[Dixonary] Round 2693: werowance - Definition List

[Chris Carson]

We've gathered a crop of 19 very interesting definitions of WEROWANCE,
forming a widely diverse set of ideas and contexts. Please vote for your
two favorites, by public reply to this message, before deadline, which is
7:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, or 4:00 AM PDT .

1. A hatter.
2. [Obs] A magic spell.
3. [Obs.] Bravery, courage.
4. [Obs.] the casting of spells.
5. One who keeps or procures whores for others; a pimp; a
procurer.
6. A yellowing of the nails caused by aging or the use of
some drugs.
7. A chief of the Indians of Virginia and Maryland in
early colonial days.
8. A Rosicrucian symbol believed to contain a cipher used
to decode secret messages.
9. The right of a town, usually a royal borough, to
continue to hold its regular market during the season of
Lent.
10. The practice of divination used by some of the Lombards
in which lighted carbon was poured on the baked head of a
goat as the names of those who were accused of crimes were
called out. If crackling occurred as a name was called, it
was assumed that the accused was guilty. The head of an ass
was also used.
11. A monkey [nonce word occurring in 1 citation; 1796 J.
G. Stedman /Narr. Exped. Surinam II, xvi:12 /another monkey
which in Surinam is called a werowance /]/.
12. A measure of the space between facing walls of a
structure; the volume of rubble required to fill this.
13. A headdress of owl feathers traditionally worn by a
shaman of the Sioux tribe.
14. An occult practice involving supposed communications
with werewolves.
15. Dense balls of ancient stars at the outermost edge of
the galaxy.
16. _Obs._ The operation of fate; happenstance.
17. _Obs._ Change; disguise.
18. A period of mourning.
19. An apparition.

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[Judy Madnick]

16. _Obs._ The operation of fate; happenstance [because it ends in -ance!]

and

12. A measure of the space between facing walls of a structure; the volume of rubble required to fill this [because it doesn't!]

Judy Madnick
Albany, NY

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[Daniel Widdis]

10 seems an appropriate method of choosing a presidential candidate this
year, and 8 because I like ciphers.

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[—Keith Hale—]

I'll go with 6 & 9!
-Keith-

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[Shani Naylor]

Having absolutely no idea, I'll go for the last two - 18 & 19.

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 12:58 PM, Chris Carson <clcarson (AT) live (DOT) com> wrote:

> We've gathered a crop of 19 very interesting definitions of WEROWANCE,
> forming a widely diverse set of ideas and contexts. Please vote for your
> two favorites, by public reply to this message, before deadline, which is
> 7:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, or 4:00 AM PDT .
>
> 1. A hatter.
> 2. [Obs] A magic spell.
> 3. [Obs.] Bravery, courage.
> 4. [Obs.] the casting of spells.
> 5. One who keeps or procures whores for others; a pimp; a
> procurer.
> 6. A yellowing of the nails caused by aging or the use of
> some drugs.
> 7. A chief of the Indians of Virginia and Maryland in
> early colonial days.
> 8. A Rosicrucian symbol believed to contain a cipher used
> to decode secret messages.
> 9. The right of a town, usually a royal borough, to
> continue to hold its regular market during the season of
> Lent.
> 10. The practice of divination used by some of the Lombards
> in which lighted carbon was poured on the baked head of a
> goat as the names of those who were accused of crimes were
> called out. If crackling occurred as a name was called, it
> was assumed that the accused was guilty. The head of an ass
> was also used.
> 11. A monkey [nonce word occurring in 1 citation; 1796 J.
> G. Stedman /Narr. Exped. Surinam II, xvi:12 /another monkey
> which in Surinam is called a werowance /]/.
> 12. A measure of the space between facing walls of a
> structure; the volume of rubble required to fill this.
> 13. A headdress of owl feathers traditionally worn by a
> shaman of the Sioux tribe.
> 14. An occult practice involving supposed communications
> with werewolves.
> 15. Dense balls of ancient stars at the outermost edge of
> the galaxy.
> 16. _Obs._ The operation of fate; happenstance.
> 17. _Obs._ Change; disguise.
> 18. A period of mourning.
> 19. An apparition.
>
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[Paul Keating]

18 & 19. I got to the end without finding a believable def.

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[Tim B]

13 and 19, please.

Best wishes,
Tim.

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[Johnb - co.uk]

I do not think this is word from the UK complex of languages so I'll go
for the "not possibly UK" defs - that leaves me a choice of 4, so I will
put all my eggs in one (Easter) basket and go for the two Native
American ones

#7 and #13 please
*
JohnnyB

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[Tim Lodge]

I'll try the Virginian Indian chief and the monkey of Surinam, 7 and 11,
please:

7. A chief of the Indians of Virginia and Maryland in early colonial days.

11. A monkey [nonce word occurring in 1 citation; 1796 J. G. Stedman /Narr.
Exped. Surinam II, xvi:12 /another monkey which in Surinam is called a
werowance /]/.

-- Tim L

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[endash@verizon.net]

My guesses are numbers 9 and 19

--Dick Weltz




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On 03/21/16, Chris Carson&lt;clcarson (AT) live (DOT) com&gt; wrote:

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We've gathered a crop of 19 very interesting definitions of WEROWANCE,
forming a widely diverse set of ideas and contexts. Please vote for your
two favorites, by public reply to this message, before deadline, which is
7:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, or 4:00 AM PDT .

1. A hatter.
2. [Obs] A magic spell.
3. [Obs..] Bravery, courage.
4. [Obs.] the casting of spells.
5. One who keeps or procures whores for others; a pimp; a
procurer.
6.. A yellowing of the nails caused by aging or the use of
some drugs.
7. A chief of the Indians of Virginia and Maryland in
early colonial days.
8. A Rosicrucian symbol believed to contain a cipher used
to decode secret messages.
9. The right of a town, usually a royal borough, to
continue to hold its regular market during the season of
Lent.
10. The practice of divination used by some of the Lombards
in which lighted carbon was poured on the baked head of a
goat as the names of those who were accused of crimes were
called out. If crackling occurred as a name was called, it
was assumed that the accused was guilty. The head of an ass
was also used.
11. A monkey [nonce word occurring in 1 citation; 1796 J.
G. Stedman /Narr. Exped. Surinam II, xvi:12 /another monkey
which in Surinam is called a werowance /]/.
12. A measure of the space between facing walls of a
structure; the volume of rubble required to fill this.
13. A headdress of owl feathers traditionally worn by a
shaman of the Sioux tribe.
14. An occult practice involving supposed communications
with werewolves.
15. Dense balls of ancient stars at the outermost edge of
the galaxy.
16. _Obs._ The operation of fate; happenstance.
17. _Obs._ Change; disguise.
18. A period of mourning.
19. An apparition.

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[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 8 and 9.
Guerri
On 3/21/2016 7:58 PM, Chris Carson wrote:
> We've gathered a crop of 19 very interesting definitions of WEROWANCE,
> forming a widely diverse set of ideas and contexts. Please vote for your
> two favorites, by public reply to this message, before deadline, which is
> 7:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, or 4:00 AM PDT .
>
> 8. A Rosicrucian symbol believed to contain a cipher used
> to decode secret messages.
> 9. The right of a town, usually a royal borough, to
> continue to hold its regular market during the season of
> Lent.
>

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[Dave Cunningham]

1 and 16 out of sheer laziness

Dave


On Monday, March 21, 2016 at 7:59:00 PM UTC-4, Chris wrote:

> We've gathered a crop of 19 very interesting definitions of WEROWANCE,
> forming a widely diverse set of ideas and contexts. Please vote for your
> two favorites, by public reply to this message, before deadline, which is
> 7:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, or 4:00 AM PDT .
>
> 1. A hatter.
> 2. [Obs] A magic spell.
> 3. [Obs.] Bravery, courage.
> 4. [Obs.] the casting of spells.
> 5. One who keeps or procures whores for others; a pimp; a
> procurer.
> 6. A yellowing of the nails caused by aging or the use of
> some drugs.
> 7. A chief of the Indians of Virginia and Maryland in
> early colonial days.
> 8. A Rosicrucian symbol believed to contain a cipher used
> to decode secret messages.
> 9. The right of a town, usually a royal borough, to
> continue to hold its regular market during the season of
> Lent.
> 10. The practice of divination used by some of the Lombards
> in which lighted carbon was poured on the baked head of a
> goat as the names of those who were accused of crimes were
> called out. If crackling occurred as a name was called, it
> was assumed that the accused was guilty. The head of an ass
> was also used.
> 11. A monkey [nonce word occurring in 1 citation; 1796 J.
> G. Stedman /Narr. Exped. Surinam II, xvi:12 /another monkey
> which in Surinam is called a werowance /]/.
> 12. A measure of the space between facing walls of a
> structure; the volume of rubble required to fill this.
> 13. A headdress of owl feathers traditionally worn by a
> shaman of the Sioux tribe.
> 14. An occult practice involving supposed communications
> with werewolves.
> 15. Dense balls of ancient stars at the outermost edge of
> the galaxy.
> 16. _Obs._ The operation of fate; happenstance.
> 17. _Obs._ Change; disguise.
> 18. A period of mourning.
> 19. An apparition.
>
>

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[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll go for 7 and 10.

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[Dodi Schultz]

On 3/21/2016 7:58 PM, Chris Carson wrote:




We've gathered a crop of 19 very interesting definitions . . .


A major understatement. This assortment is WEIRD. Pretty much at random:

13. A headdress of owl feathers traditionally worn by a shaman of the Sioux tribe.

and

18. A period of mourning.

—Dodi






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[nancygoat]

Since it can't possibly be another rubble wall -- can it? -- I'll take the
unpopular 8 and 17.

Nancy

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[Steve Graham]

8 and 19 please

Steve Graham
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

8. A Rosicrucian symbol believed to contain a cipher used
to decode secret messages.
19. An apparition.

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[Jim Hart]

I believe this derives from one of the Elmer Fudd dialects which have many
words for bwavewy and the opewation of fate. So 3 and 14

Jim



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[Efrem Mallach]

Just under the wire: 2 and 4. (And a shout-out to whoever came up with #12, the rubble between walls.)

Efrem

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> On Mar 21, 2016, at 7:58 PM, Chris Carson <clcarson (AT) live (DOT) com> wrote:
>
> We've gathered a crop of 19 very interesting definitions of WEROWANCE,
> forming a widely diverse set of ideas and contexts. Please vote for your
> two favorites, by public reply to this message, before deadline, which is
> 7:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, or 4:00 AM PDT .
>
>
> 2. [Obs] A magic spell.
>
> 4. [Obs.] the casting of spells.

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[Christopher Carson]

The traditional dealer's glitch has reared its ugly head. I could have sworn that I changed the deadline for voting to 7:00 PM Eastern but I see it slipped out as am. Sometimes Cory is too smart for my own good. But since I'm stuck in Lower Manhattan all day, I'll have to hold to my intended PM deadline and tally the score and post when I get home this evening.

red-faced in (or near) The Rockaways,

Your Dealah

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[nancygoat]

Did you mean to vote for 16, Jim?

On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 8:42:26 PM UTC-5, Jim Hart wrote:
>
>
> I believe this derives from one of the Elmer Fudd dialects which have many
> words for bwavewy and the opewation of fate. So 3 and 14
>
> Jim
>
>
>

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[Jim Hart]

Yes Nancy, I did intend 16 but time has passed so stet. Sorry Dave.

Jim




On Thursday, 24 March 2016 09:16:40 UTC+11, nancygoat wrote:
>
> Did you mean to vote for 16, Jim?
>
> On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 8:42:26 PM UTC-5, Jim Hart wrote:
>>
>>
>> I believe this derives from one of the Elmer Fudd dialects which have
>> many words for bwavewy and the opewation of fate. So 3 and 14
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>

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[Jim Hart]

Nancy, as further evidence of my inability to read, I now see that 16 was
yours! I misread "from Cunningham" to mean sent from not votes from. Double
apologies.

Jim

On Thursday, 24 March 2016 11:56:42 UTC+11, Jim Hart wrote:
>
>
> Yes Nancy, I did intend 16 but time has passed so stet. Sorry Dave.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>
> On Thursday, 24 March 2016 09:16:40 UTC+11, nancygoat wrote:
>>
>> Did you mean to vote for 16, Jim?
>>
>> On Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 8:42:26 PM UTC-5, Jim Hart wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I believe this derives from one of the Elmer Fudd dialects which have
>>> many words for bwavewy and the opewation of fate. So 3 and 14
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>

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