Christopher Carson
April 6th, 2006, 06:40 AM
There was a nice turnout this round and so we have a total of 21 definitions for KIAUGH, one of which is actually from the dictionary. Please vote for your two favorites by public reply to this message before the deadline, which is
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1. [Scots To shear (as a sheep).
2. [Oneida] itchy-three-leaf (a.k.a. poison ivy) -Bill
3. Supposedly an expletive of disgust in the Ojibway language [coined
by Longfellow referring to Pau-Puk-Keewis].
4. [Scots] To scorch, to toast.
5. The metal fitting on the end of a shillelagh.
6. Fermented milk, yogurt. [Arabic]
7. [_Gael._] A meadow or greensward.
8. (Scot.) to pour splashingly or unsteadily.
9. A wasting disease of tropical indigents transplanted to boreal
climes, often exacerbated by melancholy.
10. A raised platform of stone, rock, or wood on which peat is stacked
for drying.
11. An early Native American culture centered in the Ohio River valley
from about the tenth century b.c. to about the second century a.d.,
noted for its circular earthworks, elaborate burial mounds, and
highly developed artistic style.
12. A peat bog.
13. A local name in parts of northern England for the common crow, from
its call.
14. Arabic or Persian elegiac poem.
15. A sound made by a hyena which resembles laughter.
16. (_Scot._) A very strong alcoholic drink whose main base is
fermented oats.
17. Mist, haze [Ir. ceo, OIr. céu].
18. _Scots_ Trouble; anxiety.
19. A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its
sediment on the flooded land.
20. _Gael._ Hut; shanty.
21. A retailer who buys stolen clothing, makes a few alterations, and
resells them for a profit.
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Saturday, April 08, 2006, at
4:00 AM PDT
5:00 AM MDT
6:00 AM CDT
7:00 AM EDT or
Noon BST
1. [Scots To shear (as a sheep).
2. [Oneida] itchy-three-leaf (a.k.a. poison ivy) -Bill
3. Supposedly an expletive of disgust in the Ojibway language [coined
by Longfellow referring to Pau-Puk-Keewis].
4. [Scots] To scorch, to toast.
5. The metal fitting on the end of a shillelagh.
6. Fermented milk, yogurt. [Arabic]
7. [_Gael._] A meadow or greensward.
8. (Scot.) to pour splashingly or unsteadily.
9. A wasting disease of tropical indigents transplanted to boreal
climes, often exacerbated by melancholy.
10. A raised platform of stone, rock, or wood on which peat is stacked
for drying.
11. An early Native American culture centered in the Ohio River valley
from about the tenth century b.c. to about the second century a.d.,
noted for its circular earthworks, elaborate burial mounds, and
highly developed artistic style.
12. A peat bog.
13. A local name in parts of northern England for the common crow, from
its call.
14. Arabic or Persian elegiac poem.
15. A sound made by a hyena which resembles laughter.
16. (_Scot._) A very strong alcoholic drink whose main base is
fermented oats.
17. Mist, haze [Ir. ceo, OIr. céu].
18. _Scots_ Trouble; anxiety.
19. A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its
sediment on the flooded land.
20. _Gael._ Hut; shanty.
21. A retailer who buys stolen clothing, makes a few alterations, and
resells them for a profit.
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