Paul Keating
May 9th, 2006, 12:35 AM
Our inventive players have concocted all but one of the 20 definitions
for GLADDON presented below for your edification and entertainment.
The remaining definition is, believe it or not, real. In fact, several
of them may be real, but not necessarily real definitions of GLADDON.
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1. the state of mental or emotional balance believed to be essential
for happiness and well-being
2. to treat (a subject, for example) with great length, excessive
detail, or overrefinement
3. a mountain valley or basin above the timberline formed by a
retreating glacier
4. a flag or banner flown on the vehicle of a dignitary or an
ambassador
5. a widely resounding peal such as that of a large church-bell
6. a Welsh festival traditionally held on Midsummer Day
7. [Greek] a short sword [see also L. _gladius_]
8. cup with saucer-shaped bowl on a pedestal
9. a protective wrist armor [O.E.]
10. a small saddlebag
11. a small round table
12. (_dialect_) an iris [Origin obscure]
13. a small brass lamp, using alcohol as fuel
14. a medieval shield made of leather on a wooden frame
15. a pleated fabric collar worn as a ruff around the neck
16. (obs.) a pasteboard jumping-jack, fashionable in the 18th century
17. the jointed part of medieval plate armour which covered the knees
and elbows
18. _naut._ a left-handed variation of the half-marlinspike knot
usually used to reef sails
19. an arrangement of gladiolus and gardenia, signifying love at first
sight, but at a distance
20. the capital form of a rune derived from the welsh 'wyn' rune and
imported into Anglo-Saxon and subsequently Old English [OE
gladwyn; wyn has the value 'w' and gladwyn has the value W]
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for GLADDON presented below for your edification and entertainment.
The remaining definition is, believe it or not, real. In fact, several
of them may be real, but not necessarily real definitions of GLADDON.
Please vote for the two you think the best, for some value of "good"
that seems appropriate to you (such as embarrassing, incredible,
jejune, long, plausible, politically correct, witty, or as chosen by a
random number generator). You can do this whether or not you have not
submitted a definition, and whether or not you have played before.
You're not allowed to vote if you know the right answer.
Vote by public reply to this message, by the deadline, which is on 10
May 2006 at
08:30 PDT (in the morning)
09:30 MDT
10:30 CDT
11:30 EDT
15:30 UTC
16:30 BST
and 17:30 CEST for me.
1. the state of mental or emotional balance believed to be essential
for happiness and well-being
2. to treat (a subject, for example) with great length, excessive
detail, or overrefinement
3. a mountain valley or basin above the timberline formed by a
retreating glacier
4. a flag or banner flown on the vehicle of a dignitary or an
ambassador
5. a widely resounding peal such as that of a large church-bell
6. a Welsh festival traditionally held on Midsummer Day
7. [Greek] a short sword [see also L. _gladius_]
8. cup with saucer-shaped bowl on a pedestal
9. a protective wrist armor [O.E.]
10. a small saddlebag
11. a small round table
12. (_dialect_) an iris [Origin obscure]
13. a small brass lamp, using alcohol as fuel
14. a medieval shield made of leather on a wooden frame
15. a pleated fabric collar worn as a ruff around the neck
16. (obs.) a pasteboard jumping-jack, fashionable in the 18th century
17. the jointed part of medieval plate armour which covered the knees
and elbows
18. _naut._ a left-handed variation of the half-marlinspike knot
usually used to reef sails
19. an arrangement of gladiolus and gardenia, signifying love at first
sight, but at a distance
20. the capital form of a rune derived from the welsh 'wyn' rune and
imported into Anglo-Saxon and subsequently Old English [OE
gladwyn; wyn has the value 'w' and gladwyn has the value W]
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