Dodi Schultz
June 5th, 2005, 09:55 AM
NOTE: What's below is a CORRECTED version of the previously posted defs
list, which contained at least one typo. If you voted earlier, please look
over the defs again. If you wish to change your vote(s), please feel free
to do so. (You have plenty of time. Deadline's 3 p.m. EDT Monday.) My
apologies for the flub. Aaaaargh!
[If whoever is in charge of this operation can KILL the previously posted
"Cast Your Votes!" message, please do so. Of course I could have done it
myself in the old forum....]
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Below, 20 purported definitions for TRAGOPAN. Yes, truly, a real, actual
definition from a dictionary is among them.
Pick the TWO you think stand the best chance of being that one. Post your
choices publicly, by direct reply to this message. As usual, you can jump
in and go for real-def points even if you didn't submit a def of your own.
Please register your votes no later than--I was going to say 1 p.m., but I
just realized that I'll be out then, so I'll add a couple of extra hours:
Make that 3 p.m. EDT on Monday 6 June.
--Dodi
1. an edible British crab.
2. lack of trustworthiness.
3. _Architecture_ a concave molding.
4. a wide-angle video camera for shooting stills.
5. a knitted, unbleached cotton fabric for underwear.
6. sweetmeats flavored with basil, tarragon and honey.
7. _Med._ a drill, especially one used for craniotomy.
8. a placebo used in several double-blind drug studies.
9. a minor operation on the knee to relieve fluid pressure.
10. an instrument for recording the contours of deep oceans.
11. a curved drawknife for scooping out chair seats, bowls, etc.
12. an Asian pheasant, the male of which has fleshy horns on its head.
13. _Surg._ a device for retracting the meninges during brain surgery.
14. deposits of loose rock left at the sides and bottoms of glacial
valleys.
15. a small member of the macaque family, found mainly in northeast
Afghanistan.
16. a kind of candy much like peanut brittle, except containing chopped
hazelnuts.
17. the sense of fear evoked by the god Pan. [Coined by Grahame in _Wind
in the Willows_]
18. a minor court rank in African kingdoms [12th century]; comparable to
baronet in English court society.
19. _Med._ any tropical disease caused by trypanosomes and typically
transmitted by biting insects, esp. sleeping sickness and Chagas'
disease.
20. narrow-necked pottery vessels, usu. decorated with black and red
abstract designs, used by some ancient Philippine peoples, probably
for worship.
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list, which contained at least one typo. If you voted earlier, please look
over the defs again. If you wish to change your vote(s), please feel free
to do so. (You have plenty of time. Deadline's 3 p.m. EDT Monday.) My
apologies for the flub. Aaaaargh!
[If whoever is in charge of this operation can KILL the previously posted
"Cast Your Votes!" message, please do so. Of course I could have done it
myself in the old forum....]
================================================== =====================
Below, 20 purported definitions for TRAGOPAN. Yes, truly, a real, actual
definition from a dictionary is among them.
Pick the TWO you think stand the best chance of being that one. Post your
choices publicly, by direct reply to this message. As usual, you can jump
in and go for real-def points even if you didn't submit a def of your own.
Please register your votes no later than--I was going to say 1 p.m., but I
just realized that I'll be out then, so I'll add a couple of extra hours:
Make that 3 p.m. EDT on Monday 6 June.
--Dodi
1. an edible British crab.
2. lack of trustworthiness.
3. _Architecture_ a concave molding.
4. a wide-angle video camera for shooting stills.
5. a knitted, unbleached cotton fabric for underwear.
6. sweetmeats flavored with basil, tarragon and honey.
7. _Med._ a drill, especially one used for craniotomy.
8. a placebo used in several double-blind drug studies.
9. a minor operation on the knee to relieve fluid pressure.
10. an instrument for recording the contours of deep oceans.
11. a curved drawknife for scooping out chair seats, bowls, etc.
12. an Asian pheasant, the male of which has fleshy horns on its head.
13. _Surg._ a device for retracting the meninges during brain surgery.
14. deposits of loose rock left at the sides and bottoms of glacial
valleys.
15. a small member of the macaque family, found mainly in northeast
Afghanistan.
16. a kind of candy much like peanut brittle, except containing chopped
hazelnuts.
17. the sense of fear evoked by the god Pan. [Coined by Grahame in _Wind
in the Willows_]
18. a minor court rank in African kingdoms [12th century]; comparable to
baronet in English court society.
19. _Med._ any tropical disease caused by trypanosomes and typically
transmitted by biting insects, esp. sleeping sickness and Chagas'
disease.
20. narrow-necked pottery vessels, usu. decorated with black and red
abstract designs, used by some ancient Philippine peoples, probably
for worship.
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