kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging,
> consisting of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together or
> enclosed in a canister.
>
> 18, Single-headed goblet drum orig. made from hollowed-out calabash but
> how usu. from pottery or metal. Membrane traditionally made from goatskin..
> It is common to many folk traditions and variations are found in N. Africa,
> Central Asia, S. E. Eur., the Middle East, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Size
> variable but generally around 25cm diameter. It is held across the left
> knee and struck at the edge (by the left hand) and in the centre (by the
> right). Examples of its use by Western comps. incl. Ibert's _Suite
> symphonique_ and Berlioz's _Les Troyens_ (Dance of the Nubian Slaves).
>
>
>
> Steve Graham
>
>
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[Shani Naylor]

I'll go for 2 & 3.

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[Tim Lodge]

Ah, I see the wall-fill def has popped up again - it could well be right
this time, but I'll go for the short sobering thought and the lengthy
drum: 1 and 18.

1, a weighty, sobering thought1

18, Single-headed goblet drum orig. made from hollowed-out calabash but how
usu. from pottery or metal. Membrane traditionally made from goatskin. It
is common to many folk traditions and variations are found in N. Africa,
Central Asia, S. E. Eur., the Middle East, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Size
variable but generally around 25cm diameter. It is held across the left
knee and struck at the edge (by the left hand) and in the centre (by the
right). Examples of its use by Western comps. incl. Ibert's _Suite
symphonique_ and Berlioz's _Les Troyens_ (Dance of the Nubian Slaves).

-- Tim L

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[Daniel Widdis]

I believe neither of these, but 8 should have a word for it, and 11 is
so bizarre it deserves a vote.

On 8/7/15 6:34 AM, Steve Graham wrote:
>
> 8, [Fr. Sl.] the head of one who has been guillotined
>
> 11, a hat in the shape of a squash of some sort, found in the Art Deco
> period.

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[—Keith Hale—]

I guess to celebrate the tasty sugar-free slurpee (frozen fizzy drink)
- i'll go for 7 & 11. (With an insular chuckle @ 13!)

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[Dodi Schultz]

Yikes! Will we never get rid of that stuff between the walls?

I don't think that's it, and I know it's not the def I submitted, but that
leaves a staggering 16 possibilities, with 15 opportunities to guess wrong.
I guess there's no point in waiting around for some blinding insight; may
as well vote now. I'll try:

> 7, something unfinished or immature; unfledged bird.
>
and
>
> 9, a crucible for containing molten or burning material.
>

—Dodi



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[Tony Abell]

The believable 6 and the ridiculous 11:

> 6, [Obs.] one who enjoys food to excess; a glutton.

> 11, a hat in the shape of a squash of some sort, found in the Art Deco period.

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[Efrem Mallach]

I’m with the musicians, 4 and 12 - though I do appreciate the continuity of 13 and the effort that went into 18.

Efrem

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> On Aug 7, 2015, at 9:34 AM, Steve Graham <sdgraham (AT) duckswild (DOT) com> wrote:
>
> Here are 18 definitions for GOURDE, 17 are from the fertile minds of our fellow Dixonarians and one from a stodgy old dictionary.
>
> Vote for two (2) by replying to this message by 1800 hours PDT, Aug. 8 (0100 Aug. 9 UTC).
>
>
> 4, a five-stringed lute instrument of Brazil
>
> 12, a stringed instrument similar to the lute but with a fingerboard that is shorter and unbent.

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[Christopher Carson]

4 and 12

Chris


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> On Aug 7, 2015, at 9:34 AM, Steve Graham <sdgraham (AT) duckswild (DOT) com> wrote:
>
> Here are 18 definitions for GOURDE, 17 are from the fertile minds of our fellow Dixonarians and one from a stodgy old dictionary.
>
> Vote for two (2) by replying to this message by 1800 hours PDT, Aug. 8 (0100 Aug. 9 UTC).
>
> 1, a weighty, sobering thought
> 2, [Obs.] a dull slothful fellow
> 3, the basic monetary unit of Haiti
> 4, a five-stringed lute instrument of Brazil
> 5, a hallucinogenic drug derived from radish leaves
> 6, [Obs.] one who enjoys food to excess; a glutton.
> 7, something unfinished or immature; unfledged bird.
> 8, [Fr. Sl.] the head of one who has been guillotined
> 9, a crucible for containing molten or burning material.
> 10, a student celebration in French educational establishments.
> 11, a hat in the shape of a squash of some sort, found in the Art Deco period.
> 12, a stringed instrument similar to the lute but with a fingerboard that is shorter and unbent.
> 13, coarse sand or gravel, typically used in mortarless rock wall construction or as dry fill between two walls
> 14, a seasoned purée of Provençal origin prepared from salted cod, olive oil, milk or cream, and sometimes potatoes.
> 15, the right of a king or lord to purchase imported goods at a port for a fixed price. Also, a tax or toll levied on merchants.
> 16, (Mil.) a kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like.
> 17, a kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging, consisting of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together or enclosed in a canister.
> 18, Single-headed goblet drum orig. made from hollowed-out calabash but how usu. from pottery or metal. Membrane traditionally made from goatskin. It is common to many folk traditions and variations are found in N. Africa, Central Asia, S. E. Eur., the Middle East, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Size variable but generally around 25cm diameter. It is held across the left knee and struck at the edge (by the left hand) and in the centre (by the right). Examples of its use by Western comps. incl. Ibert's _Suite symphonique_ and Berlioz's _Les Troyens_ (Dance of the Nubian Slaves).
>
> Steve Graham
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[Jim Hart]

It's the perennial question. Do I listen to the vox pop music or march to a different drum?

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[Steve Graham]

Rather than dither, you can always go to www.random.org and say you want two random numbers from 1 to 18 inclusive. ;_}

Steve Graham

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Subject: [Dixonary] Time to Vote Round 2631 GOURDE

It's the perennial question. Do I listen to the vox pop music or march to a different drum?

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[Jim Hart]

Those damn touchy iphone screens - my response got sent before I'd
finished. So back to a real keyboard...

I might have marched to the different drum of 18 but I don't have time to
read it. It might be a stringed instrument but Brazilian? Girl from Ipanema
on a lute? And anyway "lute instrument" seems a tad tautological. The
other lute seems more promising but I"m not happy with the unbent
fingerboard which suggests it had been bent but now someone has fixed it,
as distinct from simply a flat or straight fingerboard. Am I obsessing
here? As the dealer has already reminded me, time is running out.

The halucinogenic radish gets a smile. So does the squashy hat. But no
cigar, and nor am I wasting a vote on the stuff between walls.

Oh well, here's to the crucible and the unbent lute - 9 and 12.

Jim





On Friday, 7 August 2015 23:34:54 UTC+10, Steve Graham wrote:
>
> Here are 18 definitions for GOURDE, 17 are from the fertile minds of our
> fellow Dixonarians and one from a stodgy old dictionary.
>
> Vote for two (2) by replying to this message by 1800 hours PDT, Aug. 8
> (0100 Aug. 9 UTC).
>
> 1, a weighty, sobering thought
>
> 2, [Obs.] a dull slothful fellow
>
> 3, the basic monetary unit of Haiti
>
> 4, a five-stringed lute instrument of Brazil
>
> 5, a hallucinogenic drug derived from radish leaves
>
> 6, [Obs.] one who enjoys food to excess; a glutton.
>
> 7, something unfinished or immature; unfledged bird.
>
> 8, [Fr. Sl.] the head of one who has been guillotined
>
> 9, a crucible for containing molten or burning material.
>
> 10, a student celebration in French educational establishments.
>
> 11, a hat in the shape of a squash of some sort, found in the Art Deco
> period.
>
> 12, a stringed instrument similar to the lute but with a fingerboard that
> is shorter and unbent.
>
> 13, coarse sand or gravel, typically used in mortarless rock wall
> construction or as dry fill between two walls
>
> 14, a seasoned purée of Provençal origin prepared from salted cod, olive
> oil, milk or cream, and sometimes potatoes.
>
> 15, the right of a king or lord to purchase imported goods at a port for
> a fixed price. Also, a tax or toll levied on merchants.
>
> 16, (Mil.) a kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling
> up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall,
> or the like.
>
> 17, a kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging,
> consisting of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together or
> enclosed in a canister.
>
> 18, Single-headed goblet drum orig. made from hollowed-out calabash but
> how usu. from pottery or metal. Membrane traditionally made from goatskin..
> It is common to many folk traditions and variations are found in N. Africa,
> Central Asia, S. E. Eur., the Middle East, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Size
> variable but generally around 25cm diameter. It is held across the left
> knee and struck at the edge (by the left hand) and in the centre (by the
> right). Examples of its use by Western comps. incl. Ibert's _Suite
> symphonique_ and Berlioz's _Les Troyens_ (Dance of the Nubian Slaves).
>
>
>
> Steve Graham
>
>
>

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[Efrem Mallach]

Or, if Excel is convenient, enter the formula:

=RANDBETWEEN(1,18)

Efrem

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> On Aug 8, 2015, at 7:34 PM, Steve Graham <sdgraham (AT) duckswild (DOT) com> wrote:
>
> Rather than dither, you can always go to www.random.org and say you want two random numbers from 1 to 18 inclusive. ;_}
>
> Steve Graham
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com [mailto:dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com] On Behalf Of Jim Hart
> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 16:18
> To: Dixonary
> Subject: [Dixonary] Time to Vote Round 2631 GOURDE
>
> It's the perennial question. Do I listen to the vox pop music or march to a different drum?
>
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