[Dixonary] Rd. 2372: Vote for caitliff!

[nancygoat]

Unused as I am to the deal, I've managed to delay posting the defs by 12
hours after setting the original deadline 12 hours too early. At any rate,
I've gathered 15 clever definitions for CAITLIFF, including one from an
actual published dictionary.

Please vote for your two favorites, rewarding cleverness as you wish, and
earn 2 points for guessing the correct one if you can. If you decide,
after seeing the defs, that you really do know the word, please send your
DQs to me privately. There were no DQs during the deal.

So, here, for your voting pleasure is CAITLIFF. Please submit your votes
publicly by the deadline of 11:30 a.m. US Eastern Time Sunday August 14. I
believe that is 6:30 p.m. GMT the same day.

Good luck! (including to me, in hopes I don't make any more mistakes...)
Nancy

1. a deputized person, who can assist in official arrests.

2. the puccoon.

3. A medieval close-combat weapon consisting of a spiked iron ball attached
by a chain to a short staff.

4. despicably mean and cowardly; a cowardly and despicable person

5. an underwater jetty extending at a sharp angle to the shore, used
primarily to entrap sand to build up beaches.

6. Algonquin name for northern pike. (genus Esox)

7. a material used in the welding of copper.

8. One who decorates cakes.

9. the serjeant-at-arms (q.v.) for the Dáil Éireann (Ireland)

10. A walking stick tipped with a metal spike.

11. [Legal. Obs.] A child born into prison or captivity [_cait_ Fr.
captive + _liff_ to give life to]

12. the official responsible for arranging accommodations and food for the
English court when it travels.

13. A gentleman brigand of the Scottish border; a border-rider.

14. in pre-Norman English law, a person who supported the original
plaintiff in a suit.

15. old Welsh instrument like a hornpipe

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[nancygoat]

Arghh, already wrong. Although it was Johnny who led me astray, I
dislexically followed right along. This is, I think, Round 2732, not 2372.

Nancy

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[Daniel Widdis]

I’ll go with 4, for the odd repetition of both despicable and cowardly, plus 9 for the odd spelling of sergeant.


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[Shani Naylor]

I like the look of 9 & 15.

On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 4:08 PM, nancygoat <nancygoat (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

> Unused as I am to the deal, I've managed to delay posting the defs by 12
> hours after setting the original deadline 12 hours too early. At any rate,
> I've gathered 15 clever definitions for CAITLIFF, including one from an
> actual published dictionary.
>
> Please vote for your two favorites, rewarding cleverness as you wish, and
> earn 2 points for guessing the correct one if you can. If you decide,
> after seeing the defs, that you really do know the word, please send your
> DQs to me privately. There were no DQs during the deal.
>
> So, here, for your voting pleasure is CAITLIFF. Please submit your votes
> publicly by the deadline of 11:30 a.m. US Eastern Time Sunday August 14. I
> believe that is 6:30 p.m. GMT the same day.
>
> Good luck! (including to me, in hopes I don't make any more mistakes...)
> Nancy
>
> 1. a deputized person, who can assist in official arrests.
>
> 2. the puccoon.
>
> 3. A medieval close-combat weapon consisting of a spiked iron ball
> attached by a chain to a short staff.
>
> 4. despicably mean and cowardly; a cowardly and despicable person
>
> 5. an underwater jetty extending at a sharp angle to the shore, used
> primarily to entrap sand to build up beaches.
>
> 6. Algonquin name for northern pike. (genus Esox)
>
> 7. a material used in the welding of copper.
>
> 8. One who decorates cakes.
>
> 9. the serjeant-at-arms (q.v.) for the Dáil Éireann (Ireland)
>
> 10. A walking stick tipped with a metal spike.
>
> 11. [Legal. Obs.] A child born into prison or captivity [_cait_ Fr.
> captive + _liff_ to give life to]
>
> 12. the official responsible for arranging accommodations and food for
> the English court when it travels.
>
> 13. A gentleman brigand of the Scottish border; a border-rider.
>
> 14. in pre-Norman English law, a person who supported the original
> plaintiff in a suit.
>
> 15. old Welsh instrument like a hornpipe
>
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[Johnb - co.uk]

On 13/08/2016 05:16, nancygoat wrote:
> Although it was Johnny who led me astray

Me? what did I do?

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[Johnb - co.uk]

#2 and #14 for me please

*JohnnyB*

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[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 3 and 11.

Guerri

On 8/13/2016 12:08 AM, nancygoat wrote:
>
> 3. A medieval close-combat weapon consisting of a spiked iron ball
> attached by a chain to a short staff.
>
>
> 11. [Legal. Obs.] A child born into prison or captivity [_cait_ Fr.
> captive + _liff_ to give life to]
>
>

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[Judy Madnick]

3. A medieval close-combat weapon consisting of a spiked iron ball attached by a chain to a short staff.


10. A walking stick tipped with a metal spike.

Judy Madnick
Albany, NY (who will be out of town until Wednesday evening and unable to do anything but possibly provide a definition in a new round...and vote -- so I hope not many vote for my definition!)

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[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll go with 2 and 15.


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[Steve Graham]

5 and 10 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



5. an underwater jetty extending at a sharp angle to the shore, used primarily to entrap sand to build up beaches.



10. A walking stick tipped with a metal spike.



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[Dave Cunningham]

2 for "puccoon" (a kissing raccoon?), and 11 for Johnny's def

Dave


On Saturday, August 13, 2016 at 12:08:03 AM UTC-4, nancygoat wrote:

> Unused as I am to the deal, I've managed to delay posting the defs by 12
> hours after setting the original deadline 12 hours too early. At any rate,
> I've gathered 15 clever definitions for CAITLIFF, including one from an
> actual published dictionary.
>
> Please vote for your two favorites, rewarding cleverness as you wish, and
> earn 2 points for guessing the correct one if you can. If you decide,
> after seeing the defs, that you really do know the word, please send your
> DQs to me privately. There were no DQs during the deal.
>
> So, here, for your voting pleasure is CAITLIFF. Please submit your votes
> publicly by the deadline of 11:30 a.m. US Eastern Time Sunday August 14. I
> believe that is 6:30 p.m. GMT the same day.
>
> Good luck! (including to me, in hopes I don't make any more mistakes...)
> Nancy
>
> 1. a deputized person, who can assist in official arrests.
>
> 2. the puccoon.
>
> 3. A medieval close-combat weapon consisting of a spiked iron ball
> attached by a chain to a short staff.
>
> 4. despicably mean and cowardly; a cowardly and despicable person
>
> 5. an underwater jetty extending at a sharp angle to the shore, used
> primarily to entrap sand to build up beaches.
>
> 6. Algonquin name for northern pike. (genus Esox)
>
> 7. a material used in the welding of copper.
>
> 8. One who decorates cakes.
>
> 9. the serjeant-at-arms (q.v.) for the Dáil Éireann (Ireland)
>
> 10. A walking stick tipped with a metal spike.
>
> 11. [Legal. Obs.] A child born into prison or captivity [_cait_ Fr.
> captive + _liff_ to give life to]
>
> 12. the official responsible for arranging accommodations and food for
> the English court when it travels.
>
> 13. A gentleman brigand of the Scottish border; a border-rider.
>
> 14. in pre-Norman English law, a person who supported the original
> plaintiff in a suit.
>
> 15. old Welsh instrument like a hornpipe
>
>

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[Tim Lodge]

I'll go for the strange word and the Irish parliamentary official: 2 and 9,
please.

2. the puccoon.

9. the serjeant-at-arms (q.v.) for the Dáil Éireann (Ireland)

-- Tim L

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[—Keith Hale—]

With apologies to writer of #9 - 9 & 14 for me, please.
-Keith-

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[Efrem Mallach]

Sounds like a person to me. Which person? I dunno, but I'll vote for 1 and 13.

Efrem

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> On Aug 13, 2016, at 12:08 AM, nancygoat <nancygoat (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
>
> Unused as I am to the deal, I've managed to delay posting the defs by 12 hours after setting the original deadline 12 hours too early. At any rate, I've gathered 15 clever definitions for CAITLIFF, including one from an actual published dictionary.
>
> Please vote for your two favorites, rewarding cleverness as you wish, and earn 2 points for guessing the correct one if you can. If you decide, after seeing the defs, that you really do know the word, please send your DQs to me privately. There were no DQs during the deal.
>
> So, here, for your voting pleasure is CAITLIFF. Please submit your votes publicly by the deadline of 11:30 a.m. US Eastern Time Sunday August 14. I believe that is 6:30 p.m. GMT the same day.
>
> Good luck! (including to me, in hopes I don't make any more mistakes...)
> Nancy
>
> 1. a deputized person, who can assist in official arrests.
>
> 13. A gentleman brigand of the Scottish border; a border-rider.

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[nancygoat]

If you look at the list of topics, you'll see you dislexed the round number
1st.

Nancy

On Saturday, August 13, 2016 at 6:19:29 AM UTC-5, jo... (AT) john-barrs (DOT) co.uk
wrote:
>
>
> On 13/08/2016 05:16, nancygoat wrote:
> > Although it was Johnny who led me astray
>
> Me? what did I do?
>
>

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[Chris Carson]

I’ll do the popular pair – 2 and 9.

Chirs

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[Johnb - co.uk]

Nancy

I am quite prepared to accept the fact that I am numerically dyslexic -
it has been a feature for the whole of my life - but I do not see any
message subject that refers to a round number until you posted the
deflist. (although the earliest message that claims to have that number
within it (even if I can's see it there!!) is Efrem's telling you that
the word hasn't been played.

Also reading my emails to you around this time - including the comments
about the fact that a word list hadn't been posted since February I
still don't see that number


So... People, if I led anyone astray I apologise even if I can't see
where I did it


*JohnnyB*
On 14/08/2016 03:57, nancygoat wrote:
> If you look at the list of topics, you'll see you dislexed the round
> number 1st.
>
> Nancy
>
> On Saturday, August 13, 2016 at 6:19:29 AM UTC-5,
> jo... (AT) john-barrs (DOT) co.uk wrote:
>
>
> On 13/08/2016 05:16, nancygoat wrote:
> > Although it was Johnny who led me astray
>
> Me? what did I do?
>
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[Tony Abell]

Having no other ideas, I'll take the ones with weird spellings, 2 and 9:

> 2. the puccoon.

> 9. the serjeant-at-arms (q.v.) for the Dáil Éireann (Ireland)


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[Tim B]

1 and 9, please, hoping I've scraped in before the deadline.

I have very erratic wifi here among the Cumbrian mountains, so may find dealing difficult if by some
miracle the deal comes my way in the next couple of weeks.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

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[John Barrs]

OK... I have located my typo/numeric-dyslexia - it was in the
announcement of the results of RUKH ---I am sorry Nancy - mea culpa

*JohnnyB*

On 14 August 2016 at 12:04, Johnb - co.uk <johnb (AT) john-barrs (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

> Nancy
>
> I am quite prepared to accept the fact that I am numerically dyslexic - it
> has been a feature for the whole of my life - but I do not see any message
> subject that refers to a round number until you posted the deflist.
> (although the earliest message that claims to have that number within it
> (even if I can's see it there!!) is Efrem's telling you that the word
> hasn't been played.
>
> Also reading my emails to you around this time - including the comments
> about the fact that a word list hadn't been posted since February I still
> don't see that number
>
>
> So... People, if I led anyone astray I apologise even if I can't see where
> I did it
>
>
> *JohnnyB*
> On 14/08/2016 03:57, nancygoat wrote:
>
> If you look at the list of topics, you'll see you dislexed the round
> number 1st.
>
> Nancy
>
> On Saturday, August 13, 2016 at 6:19:29 AM UTC-5, jo... (AT) john-barrs (DOT) co.uk
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 13/08/2016 05:16, nancygoat wrote:
>> > Although it was Johnny who led me astray
>>
>> Me? what did I do?
>>
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[nancygoat]

That's the one.

Nancy

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[Daniel Widdis]

It would be great if we knew what this was in answer to. :)

From: <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com> on behalf of nancygoat <nancygoat (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
Reply-To: <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
Date: Sunday, August 14, 2016 at 8:10 PM
To: Dixonary <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
Subject: Re: [Dixonary] Re: Rd. 2372: Vote for caitliff!

That's the one.

Nancy

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