PDA

View Full Version : [Dixonary] Round 1673 BRAIRD Defs Up!


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.

Larry Halman
January 3rd, 2006, 10:55 PM
#4 & #13

---=[ Larry ]=---

Daniel B. Widdis
January 4th, 2006, 01:57 AM
Good set of defs! 2 and 5 strike my fancy.

And yay Linux!

--
Dan

mshefler
January 4th, 2006, 11:44 AM
I'll fall for 11 and 17

Mike Shefler

Tim Bourne
January 4th, 2006, 11:54 AM
5 and 8, please.

Tim B

Dave Cunningham
January 4th, 2006, 12:34 PM
2 and 4 as being random.


Dave

Christopher Carson
January 4th, 2006, 01:05 PM
One Scot and one not:

1 and 16

Chris


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Chuck Emery
January 4th, 2006, 01:33 PM
Russ -

This is a nice assortment. I'll try:

8. anchoring timber holding the base of a mast to the keel.

and

20. A stern-visaged face carved into door lintels to keep evil spirits from
entering a new house.

Thanks,

Chuck

Wayne Scott
January 4th, 2006, 03:45 PM
I'll bite on 2 and 16.

Guerri Stevens
January 4th, 2006, 05:49 PM
I vote for 6 and 12

Guerri

Paul Keating
January 5th, 2006, 11:27 AM
1 and 18 for me.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague



--
This message was checked before sending and is believed to be virus-free.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.13/221 - Release Date: 2006-01-04

Tony Abell
January 5th, 2006, 12:37 PM
These all look equally [im]plausible. I'll take a stab at 9 and 11.