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Dave Cunningham
March 15th, 2006, 07:58 AM
Following are fifteen defs for "CALCEATED" -- vote for two hereof before 7 p.m. EST on Thursday March 16, 2006. Thanks!! All errors, as always, are the fault of the dealer)


1. the folding pattern used to iron white starched Elizabethan ruffles.

2. Fitted with, or wearing, shoes.

3. [Bot.] having leaves or buds growing in a spiral pattern.

4. parsed in a mathmatical sense.

5. Enclosed in an oval horny case.

6. having a hard surface.

7. Having been hardened by baking under pressure at a high temperature.

8. coated with limescale (calcium sulfate)

9. encrusted; rimed.

10. infused with crystalized minerals, as some soils; by extension, a feature of some cosmetics and defolliants.

11. in crystalline rocks, a pale band rich in metals.

12. [of soil] treated with quicklime.

13. Made in a crisscross pattern.

14. Having battlements; crenelated.

15. Concealed.

Dave
DQ, DF

Dave Cunningham
March 15th, 2006, 09:14 AM
Two people sent defs to the wrong email :( ... if they want DPs I will give them .... please folks, read the message asking for defs? Thanks!

Dave

Hugo Kornelis
March 15th, 2006, 09:57 AM
Hi Dave,

Since all defs leave me in a completely calceated state, I'll cast my votes
at

3. [Bot.] having leaves or buds growing in a spiral pattern.

and

13. Made in a crisscross pattern.

Best, Hugo

mshefler
March 15th, 2006, 10:09 AM
I'll take 1 and 15.

Guerri Stevens
March 15th, 2006, 07:27 PM
I vote for 8 and 10.

Guerri

Daniel B. Widdis
March 16th, 2006, 12:15 AM
All but 2 and 15 look contrived.

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Dan

Tony Abell
March 16th, 2006, 05:56 AM
I'm having a hard time choosing from among these crusty definitions,
so I'll just take 6 and 9.

Christopher Carson
March 16th, 2006, 07:59 AM
I'll go with 2 and 3.

Chris


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Paul Keating
March 16th, 2006, 10:58 AM
I'll follow vox pop. 2 and 15 for me.

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Paul Keating
The Hague


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Russ Heimerson
March 16th, 2006, 04:18 PM
I'll join the crowd and go for # 2 and # 15.

Russ

Chuck Emery
March 16th, 2006, 05:23 PM
Dave,

Nice selection, I'll try:

8. coated with limescale (calcium sulfate)

and

12. [of soil] treated with quicklime.

Thanks,

Chuck

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