Russ Heimerson
January 3rd, 2006, 10:37 PM
My apologies for the delay in posting these -- I was determined to not
use DOS *or* Windoze for the next round I dealt. Every bit of this
round so far has been done on a Linux system, with the help of Tony
Abell's PERL scripts, and will hopefully be concluded in the same manner.
I'm going to extend the voting deadline a bit, and make it 9:00pm EST,
Thursday, 05 Jan 2006. Vote for your two favorites by then.
*** BRAIRD ***
1. (_Scot._) Fearful; unnerved.
2. [Scot.] a fish trap.
3. a war game in which blocks representing armies or other military units are
moved about on maps.
4. [Arch.] Portion of armor that covers the arm.
5. the first shoots of corn or other crop.
6. An itinerant tinker.
7. A municipal worker who removes dead animal carcasses from city streets.
8. anchoring timber holding the base of a mast to the keel.
9. [OE] a relative by adoption, especially an uncle.
10. _Scot._ the children attending the bridal couple at a wedding.
11. Not thoroughbred; underbred. Used of animals.
12. 1. the sharp pointed shoot of a grass or a bamboo; hence 2. to pierce a
hole with a sharp pointed implement like an awl
13. _Scot._ of terrain: wooded
14. A Scottish belt worn with a kilt
15. a small piece of cord used when camping to tie up the lower part of the
tent wall to allow air to circulate
16. a false bottom in a cabinet or desk.
17. an ancient method of recording wagers, used as late as the 19th century.
18. small tumor suffered by horses under the saddle area
19. a parish officer with the power of punishing petty offenders.
20. A stern-visaged face carved into door lintels to keep evil spirits from
entering a new house.
21. A nest of flying squirrels, which may contain up to fifty individuals.
use DOS *or* Windoze for the next round I dealt. Every bit of this
round so far has been done on a Linux system, with the help of Tony
Abell's PERL scripts, and will hopefully be concluded in the same manner.
I'm going to extend the voting deadline a bit, and make it 9:00pm EST,
Thursday, 05 Jan 2006. Vote for your two favorites by then.
*** BRAIRD ***
1. (_Scot._) Fearful; unnerved.
2. [Scot.] a fish trap.
3. a war game in which blocks representing armies or other military units are
moved about on maps.
4. [Arch.] Portion of armor that covers the arm.
5. the first shoots of corn or other crop.
6. An itinerant tinker.
7. A municipal worker who removes dead animal carcasses from city streets.
8. anchoring timber holding the base of a mast to the keel.
9. [OE] a relative by adoption, especially an uncle.
10. _Scot._ the children attending the bridal couple at a wedding.
11. Not thoroughbred; underbred. Used of animals.
12. 1. the sharp pointed shoot of a grass or a bamboo; hence 2. to pierce a
hole with a sharp pointed implement like an awl
13. _Scot._ of terrain: wooded
14. A Scottish belt worn with a kilt
15. a small piece of cord used when camping to tie up the lower part of the
tent wall to allow air to circulate
16. a false bottom in a cabinet or desk.
17. an ancient method of recording wagers, used as late as the 19th century.
18. small tumor suffered by horses under the saddle area
19. a parish officer with the power of punishing petty offenders.
20. A stern-visaged face carved into door lintels to keep evil spirits from
entering a new house.
21. A nest of flying squirrels, which may contain up to fifty individuals.