Toni Savage
October 9th, 2005, 09:23 PM
Ok-- here are 20 definitions for TARVE... all totally
plausable, but only one came from a dictionary.
Please vote for TWO by Tuesday at 6am Eastern time,
3am Pacific time, and around noonish Tuesday across
the Pond. [Newcomers welcome, but no peeking at a
dictionary!]
1. turn; bend
2. place where pay is distributed to soldiers.
3. a burrowing rodent of the northern Andes, Marmota
tarvata
4. colloq. [Eire] a peat turf or turve [from gaelic
ti~rv - fire]
5. Swedish bread.
6. a mixture of herbs used in Indian cooking
7. a corbel-supported stone lintel with keystone.
8. [Finnish] Thursday.
9. (Scot.) a strap used as an instrument of
punishment (also tawse)
10. one of the cultivated species of wheat, as
distinct from uncultivated species such as spelt and
emmer [Du. tarwe ‘wheat’ < MLG < PIE *dhŕva (Skt
dūrvā)]
11. a circular pan or platter used in the processing
of hand-made matzoh for Passover use.
12. a wooden frame used to confine a horse being
shod.
13. a ground nut grown for food in sub-Saharan
Africa.
14. opaque watercolour paint.
15. [Finnish] a cross-country ski having one or more
toggles acting to retard backward motion of the ski.
16. to turn a rowboat by pulling in opposite
directions with opposing oars.
17. a shallow, recessed ledge in a cliff or canyon
wall.
18. an earthenware cooking dish with a lid.
19. to flirt outrageously.
20. a half line of verse, especially when separated
rhythmically from the rest of the line by a caesura.
-- Toni Savage
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plausable, but only one came from a dictionary.
Please vote for TWO by Tuesday at 6am Eastern time,
3am Pacific time, and around noonish Tuesday across
the Pond. [Newcomers welcome, but no peeking at a
dictionary!]
1. turn; bend
2. place where pay is distributed to soldiers.
3. a burrowing rodent of the northern Andes, Marmota
tarvata
4. colloq. [Eire] a peat turf or turve [from gaelic
ti~rv - fire]
5. Swedish bread.
6. a mixture of herbs used in Indian cooking
7. a corbel-supported stone lintel with keystone.
8. [Finnish] Thursday.
9. (Scot.) a strap used as an instrument of
punishment (also tawse)
10. one of the cultivated species of wheat, as
distinct from uncultivated species such as spelt and
emmer [Du. tarwe ‘wheat’ < MLG < PIE *dhŕva (Skt
dūrvā)]
11. a circular pan or platter used in the processing
of hand-made matzoh for Passover use.
12. a wooden frame used to confine a horse being
shod.
13. a ground nut grown for food in sub-Saharan
Africa.
14. opaque watercolour paint.
15. [Finnish] a cross-country ski having one or more
toggles acting to retard backward motion of the ski.
16. to turn a rowboat by pulling in opposite
directions with opposing oars.
17. a shallow, recessed ledge in a cliff or canyon
wall.
18. an earthenware cooking dish with a lid.
19. to flirt outrageously.
20. a half line of verse, especially when separated
rhythmically from the rest of the line by a caesura.
-- Toni Savage
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