[Dixonary] Round 2763 GARIOFLE Defs - Vote Now!

[Tim Lodge]

Here are 13 defs of the word GARIOFLE, 12 of which are the product of your
fevered imaginations; the other one came form my dictionary.Please vote, by
public reply to this message, for the two you find most convincing, funny,
or just plain weird, before the deadline of:

10:00 GMT on Friday 9th December
11:00 CET
5:00 AM EST
2:00 AM PST
21:00 AEDT in Melbourne
23:00 NZDT in New Zealand

New players are always welcome - just don't look up the word until after
you've voted.

-- Tim L

*** GARIOFLE ***


1. an ornamental border.

2. _Obs. rare._ a clove.

3. a rejected suitor (dubious)

4. artwork fashioned from metallic foil.

5. a twisted, multi-colored, Advent candle.

6. an iron framework around a hatchway opening.

7. embroidered silk with gold and silver threads.

8. a brain defect that distorts a person's sense of the passage of
time.

9. a flag or standard of any of the Italian city-states of the
Renaissance.

10. thin transparent sheets of mica, used for peepholes in boilers,
lanterns, stoves and kilns.

11. an organ stop sounding two octaves and a major third above the
pitch of the key (obs., see also tierce).

12. a man who flaunts his appearance with the display of an impressive
or opulent array of clothing and ornament.

13. predecessor of the accordion, c. 1810, having a button layout on
the right-hand manual rather than a piano-like keyboard and a single row of
buttons on the left-hand manual.

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[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll go for 1 and 13.


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[Daniel Widdis]

Is it time to vote already?Â* 8, please.Â* And the dubious 3.



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[Dave Cunningham]

6 and 12 to keep my score to zero.

Dave


On Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at 1:52:54 PM UTC-5, Tim Lodge wrote:

> Here are 13 defs of the word GARIOFLE, 12 of which are the product of your
> fevered imaginations; the other one came form my dictionary.Please vote,
> by public reply to this message, for the two you find most convincing,
> funny, or just plain weird, before the deadline of:
>
> 10:00 GMT on Friday 9th December
> 11:00 CET
> 5:00 AM EST
> 2:00 AM PST
> 21:00 AEDT in Melbourne
> 23:00 NZDT in New Zealand
>
> New players are always welcome - just don't look up the word until after
> you've voted.
>
> -- Tim L
>
> *** GARIOFLE ***
>
>
> 1. an ornamental border.
>
> 2. _Obs. rare._ a clove.
>
> 3. a rejected suitor (dubious)
>
> 4. artwork fashioned from metallic foil.
>
> 5. a twisted, multi-colored, Advent candle.
>
> 6. an iron framework around a hatchway opening.
>
> 7. embroidered silk with gold and silver threads.
>
> 8. a brain defect that distorts a person's sense of the passage of
> time.
>
> 9. a flag or standard of any of the Italian city-states of the
> Renaissance.
>
> 10. thin transparent sheets of mica, used for peepholes in boilers,
> lanterns, stoves and kilns.
>
> 11. an organ stop sounding two octaves and a major third above the
> pitch of the key (obs., see also tierce).
>
> 12. a man who flaunts his appearance with the display of an
> impressive or opulent array of clothing and ornament.
>
> 13. predecessor of the accordion, c. 1810, having a button layout on
> the right-hand manual rather than a piano-like keyboard and a single row of
> buttons on the left-hand manual.
>

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[Judy Madnick]

6. an iron framework around a hatchway opening.
13. predecessor of the accordion, c. 1810, having a button layout on the right-hand manual rather than a piano-like keyboard and a single row of buttons on the left-hand manual.

Judy Madnick
Albany, NY

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[—Keith Hale—]

8 & 11 for me please!
-Keith-

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[Shani Naylor]

7 & 9 for me.
On 8/12/2016 7:52 AM, "Tim Lodge" <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

> Here are 13 defs of the word GARIOFLE, 12 of which are the product of your
> fevered imaginations; the other one came form my dictionary.Please vote,
> by public reply to this message, for the two you find most convincing,
> funny, or just plain weird, before the deadline of:
>
> 10:00 GMT on Friday 9th December
> 11:00 CET
> 5:00 AM EST
> 2:00 AM PST
> 21:00 AEDT in Melbourne
> 23:00 NZDT in New Zealand
>
> New players are always welcome - just don't look up the word until after
> you've voted.
>
> -- Tim L
>
> *** GARIOFLE ***
>
>
> 1. an ornamental border.
>
> 2. _Obs. rare._ a clove.
>
> 3. a rejected suitor (dubious)
>
> 4. artwork fashioned from metallic foil.
>
> 5. a twisted, multi-colored, Advent candle.
>
> 6. an iron framework around a hatchway opening.
>
> 7. embroidered silk with gold and silver threads.
>
> 8. a brain defect that distorts a person's sense of the passage of
> time.
>
> 9. a flag or standard of any of the Italian city-states of the
> Renaissance.
>
> 10. thin transparent sheets of mica, used for peepholes in boilers,
> lanterns, stoves and kilns.
>
> 11. an organ stop sounding two octaves and a major third above the
> pitch of the key (obs., see also tierce).
>
> 12. a man who flaunts his appearance with the display of an
> impressive or opulent array of clothing and ornament.
>
> 13. predecessor of the accordion, c. 1810, having a button layout on
> the right-hand manual rather than a piano-like keyboard and a single row of
> buttons on the left-hand manual.
>
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[Tim B]

7 and 12, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

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[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 9 and 11.

Guerri

On 12/7/2016 1:52 PM, Tim Lodge wrote:
> 9. a flag or standard of any of the Italian city-states of the
> Renaissance.

> 11. an organ stop sounding two octaves and a major third above the
> pitch of the key (obs., see also tierce).

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[Efrem Mallach]

In honor of the convenience store chain, 7 and 11.

Efrem

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> On Dec 7, 2016, at 1:52 PM, Tim Lodge <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk> wrote:
>
> Here are 13 defs of the word GARIOFLE, 12 of which are the product of your fevered imaginations; the other one came form my dictionary.Please vote, by public reply to this message, for the two you find most convincing, funny, or just plain weird, before the deadline of:
>
> 10:00 GMT on Friday 9th December
> 11:00 CET
> 5:00 AM EST
> 2:00 AM PST
> 21:00 AEDT in Melbourne
> 23:00 NZDT in New Zealand
>
> New players are always welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've voted.
>
> -- Tim L
>
> *** GARIOFLE ***
>
>
> 7. embroidered silk with gold and silver threads.
>
> 11. an organ stop sounding two octaves and a major third above the pitch of the key (obs., see also tierce).

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[Tony Abell]

I vote for dubious opulence, 3 and 12:

>
> Â*3. Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* a rejected suitor (dubious)
>
> 12. Â*Â*Â*Â* a man who flaunts his appearance with the display of an impressive
> or opulent array of clothing and ornament.

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