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Scott Crom
May 5th, 2006, 07:23 PM
I think we may have set a new record for the fewest definitions
in a round. On the other hand, your fertile minds have produced a
set of definitions for CHIBRIT which cover the waterfront.]

Please cast your votes for the two definitions you think are
most likely, or most deserving, by the deadline of 0800 EDT,
Sunday morning, May 7. Other zones, other times.

Enjoy!

1. A decorative groove or channel cut into the surface of wood
paneling.

2. A French croissant with apricot filling.

3. A gourd-shaped flask forming the body of an alembic.

4. [Scot.] A sort of green colour.

5. An orange-red dye-stuff, got by boiling the leaves of a
South American Bignonia.

6. An extremely thin and fragile porcelain from China.

7. A Hong Kong Chinese who obtained citizenship of the UK, but
with no right of abode there, under 1986 legislation;
official name _British National (Overseas)_ [_Chi_nese +
_Brit_ish]

8. A warrior caste of Assam and northern Burma.

9. Lumberman's spiked and hooked lever.

10. A young snake.

11. A small sparrow of the eastern Canada and U.S. coast,
_Passerculus bairdii_, having a distinctive low-pitched,
staccato call.

12. (_Alchemy_) An elemental mercury capable of producing
metals, because it contains a male principle, viscous
sulphur, and a female principle, liquid mercury.

13. _Southeastern U.S. Slang_ A saddle blanket.


Scott, who is glad he doesn't have to decide among these!



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Judy Madnick
May 5th, 2006, 07:49 PM
I'll go with the animals this time:

10. A young snake.

11. A small sparrow of the eastern Canada and U.S. coast,
_Passerculus bairdii_, having a distinctive low-pitched,
staccato call.

Judy Madnick
Albany, NY


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Toni Savage
May 5th, 2006, 08:37 PM
9 and 11 pls. First posting from my Blackberry!
--- coryphaeus (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com <croms (AT) beloit (DOT) edu>
wrote:
> I think we may have set a new record for the fewest
definitions
> in a round. On the other hand, your fertile minds
have produced a
> set of definitions for CHIBRIT which cover the
waterfront.]
>
> Please cast your votes for the two definitions you
think are
> most likely, or most deserving, by the deadline of
0800 EDT,
> Sunday morning, May 7. Other zones, other times.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> 1. A decorative groove or channel cut into the
surface of wood
> paneling.
>
> 2. A French croissant with apricot filling.
>
> 3. A gourd-shaped flask forming the body of an
alembic.
>
> 4. [Scot.] A sort of green colour.
>
> 5. An orange-red dye-stuff, got by boiling the
leaves of a
> South American Bignonia.
>
> 6. An extremely thin and fragile porcelain from
China.
>
> 7. A Hong Kong Chinese who obtained citizenship of
the UK, but
> with no right of abode there, under 1986
legislation;
> official name _British National (Overseas)_
[_Chi_nese +
> _Brit_ish]
>
> 8. A warrior caste of Assam and northern Burma.
>
> 9. Lumberman's spiked and hooked lever.
>
> 10. A young snake.
>
> 11. A small sparrow of the eastern Canada and U.S.
coast,
> _Passerculus bairdii_, having a distinctive
low-pitched,
> staccato call.
>
> 12. (_Alchemy_) An elemental mercury capable of
producing
> metals, because it contains a male principle,
viscous
> sulphur, and a female principle, liquid
mercury.
>
> 13. _Southeastern U.S. Slang_ A saddle blanket.
>
>
> Scott, who is glad he doesn't have to decide among
these!
>


-- Toni Savage


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Dave Cunningham
May 6th, 2006, 06:15 AM
1 and 7 for the sheer nerve of doing a portmanteau word when they are *never* the real def!

Dave

Daniel B. Widdis
May 6th, 2006, 07:54 AM
7 because it's believable, despite the fact that the law was overturned, and
9 in honor of Monty Python's famous singers.

--
Dan Widdis


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Guerri Stevens
May 6th, 2006, 08:51 AM
I vote for 6 and 12.

Guerri



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mshefler
May 6th, 2006, 09:47 AM
well, it's obviously either green or orange-red, so I'll choose 4 and 5

Russ Heimerson
May 7th, 2006, 05:34 AM
I'll toss vote at #3 and #7, please.

Russ


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Paul Keating
May 7th, 2006, 06:37 AM
3 and 11, please.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague



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