nancyshepherdson
June 26th, 2006, 11:13 PM
Hello to all from fabulous Detroit! (Yes, I exaggerate, greatly.)
Anyway, sorry this is late, but at least one of you was able to get
in under the wire with a late def and will probably win the deal like
he did last time I dealt and he was late.
Wasn't this a fun word? As soon as I saw it, I wanted to know what
it meant. And only one of you smarties knew it already. So, for
your puzzling pleasure, here are 17 definitions, one of which is
definitely real. Please vote for the two, and only two, that turn
you on or make you say "hmmm."
Any mistakes on this list I will blame on my travels. However, those
of you who responded to my "other" (compuserve) email address did not
make it any easier for me to avoid them. Please, people, send your
defs to the requested address!
For the nonce, the deadline is 10 a.m. Wednesday June 28.
Nancy
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1. To advance a multitude of conflicting and confusing arguments
together.
2. _In phr._ Le O~: the Italian feminist movement [Ital. dial., 'the
women with opinions']
3. Having petioles that emerge from the main stem in symmetrically
opposed pairs.
4. Containing many small particles of various colours.
5. To reduce to slag
6. To blur printing by double striking.
7. To turn inside out.
8. To pledge; to pawn.
9. Having a blistered appearance.
10. _Med._ to destroy (esp. an abnormal growth) by electricity.
11. Stubbornly and unreasonably disapproving.
12. To treat an insect sting by rubbing with dock or sorrel leaves
[rumex acetosa, r. acetosella, etc. have mildly acidic juice and
provide relief from those insect stings which are basic; such as
yellow-jackets and hornets]
13. [Geol.] Having striations of one or more igneous rock types.
14. _Pedantic_ inapt, especially of a word.
15. To soak in brine as a preservative.
16. (Archaic) To express a view
17. Colorless.
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Anyway, sorry this is late, but at least one of you was able to get
in under the wire with a late def and will probably win the deal like
he did last time I dealt and he was late.
Wasn't this a fun word? As soon as I saw it, I wanted to know what
it meant. And only one of you smarties knew it already. So, for
your puzzling pleasure, here are 17 definitions, one of which is
definitely real. Please vote for the two, and only two, that turn
you on or make you say "hmmm."
Any mistakes on this list I will blame on my travels. However, those
of you who responded to my "other" (compuserve) email address did not
make it any easier for me to avoid them. Please, people, send your
defs to the requested address!
For the nonce, the deadline is 10 a.m. Wednesday June 28.
Nancy
*********************
1. To advance a multitude of conflicting and confusing arguments
together.
2. _In phr._ Le O~: the Italian feminist movement [Ital. dial., 'the
women with opinions']
3. Having petioles that emerge from the main stem in symmetrically
opposed pairs.
4. Containing many small particles of various colours.
5. To reduce to slag
6. To blur printing by double striking.
7. To turn inside out.
8. To pledge; to pawn.
9. Having a blistered appearance.
10. _Med._ to destroy (esp. an abnormal growth) by electricity.
11. Stubbornly and unreasonably disapproving.
12. To treat an insect sting by rubbing with dock or sorrel leaves
[rumex acetosa, r. acetosella, etc. have mildly acidic juice and
provide relief from those insect stings which are basic; such as
yellow-jackets and hornets]
13. [Geol.] Having striations of one or more igneous rock types.
14. _Pedantic_ inapt, especially of a word.
15. To soak in brine as a preservative.
16. (Archaic) To express a view
17. Colorless.
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