[Dixonary] Round 1730 - FONGE: Definitions Up

[Tony Abell]

Apologies for the delay. Find below 18 definitions of FONGE, one of which comes
from a dictionary. Vote for two by way of a public response to this message
before the deadline, below. You may vote even if you did not submit a
definition, but you may NOT vote if you are disqualified (see the rules in the
file area of Coryphaeus Yahoogroups or the sticky messages at tapcis.com in The
Parlor). The voting deadline shall be:

Philadelphia: Wednesday, 2006-08-02 10:00pm
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Baghdad: Thursday, 2006-08-03 6:00am
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UTC: Thursday, 2006-08-03 02:00:00

Good luck!

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1. Barb of feather used to make artificial fishing fly.

2. A pipe-collar.

3. [Scot.] A hearth.

4. An Italian dance in two-four time.

5. A condition in horses similar to but more advanced than thrush.

6. _Heraldry._ beige [NF, ult. fm L. _fungus_ mushroom].

7. [sl.] To bribe the police with counterfeit money.

8. To manipulate or rearrange data in order to get the desired result.

9. To obtain advantage by making outrageous or extravagant claims.

10. [Law] The value of an item offered in barter for another item.

11. Either of the endmost stones of an arch.

12. _Nautical_ Pig iron used as permanent ballast.

13. To divide into portions based on some predefined criteria.

14. (Heraldry) A band passing from the upper sinister corner of an escutcheon
to the lower dexter corner.

15. [Scot.] To scorch; to toast.

16. A fondu fork.

17. Light-hearted; happy.

18. To take; to receive. [Obs.]

[Daniel B. Widdis]

I'll take the Barrs def, #6 (John, if that's actually yours you really
ARE easy to spot) and the indian giver #18.

--
Dan Widdis

[Judy Madnick]

<< 11. Either of the endmost stones of an arch.

<< 14. (Heraldry) A band passing from the upper sinister corner of an escutcheon
<< to the lower dexter corner.

Judy Madnick
Albany, NY

[Paul Keating]

Ooh, I dunno, Dan. Looks to me more like a Keating def masquerading as a
Barrs def.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Abell" <aabell (AT) compuserve (DOT) com>
>> 6. _Heraldry._ beige [NF, ult. fm L. _fungus_ mushroom].

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel B. Widdis" <widdis (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
> I'll take the Barrs def, #6 (John, if that's actually yours you really
> ARE easy to spot)

--
Paul Keating
The Hague



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[Dave Cunningham]

I kinda like 7 and 18 this time ...

Dave

[mshefler]

I really like #7 and it seems to go with #10.

[Christopher Carson]

A nice selection of defs. I'll take 7 and 13 this go around.

Chris

[Paul Keating]

I vote for 9 and 15, which no-one else seems to like. I would have voted
for 7 because it made me laugh uproariously, but it has enough votes
already.

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Paul Keating
The Hague



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[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 7 and 10.

Guerri

[Chuck Emery]

Tony -

A pretty disparate list. How about:

4. An Italian dance in two-four time.

and

13. To divide into portions based on some predefined criteria.

Thanks,

Chuck

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[BobStone]

Wildly guessing - #8 and #11.

-Bob

[Russ Heimerson]

I'll toss my votes at #7 and #8, please.

Russ