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Mike Shefler
March 31st, 2017, 12:21 PM
Here are 11 definitions for oreotrague, one of which came from a dictionary.

Vote for your 2 favorites no later than 9 AM, EDT, Sunday, April 2.

1. the constant angle at which a helix cuts the elements of a cylinder
or cone.

2. black and white hairs pointing back over the ear cavity from the
backward pointing frontal process [the tragus]. [usually noticeable
in ageing males]

3. a small antelope found in eastern and southern Africa, also called
the klipspringer.

4. a cartilaginous skeletal rod supporting the body in all embryonic and
some adult chordate animals.

5. a method of voice production in which only the edges of the vocal
cords are made to vibrate, giving a sound of a higher frequency than
normal, as in a man's falsetto voice.

6. _arch._ a wheelbarrow, from the conceit that one can move a mountain
using such a device.

7. successive stages of chills and fever that are symptoms of malaria.

8. a mirrored room specially set up for communication with the spirit
realm.

9. one who holds or spreads mystical doctrines.

10. a text book for the teaching of spelling.

11. any invertebrate of the family _Oreotragae_, which includes
millipedes and centipedes.


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Daniel Widdis
March 31st, 2017, 12:51 PM
6 because I just watched The Princess Bride, and a wheelbarrow figures prominently (as does a miracle).



And since I don’t believe any of the others I can only assume the woid is misspelled and the dealer should read #10.



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6. _arch._ a wheelbarrow, from the conceit that one can move a mountain
using such a device.



10. a text book for the teaching of spelling.



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Dave Cunningham
March 31st, 2017, 01:14 PM
1 and 11 - the latter for nerve.

Dave


On Friday, March 31, 2017 at 1:21:55 PM UTC-4, Mike Shefler wrote:

> Here are 11 definitions for oreotrague, one of which came from a
> dictionary.
>
> Vote for your 2 favorites no later than 9 AM, EDT, Sunday, April 2.
>
> 1. the constant angle at which a helix cuts the elements of a cylinder
> or cone.
>
> 2. black and white hairs pointing back over the ear cavity from the
> backward pointing frontal process [the tragus]. [usually noticeable
> in ageing males]
>
> 3. a small antelope found in eastern and southern Africa, also called
> the klipspringer.
>
> 4. a cartilaginous skeletal rod supporting the body in all embryonic and
> some adult chordate animals.
>
> 5. a method of voice production in which only the edges of the vocal
> cords are made to vibrate, giving a sound of a higher frequency than
> normal, as in a man's falsetto voice.
>
> 6. _arch._ a wheelbarrow, from the conceit that one can move a mountain
> using such a device.
>
> 7. successive stages of chills and fever that are symptoms of malaria.
>
> 8. a mirrored room specially set up for communication with the spirit
> realm.
>
> 9. one who holds or spreads mystical doctrines.
>
> 10. a text book for the teaching of spelling.
>
> 11. any invertebrate of the family _Oreotragae_, which includes
> millipedes and centipedes.
>

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Judy Madnick
March 31st, 2017, 01:42 PM
8 and 9, please.

Judy Madnick
Albany, NY

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Johnb - co.uk
March 31st, 2017, 02:53 PM
#3 and the antepenultimate #9 for no reason whatever except that each
is 3 off each end which seems suitably mystical to me.

*JohnnyB*

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Tim B
March 31st, 2017, 03:07 PM
7 and 9, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

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Tim Lodge
March 31st, 2017, 04:55 PM
how about 6 and 7?

6. _arch._ a wheelbarrow, from the conceit that one can move a mountain
using such a device.

7. successive stages of chills and fever that are symptoms of malaria.

-- Tim L

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—Keith Hale—
March 31st, 2017, 05:59 PM
I'll go with 5 & 11, thanks!
-Keith-

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Shani Naylor
March 31st, 2017, 07:13 PM
>
>
> I'll vote for 3 & 4, but I have no idea why:

3. a small antelope found in eastern and southern Africa, also called
the klipspringer.



4. a cartilaginous skeletal rod supporting the body in all embryonic and
some adult chordate animals.

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Guerri Stevens
April 1st, 2017, 08:30 AM
I vote for 4 and 11.

Guerri

On 3/31/2017 1:21 PM, Mike Shefler wrote:
>
> 4. a cartilaginous skeletal rod supporting the body in all embryonic and
> some adult chordate animals.
>
> 11. any invertebrate of the family _Oreotragae_, which includes
> millipedes and centipedes.
>

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Efrem Mallach
April 1st, 2017, 08:38 AM
> On Mar 31, 2017, at 1:21 PM, Mike Shefler <stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com> wrote:
>
> Here are 11 definitions for oreotrague, one of which came from a dictionary.
>
> Vote for your 2 favorites no later than 9 AM, EDT, Sunday, April 2.
>
>
> 1. the constant angle at which a helix cuts the elements of a cylinder or cone.
>
> 5. a method of voice production in which only the edges of the vocal cords are made to vibrate, giving a sound of a higher frequency than normal, as in a man's falsetto voice.
>
> 7. successive stages of chills and fever that are symptoms of malaria.
>
> 8. a mirrored room specially set up for communication with the spirit realm.
>
> 9. one who holds or spreads mystical doctrines.

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Efrem Mallach
April 1st, 2017, 08:41 AM
Oops - hit "send" before I had narrowed it down to two! Sorry about that. Hope the insight into what passes for my thought process didn't confuse anyone. (With nine players having voted already, the odds of that are small.)

Anyhow, I vote for 1 and 9.

Efrem

> Here are 11 definitions for oreotrague, one of which came from a dictionary.
>
> Vote for your 2 favorites no later than 9 AM, EDT, Sunday, April 2.
>
>
> 1. the constant angle at which a helix cuts the elements of a cylinder or cone.
>
>
> 9. one who holds or spreads mystical doctrines.

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Tony Abell
April 1st, 2017, 05:21 PM
I just like the wording of 6 and 9:

> 6.Â* _arch._Â* a wheelbarrow, from the conceit that one can move a mountain
> using such a device.

> 9.Â* one who holds or spreads mystical doctrines.

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