Toni Savage
April 24th, 2006, 09:10 PM
What a varied but wonderful bunch!
Below are one real and 18 invented definitions. Please
vote for TWO by 6am EDT on Wednesday,
April 26 (double-checking the calendar), which is 3am
PDT and about noonish Across the Pond.
Good luck to all!!
1. an object, animal or person that brings good luck
[Ir. _saoine_, fm
OIr. _sóimneach_ lucky, fortunate, happy]
2. smooth, polished
3. atrophy of the shoulder muscles of a horse
4. [Irish] a gamekeeper.
5. a light one-horse carriage with springs.
6. [obs.] a sow that has borne at least one litter.
7. swinish, as of a pig
8. [naut.] hardwood on either side of a bowsprit
through which forestays
are reeved.
9. Slang for a sixteen-year-old girl (from sweet
sixteen).
10. To declare; swear. [Probably alteration of
dialectial (I) s' wan ye,
_(I) shall warrant ye_.]
11. [Scot.] quiet; subdued.
12. _New England_ Clean trash or rubbish, such as
string, paper, and
cloth .
13. [Aus. sl.] toilet
14. _Archaic_ A dupe; a simpleton.
15. an Irish unskilled day labourer.
16. a type of clover with small purple flowers; often
planted as a feed
for cattle.
17. (_Ir._ slang) A cosh or blackjack.
18. an oversize toggle bolt.
19. [Scot] a shelter; refuge.
-- Toni Savage
Below are one real and 18 invented definitions. Please
vote for TWO by 6am EDT on Wednesday,
April 26 (double-checking the calendar), which is 3am
PDT and about noonish Across the Pond.
Good luck to all!!
1. an object, animal or person that brings good luck
[Ir. _saoine_, fm
OIr. _sóimneach_ lucky, fortunate, happy]
2. smooth, polished
3. atrophy of the shoulder muscles of a horse
4. [Irish] a gamekeeper.
5. a light one-horse carriage with springs.
6. [obs.] a sow that has borne at least one litter.
7. swinish, as of a pig
8. [naut.] hardwood on either side of a bowsprit
through which forestays
are reeved.
9. Slang for a sixteen-year-old girl (from sweet
sixteen).
10. To declare; swear. [Probably alteration of
dialectial (I) s' wan ye,
_(I) shall warrant ye_.]
11. [Scot.] quiet; subdued.
12. _New England_ Clean trash or rubbish, such as
string, paper, and
cloth .
13. [Aus. sl.] toilet
14. _Archaic_ A dupe; a simpleton.
15. an Irish unskilled day labourer.
16. a type of clover with small purple flowers; often
planted as a feed
for cattle.
17. (_Ir._ slang) A cosh or blackjack.
18. an oversize toggle bolt.
19. [Scot] a shelter; refuge.
-- Toni Savage