Tony Abell
July 22nd, 2006, 11:20 AM
Please find below a mere 18 definitions of QUIBIBLE, one of which comes from a
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1. Drinking buddy (from latin: qui biblis - who drinks).
2. _obs_ Moot; debatable, especially of legal definitions.
3. An upset stomach.
4. A narrow pointed tool used to align type.
5. To disagree over the interpretation of a religious text.
6. A dry, dusty easterly or northeasterly wind on the West African coast,
occurring from December to February.
7. Of a word that has entered the language through the perpetuation, in
dictionaries, etc., of an error.
8. A mixture of rum or gin, water, sugar, and nutmeg, or similar drink.
9. A book of biographical sketches.
10. A mark used by early printers to identify their work.
11. [qui bible] Monastic selection of the psalms which have 'qui' in the first
verse, used for the special offices in Lent. The bibles used were complete
but the 'qui' was illuminated rather than the first letter only. Commonly
used in the great Cistercian Abbeys of England, the only two now known to
exist are in the Vatican.
12. Able to be disjoined.
13. Able to be quibbed, i.e., to be pruned back severely.
14. _Australian Slang_ A person regarded as stupid, inept, or unattractive.
Often shortened to "a quib."
15. A pipe or whistle.
16. A manuscript, later revealed as a hoax, claimed in the late 1920s to be an
early translation into Latin of a part of the Old Testament.
17. [Fr.] A list of prominent persons; a Who's Who.
18. A small latch.
real dictionary. Vote for two definitions by way of a public reply to this
message. You may vote even if you didn't submit a definition. If you are new to
the game and want to play, don't look up the word! Read the rules in the file
area of the Coryphaeus group at Yahoogroups.com or the sticky messages in the
Parlor at tapcis.com.
The deadline for voting is
New York: 12:00am Monday (Sunday midnight) 2006-07-24
Denver: 10:00pm Sunday 2006-07-23
Los Angeles: 9:00pm Sunday 2006-07-23
London: 5:00am Monday 2006-07-24
Baghdad: 8:00am Monday 2006-07-24
New Delhi: 9:30am Monday 2006-07-24
Tokyo: 1:00pm Monday 2006-07-24
UTC 0400 2006-07-24
(All but the last three reflecting local Daylight Saving ("Summer") time)
Good luck!
1. Drinking buddy (from latin: qui biblis - who drinks).
2. _obs_ Moot; debatable, especially of legal definitions.
3. An upset stomach.
4. A narrow pointed tool used to align type.
5. To disagree over the interpretation of a religious text.
6. A dry, dusty easterly or northeasterly wind on the West African coast,
occurring from December to February.
7. Of a word that has entered the language through the perpetuation, in
dictionaries, etc., of an error.
8. A mixture of rum or gin, water, sugar, and nutmeg, or similar drink.
9. A book of biographical sketches.
10. A mark used by early printers to identify their work.
11. [qui bible] Monastic selection of the psalms which have 'qui' in the first
verse, used for the special offices in Lent. The bibles used were complete
but the 'qui' was illuminated rather than the first letter only. Commonly
used in the great Cistercian Abbeys of England, the only two now known to
exist are in the Vatican.
12. Able to be disjoined.
13. Able to be quibbed, i.e., to be pruned back severely.
14. _Australian Slang_ A person regarded as stupid, inept, or unattractive.
Often shortened to "a quib."
15. A pipe or whistle.
16. A manuscript, later revealed as a hoax, claimed in the late 1920s to be an
early translation into Latin of a part of the Old Testament.
17. [Fr.] A list of prominent persons; a Who's Who.
18. A small latch.