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Tim Lodge
June 22nd, 2006, 04:05 PM
Apologies for the slight delay, due to a bad choice of deadline on
my part. Now that Brazil have beaten Japan 4-1, I can post the defs!

Here we have 20 imaginative defs of the word WATCHET. Vote for TWO
definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one),
before the deadline, which is going to have to be a bit extended
because of my commitments for Saturday. The deadline is:

13:00 BST on Saturday 24th June, which is
12:00 UTC/GMT
8:00 AM EDT
5:00 AM PDT
and 16:00 Delta for Dan, all on the same day.

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/

Happy voting!

-- Tim L


** WATCHET **

1: a purgative.

2: a small stream or rill.

3: an Algonquin beaded vest.

4: a dense thicket or growth.

5: a chiming pocket or fob watch.

6: ancient trombone-like musical instrument.

7: an Indonesian rodent, similar to a gopher.

8: gizmo, gadget, thingmajig, whatchamacallit.

9: [Armor] a concave reinforcement at the knee.

10: card game in which jack of clubs has highest value.

11: a small waistcoat pocket designed to hold a fob watch

12: a light blue colour; cloth or garments of this colour.

13: vest worn under a Prince Charlie jacket in Scottish formal wear.

14: _Scot._ pouch; purse; wallet [Sc. Gael. _bháiste_ < MIr.
_búiste_, ad. E. _budget_]

15: a photographer's "birdie" or other object used to draw a
subject's attention toward the camera.

16: a fern of the genus Botrychium having a fertile frond bearing
small grapelike clusters of spore cases.

17: _Archaic_ a white ceremonial vestment made of linen or lawn,
worn by bishops and other church dignitaries.

18: irritability and restlessness caused by prolonged living in a
confined space; cabin fever (from the Navajo).

19: a small, primitive hut in the woods for the use of forestry
workers or travelers caught unawares by bad weather.

20: the pygmy woods owl of north-central Europe. [Poss. fr. Ger.
_waschen_, "to wash", for the bird's reputed attraction to
clotheslines]






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Hugo Kornelis
June 22nd, 2006, 04:15 PM
Hi Tim,

6: ancient trombone-like musical instrument.

10: card game in which jack of clubs has highest value.

Best, Hugo


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Guerri Stevens
June 22nd, 2006, 07:42 PM
I vote for 9 and 20.

Guerri



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email@judyandstu.com
June 22nd, 2006, 09:02 PM
Since I'm writing from a different email address than the one I
usually use for Dixonary, I'm sending this to both the group AND as a
private message so that you're sure to get my votes.

I will vote for 1 and 20 this time around -- first and last.

If by some fluke I win, I will be home on Sunday night and will take
it from there. However, I rarely win . . . so I'm not going to worry
too much. <G>

Judy Madnick
Albany, NY





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mshefler
June 22nd, 2006, 09:18 PM
6 and 18 for me.

Daniel B. Widdis
June 23rd, 2006, 12:10 AM
Given that I'm living on a FOB, I have to vote for the fob watch and the fob
watch pocket. 5 and 11 please.

--
Dan Widdis


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Paul Keating
June 23rd, 2006, 12:38 AM
Seeing as there's only one Scottish def, I'll have to have it: 14.
Also 4.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague



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Daniel B. Widdis
June 23rd, 2006, 05:39 AM
On 6/23/06, Tim Lodge <iel7j001 (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com> wrote:
>
> I hope your FOB is not too close to the FLOT or the FEBA, if those
> acronyms have any relevance in your environment.



Had to look them up! No, I don't think they apply anymore, really.

--
Dan Widdis


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Dave Cunningham
June 23rd, 2006, 10:08 AM
6 and 15 -- both absurd ...

Dave

Tim Bourne
June 23rd, 2006, 10:14 AM
2 and 19, please.

Tim B







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Chuck Emery
June 23rd, 2006, 05:13 PM
Tim -

Nice selection. I'll try -

3: an Algonquin beaded vest.

and

4: a dense thicket or growth.

Thanks,

Chuck

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Tony Abell
June 24th, 2006, 01:00 AM
I'll throw my votes away on the clever 11 and the keatingesque 14.




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Russ Heimerson
June 24th, 2006, 05:56 AM
I'll try the two's...#2 and #12, please.

Russ


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