Toni Savage
February 21st, 2006, 08:20 PM
Aha! 23 Definitions... a lot, these days! Please
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1. a royal command under the Merovingian dynasty.
2. in spinning, to card flax with rapidly repeated
motion, so as to yield a porous and delicate linen
thread; the thread or cloth so produced; any fine or
costly white cloth (Shak.); _obs., 19th cent. women's
underwear [ME _cambelen_; more at comb]
3. 1. a wooden rake used to comb straw or reed when
thatching. 2. hence, to comb thatch [Norlfolk dialect;
derived from 'comb']
4. smooth, shiny
5. To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve
its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains
around, to defend from the friction of a rocky bottom,
or from the ice.
6. [Scots] a sort of bonnet, usually worn by women.
7. forty bottles of hay or straw
8. an attachment to guide a projectile through the
bore of firearm
11. A metal device with four projecting spikes so
arranged that when three of the spikes are on the
ground, the fourth points upward, used as a hazard to
pneumatic tires or to the hooves of horses.
12. a hooded cloak worn by monks over their habits in
bad weather.
13. an instrument used in arthroscopic surgery.
14. 1. angry 2. boisterous; rowdy
15. a riding cape.
16. a shirred lampshade.
17. to assimilate the whole with a view to discerning
its discrete parts; to study analytically.
18. To waste time; trifle.
19. To skim; to clarify by removing scum or
impurities.
20. A game played in Russia, similar to marbles
21. to break or tear into small pieces.
22. A man-made lagoon.
23. a Scottish earthenware brazier.
-- Toni Savage
vote for TWO by reply to this message. Deadline for
votes is Thursday, Feb 23, at 6am Eastern Time, 3am
Pacific time, and about noonish in London.
1. a royal command under the Merovingian dynasty.
2. in spinning, to card flax with rapidly repeated
motion, so as to yield a porous and delicate linen
thread; the thread or cloth so produced; any fine or
costly white cloth (Shak.); _obs., 19th cent. women's
underwear [ME _cambelen_; more at comb]
3. 1. a wooden rake used to comb straw or reed when
thatching. 2. hence, to comb thatch [Norlfolk dialect;
derived from 'comb']
4. smooth, shiny
5. To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve
its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains
around, to defend from the friction of a rocky bottom,
or from the ice.
6. [Scots] a sort of bonnet, usually worn by women.
7. forty bottles of hay or straw
8. an attachment to guide a projectile through the
bore of firearm
11. A metal device with four projecting spikes so
arranged that when three of the spikes are on the
ground, the fourth points upward, used as a hazard to
pneumatic tires or to the hooves of horses.
12. a hooded cloak worn by monks over their habits in
bad weather.
13. an instrument used in arthroscopic surgery.
14. 1. angry 2. boisterous; rowdy
15. a riding cape.
16. a shirred lampshade.
17. to assimilate the whole with a view to discerning
its discrete parts; to study analytically.
18. To waste time; trifle.
19. To skim; to clarify by removing scum or
impurities.
20. A game played in Russia, similar to marbles
21. to break or tear into small pieces.
22. A man-made lagoon.
23. a Scottish earthenware brazier.
-- Toni Savage