[Dixonary] Round 2647 time to vote for woonerf

[Mike Shefler]

Herewith 16 definitions of woonerf, one of which came from a real
dictionary.
Vote for your 2 favorites no later than 10 AM EDT, Saturday, October 3.
1. a bearing assembly that has cylindrical units, not spherical.
2. discarded tailings of an opal mine.
3. an astrological prediction of dire events in the foreseeable future.
4. the deadening of uterine nerves during birth.
5. a road in which devices for reducing or slowing the flow of traffic
have been installed.
6. _AmerInd_ the wolverine.
7. a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting.
8. a measure of colour saturation for CMYK printing, based on the work
of Dr. Karl Frenoow of the Helio Courvoisier S.A. gravure printing
company at La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland in the early 1950s.
9. lunar gravel deposits of unknown origin.
10. a covered walkway for exercises.
11. _Afrikaans_ a small urban plot of land; a building lot.
12. fine metallic filings or shavings removed by a cutting tool.
13. _arch. Obs._ a personal attendant.
14. _Roman-Dutch Law._ Customary [Afk.]
15. a form of Nerf Ball, played on a triangular field by three teams of
six players each.
16. a large perennial Mediterranean plant (Cynara cardunculus) related to
the artichoke and cultivated for its edible root and petioles.


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[Daniel Widdis]

3 and 8 seem unbelievable enough.

On 10/1/15 2:25 PM, Mike Shefler wrote:
> 3. an astrological prediction of dire events in the foreseeable future.
>
> 8. a measure of colour saturation for CMYK printing, based on the work
> of Dr. Karl Frenoow of the Helio Courvoisier S.A. gravure printing
> company at La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland in the early 1950s.

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[Jim Hart]

No sign of any rubble, so I'll take what seem like the nearest relatives -
2 and 12

Jim

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[Johnb - co.uk]

#5 and #15 for me
(the latter because the mind boggles - or at least, mine does)
*
JohnnyB*
On 10/1/2015 10:25 PM, Mike Shefler wrote:
>
> 5. a road in which devices for reducing or slowing the flow of traffic
> have been installed.
>
> 15. a form of Nerf Ball, played on a triangular field by three teams of
> six players each.
>

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[endash@verizon.net]

I'll go for all the "ones" and take a stab at numbers 1 and 11.

-- Dick Weltz




 



 





On 10/01/15, Mike Shefler<stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com> wrote:

 











Herewith 16 definitions of woonerf, one of which came from a real dictionary.
Vote for your 2 favorites no later than 10 AM EDT, Saturday, October 3.



1.  a bearing assembly that has cylindrical units, not spherical.



2.  discarded tailings of an opal mine.



3.  an astrological prediction of dire events in the foreseeable future.



4.  the deadening of uterine nerves during birth.



5.  a road in which devices for reducing or slowing the flow of traffic
have been installed.



6.  _AmerInd_  the wolverine.



7.  a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting.



8.  a measure of  colour saturation for CMYK printing, based on the work
of Dr. Karl Frenoow of the Helio Courvoisier S.A..  gravure printing
company at  La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland in the early 1950s.



9.  lunar gravel deposits of unknown origin.



10.  a covered walkway for exercises.



11.  _Afrikaans_ a small urban plot of land; a building lot.



12.  fine metallic filings or shavings removed by a cutting tool.



13.  _arch. Obs._   a personal attendant.



14.  _Roman-Dutch Law.._ Customary [Afk.]



15.  a form of Nerf Ball, played on a triangular field by three teams of
six players each.



16.  a large perennial Mediterranean plant (Cynara cardunculus) related to
the artichoke and cultivated for its edible root and petioles.








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[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 1 and 9.

Guerri
On 10/1/2015 5:25 PM, Mike Shefler wrote:
> 1. a bearing assembly that has cylindrical units, not spherical.

> 9. lunar gravel deposits of unknown origin.

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[Efrem Mallach]

Last time a throw-away vote for rubble got me two (surprising) points. No rubble this time, though I suppose def. 9 comes close. Besides, the same unwitting strategy (can it be a strategy if it’s unwitting?) is unlikely to work twice in a row.

I’ll try #2, on the grounds that the “woo� opening sounds vaguely Australian and lots of opals come from Australia, and #8, since Helio Courvoisier used to print stamps (a random odd fact; I’ll audition for Jeopardy! on Monday morning), and our dealer is into stamps, so he just might have come across this oddity.

Efrem

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> On Oct 1, 2015, at 5:25 PM, Mike Shefler <stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com> wrote:
>
> Herewith 16 definitions of woonerf, one of which came from a real dictionary.
> Vote for your 2 favorites no later than 10 AM EDT, Saturday, October 3.
> 1. a bearing assembly that has cylindrical units, not spherical.
> 2. discarded tailings of an opal mine.
> 3. an astrological prediction of dire events in the foreseeable future.
> 4. the deadening of uterine nerves during birth.
> 5. a road in which devices for reducing or slowing the flow of traffic have been installed.
> 6. _AmerInd_ the wolverine.
> 7. a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting.
> 8. a measure of colour saturation for CMYK printing, based on the work of Dr. Karl Frenoow of the Helio Courvoisier S.A. gravure printing company at La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland in the early 1950s.
> 9. lunar gravel deposits of unknown origin.
> 10. a covered walkway for exercises.
> 11. _Afrikaans_ a small urban plot of land; a building lot.
> 12. fine metallic filings or shavings removed by a cutting tool.
> 13. _arch. Obs._ a personal attendant.
> 14. _Roman-Dutch Law._ Customary [Afk.]
> 15. a form of Nerf Ball, played on a triangular field by three teams of six players each.
> 16. a large perennial Mediterranean plant (Cynara cardunculus) related to the artichoke and cultivated for its edible root and petioles.

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[Judy Madnick]

I think I started to vote...but never finished. If this is a duplicate, please ignore it! I don't see it in Google Groups, so here I go!

I'll go with the toys and games, 7 and 15.

Judy Madnick
Albany, NY

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[Tim B]

9 because it just could be, and 15 for inventiveness, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

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[Steve Graham]

15 and 16 please



Steve Graham

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein



15. a form of Nerf Ball, played on a triangular field by three teams of
six players each.

16. a large perennial Mediterranean plant (Cynara cardunculus) related to
the artichoke and cultivated for its edible root and petioles.



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[Shani Naylor]

6 & 11 for me.

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[Tony Abell]

I'll take a gamble with 5 and 16, please:

> 5.Â* a road in which devices for reducing or slowing the flow of traffic

> 16.Â* a large perennial Mediterranean plant (Cynara cardunculus) related to
> the artichoke and cultivated for its edible root and petioles.

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[Dodi Schultz]

None of them are remotely believable. Pretty much at random, I'll try

5. a road in which devices for reducing or slowing the flow have been
installed.

and

12. fine metallic filings or shavings removed by a cutting tool.

—Dodi

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[Tim Lodge]

Afrikaans for me: 11 and 14, please.

-- Tim L

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