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Dodi Schultz
March 29th, 2006, 02:18 PM
Nice pattern, Dan!

I did read them all, honest. Twice. I still like #1 and #3, so them's my
votes.

--Dodi

jmadnick@nycap.rr.com
March 29th, 2006, 02:31 PM
Dodi,

Did you ever receive my message written to your CompuServe account?

Judy Madnick
Albany, NY

jmadnick@nycap.rr.com
March 29th, 2006, 02:34 PM
Great definitions . . . and I have no clue!

<<8: [Bot.] a small protuberance below the point at which a leaf's stem
<<meets the branch.

<<16: 1. high-class or stylish. 2. snobbish or haughty.

Judy Madnick
Albany, NY

Wayne Scott, M.D.
March 29th, 2006, 10:12 PM
13 and 19, please.

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't
know.
--Mark Twain


> [Original Message]
> From: Daniel Widdis <widdis (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
> To: <coryphaeus (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com>
> Date: 3/29/2006 10:33:27 AM
> Subject: [Dixonary] Round 1697: DICTY vote!
>
>
> Presented for your amusement and edification are a score of potential
> definitions for DICTY, only one of which actually came from a
> dictionary. You now have the honor of casting two votes for the
> definitions you feel are either most likely, most creative, or any
> other criteria you may choose.
>
> New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
> round. Don't look in a dictionary.
>
> The deadline for voting will be when I go to bed on Thursday night, no
> earlier than 9pm PST Thursday, March 30. That's midnight EST and 05.00
> Friday morning UTC. Should all submitters vote, I may close early; and
> I'll accept votes late until the results are posted.
>
> *** DICTY ***
>
> 1: ill-tempered; angry.
>
> 2: a minuscule S. African deer.
>
> 3: [Scot] 1. sticky. 2. dishonest.
>
> 4: a machine used for counting bank notes.
>
> 5: _Obs._ breathing with difficulty; wheezy.
>
> 6: a carrying pole for water or other bulky burdens.
>
> 7: a large, faint constellation of the northern hemisphere.
>
> 8: [Bot.] a small protuberance below the point at which a leaf's stem
> meets the branch.
>
> 9: _Heraldry._ of a book or scroll: open to display a motto, etc. [NF
> fm _dicter_ read aloud]
>
> 10: a dictaphone that uses a rewritable CD instead of magnetic tape.
> Now superseded by dictaphones with flash memory cards.
>
> 11: 1. anyone who pretends to be something they are not - originally
> from 2. a person with a rich lifestyle who is actually enmeshed in debt
> [slang from Greek dictys =net']
>
> 12: an incorrect word in a document attributable to misunderstanding of
> dictation, e.g. "this book is for my college coarse"
>
> 13: 1. (of a person) confused, uncertain. 2. (of a situation) unclear,
> hard to understand.
>
> 14: a small three-wheeled dogcart used for hauling milk in the Low
> Countries.
>
> 15: the Western giant salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus)
>
> 16: 1. high-class or stylish. 2. snobbish or haughty.
>
> 17: a garment or outfit worn during mourning.
>
> 18: a dessert containing bread and eggs.
>
> 19: [Br. sl.] ill, sick, unwell.
>
> 20: [Papua] a stenographer.
>
>
> --
> Daniel Widdis
>
>
>
>

bonnyjars
March 30th, 2006, 05:11 AM
Dan

No idea - so #2 and #5 please

JohnnyB [using email; via corypaheus/yahoogroups]



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Toni Savage
March 30th, 2006, 05:26 AM
A Lot of good ones! But I'm going to reward 12 and 13
for creativity.

> 12: an incorrect word in a document attributable to
> misunderstanding of
> dictation, e.g. "this book is for my college coarse"
>
> 13: 1. (of a person) confused, uncertain. 2. (of a
> situation) unclear,
> hard to understand.
>

-- Toni Savage

Keno77773@aol.com
March 30th, 2006, 03:58 PM
I'll take the animals this time.

#2 & # 15

Roberta Muths


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