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Tim Lodge
April 10th, 2006, 03:22 AM
After a slow start, the defs cam pouring overnight, so we've got 21
splendid definitions of the word KYKE. Vote for TWO definitions, as
a public forum message (in reply to this one), before the deadline
which is:

21:00 BST on Tuesday 11th April, which is
4:00 PM EDT and
1 PM PDT, all on the same ady

New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
round. Don't look in a dictionary. Full rules, if you're curious,
are at http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/coryphaeus/files/Game%
20Rules%20and%20Advice%20for%20Players/

-- Tim L


**** KYKE ****

1: a carpentry tool.

2: a young albatross.

3: an elastic-sided boot.

4: small child (Carib. sl.)

5: a road-side stone marker.

6: a scoop-paddle water wheel.

7: a byproduct of gas refining.

8: [Korean] a tractor (also _kujke_)

9: organic sediment at bottom of an aquarium.

10: [Scot.] a small dog, esp. an annoying one.

11: [Scot.] to wail or sob; to grieve loudly.

12: _N. dial._ a chicken [ON form: see _chicken_]

13: a German pudding of rice, sugar and coriander.

14: to look steadfastly; to gaze; to look at intensely.

15: small boat used by Eskimos, made from seal or walrus skin.

16: [Scot.] to be peevish [< Gael. _cearr_, left, wrong, awkward.]

17: (Bot.) an obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender
threads.

18: a small yellow bird, similar to the finch, found in northeastern
Borneo.

19: any of a genus (Kyconia) of herbs of the lily family with pink
or white flowers.

20: _Nautical_ a crossbar on a ship's rudder to which the steering
cables are connected.

21: a sign used in the notation of plainsong during the Middle Ages,
surviving today in transcriptions of Gregorian chants.

Hugo Kornelis
April 10th, 2006, 03:36 AM
Hi Tim,

I see several good ones. I got stuck with a shortlist containing no less
than 6 definitions. But since I'm allowed only two votes, I've finally
narrowed my selection down to:

> 4: small child (Carib. sl.)

and

> 9: organic sediment at bottom of an aquarium.

Best, Hugo -who now thinks it's probably one of the other four....

Toni Savage
April 10th, 2006, 05:47 AM
12 and 16 please


> 12: _N. dial._ a chicken [ON form: see _chicken_]
>
> 16: [Scot.] to be peevish [< Gael. _cearr_, left,
> wrong, awkward.]
>

-- Toni Savage

Dave Cunningham
April 10th, 2006, 06:15 AM
5 and 14 this time out ...

Dave

bonnyjars
April 10th, 2006, 08:05 AM
Why is it when we get a word which is awkward to look at then everyone suggests that it is Scottish or Gaelic?

Anyway.. I'll go for #17 and #20

Cheers,

JohnnyB,





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mshefler
April 10th, 2006, 09:32 AM
I'll try 5 and 8.

Chuck Emery
April 10th, 2006, 12:49 PM
Because it isn't awkward enough to be Welsh.

- Chuck
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Subject: RE: [Dixonary] Rnd 1700 KYKE Defs


Why is it when we get a word which is awkward to look at then everyone suggests that it is Scottish or Gaelic?

Anyway.. I'll go for #17 and #20

Cheers,

JohnnyB,





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Tim Bourne
April 10th, 2006, 01:05 PM
11 and 15, please.

Tim B

Paul Keating
April 10th, 2006, 04:32 PM
For want of better, 10 and 11.

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Paul Keating
The Hague


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Chuck Emery
April 10th, 2006, 05:25 PM
Tim -

Nice selection. Please put me down for:

17: (Bot.) an obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.

and

19: any of a genus (Kyconia) of herbs of the lily family with pink or white flowers.

Thanks,

Chuck

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Guerri Stevens
April 10th, 2006, 07:34 PM
I vote for 3 and 14.

Guerri

Daniel B. Widdis
April 10th, 2006, 07:47 PM
3 and 10 please.

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Tony Abell
April 10th, 2006, 09:52 PM
Some folks, they have a cross to bear,
And some an albatross to wear;
They wail and raise their eyes to heaven...
But I'll just vote for 2 an' 11.

Christopher Carson
April 11th, 2006, 06:18 AM
I'll go for 2 and 12 this time.

Chris



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