John Barrs
October 19th, 2005, 04:26 AM
Dixonarians
Herewith a few squalid efinitions (OK Scott?),,19 to be precise, of which one comes from a dictionary I think you all will accept,
the others are the results of your inventive minds
Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before the deadline...
16:00 BST October 20 - Thursday
11:00 EDT
08:00 PST
etc
New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this round. Don't look in a dictionary. Full rules, if you're
curious, are in the file RULES.DIX in the file section of the yahoogames/coryphaeus group
1: a porous, lightweight, siliceous sedimentary rock composed of the shells of diatoms or radiolarians or of finely weathered
chert, used as an abrasive and a polish
2: a deep-pink crystalline stalactite produced by dripping water that has some iron mixed with the limestone.
3: a steward who buys provisions, esp. in a college, Inn of Court, or monastery.
4: an order of single celled micro-organisms found in pond water
5: a firm mild orange-colored Italian cheese similar to cheddar
6: (Afr) A type of mat used for sleeping on
7: octopus, especially in Italian cuisine.
8: [Malay.] an indentured servant
9: an African hut [fr. Swahili]
10: chapped lips
11: [Iroq.] the sugar maple
12: pathological blueness of skin
13: a green vegetable similar to broccoli
14: an Italian seafood soup flavored with saffron and rosemary
15: an Italian brandy distilled from the pomace of grapes used in winemaking
16: a rack for twisting, stretching and drying sheep's intestines in the traditional making of violin strings
17: 1. [zool] the suborder of elasmobranch fishes which comprises the sharks. 2. [pl] squalus a kind of sea fish.
18: any of several fruit-bearing trees of New Zealand, with an orange colored fruit whose seeds are poisonous until treated
19: a very highly spiced Italian dish consisting primarily of squid and pasta, with only a few vegetables added, usually tomatoes.
Game controlled using Dixomat
JohnnyB [using email; via corypaheus/yahoogroups]
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Herewith a few squalid efinitions (OK Scott?),,19 to be precise, of which one comes from a dictionary I think you all will accept,
the others are the results of your inventive minds
Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before the deadline...
16:00 BST October 20 - Thursday
11:00 EDT
08:00 PST
etc
New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this round. Don't look in a dictionary. Full rules, if you're
curious, are in the file RULES.DIX in the file section of the yahoogames/coryphaeus group
1: a porous, lightweight, siliceous sedimentary rock composed of the shells of diatoms or radiolarians or of finely weathered
chert, used as an abrasive and a polish
2: a deep-pink crystalline stalactite produced by dripping water that has some iron mixed with the limestone.
3: a steward who buys provisions, esp. in a college, Inn of Court, or monastery.
4: an order of single celled micro-organisms found in pond water
5: a firm mild orange-colored Italian cheese similar to cheddar
6: (Afr) A type of mat used for sleeping on
7: octopus, especially in Italian cuisine.
8: [Malay.] an indentured servant
9: an African hut [fr. Swahili]
10: chapped lips
11: [Iroq.] the sugar maple
12: pathological blueness of skin
13: a green vegetable similar to broccoli
14: an Italian seafood soup flavored with saffron and rosemary
15: an Italian brandy distilled from the pomace of grapes used in winemaking
16: a rack for twisting, stretching and drying sheep's intestines in the traditional making of violin strings
17: 1. [zool] the suborder of elasmobranch fishes which comprises the sharks. 2. [pl] squalus a kind of sea fish.
18: any of several fruit-bearing trees of New Zealand, with an orange colored fruit whose seeds are poisonous until treated
19: a very highly spiced Italian dish consisting primarily of squid and pasta, with only a few vegetables added, usually tomatoes.
Game controlled using Dixomat
JohnnyB [using email; via corypaheus/yahoogroups]
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