John Barrs
July 18th, 2006, 06:13 PM
Dixonarians
Here are an interesting set of definitions from an interesting set of minds - and of course a dictionary def is included too.
Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before the deadline which is
9:00 pm (2100) BST on 21st July
4:00 pm (1600) EST
Midday in Alaska
Midnight in Kuwait, Moscow and Nairobi
etc
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JohnnyB
So to the defs:
1: _Obsolete_ Dishonor.
2: A lack of knowledge; ignorance.
3: [chiefly Scot] Clutter or disarray
4: Offal, especially that of a feral animal; [scat.]
5: [Dutch] deposits in a chimney, usually from storks.
6: A plow equipped with several blades that make parallel furrows.
7: Nickname for the Samoan coin with a value of 0.5 Tala or 50 sene
8: 1. One who laughs at another in contempt; a mocker; a scoffer. 2. A droll or buffoon
9: The functionary in a Turkish mosque who translates readings from the Koran into Turkish [Tk. 'interpreter']
10: A coal scuttle.
11: A pirate or pirate ship.
12: A mask-like head covering for a race horse
13: Bot. Having a toothed or notched margin,as some leaves
14: Hillside irrigation furrow which follows the contour of the slope.
15: A starched cloth covering the neck and shoulders as part of a nun's habit.
16: The unproductive corners of a field not watered by a (circular) center- pivot irrigation system.
17: A light one-horse four-wheeler Russian carriage, especially one in which passengers ride astride a saddle-like seat.
18: A brownish-red ferric oxide obtained as a residue after heating ferrous sulfate, used in glass polishing and as a pigment
19: A halfway house for reformed vegetarians.
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Here are an interesting set of definitions from an interesting set of minds - and of course a dictionary def is included too.
Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before the deadline which is
9:00 pm (2100) BST on 21st July
4:00 pm (1600) EST
Midday in Alaska
Midnight in Kuwait, Moscow and Nairobi
etc
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 in the Files area of the coryphaeus group on Yahoogroups
JohnnyB
So to the defs:
1: _Obsolete_ Dishonor.
2: A lack of knowledge; ignorance.
3: [chiefly Scot] Clutter or disarray
4: Offal, especially that of a feral animal; [scat.]
5: [Dutch] deposits in a chimney, usually from storks.
6: A plow equipped with several blades that make parallel furrows.
7: Nickname for the Samoan coin with a value of 0.5 Tala or 50 sene
8: 1. One who laughs at another in contempt; a mocker; a scoffer. 2. A droll or buffoon
9: The functionary in a Turkish mosque who translates readings from the Koran into Turkish [Tk. 'interpreter']
10: A coal scuttle.
11: A pirate or pirate ship.
12: A mask-like head covering for a race horse
13: Bot. Having a toothed or notched margin,as some leaves
14: Hillside irrigation furrow which follows the contour of the slope.
15: A starched cloth covering the neck and shoulders as part of a nun's habit.
16: The unproductive corners of a field not watered by a (circular) center- pivot irrigation system.
17: A light one-horse four-wheeler Russian carriage, especially one in which passengers ride astride a saddle-like seat.
18: A brownish-red ferric oxide obtained as a residue after heating ferrous sulfate, used in glass polishing and as a pigment
19: A halfway house for reformed vegetarians.
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