Bill Hirst
August 20th, 2006, 12:04 AM
Here they are, 20 amazing and perplexing definitions, one of which
comes from a real dictionary. Vote for your two favorites by public
reply to this message before...Let's make it Monday at 5pm Eastern
time, 2pm on the Left Coast, about 2100 Greenwich/UTC/Zulu.
1. 1. A howling dog; 2. [obs] a lunatic [literally: 'one who cries
at the moon']
2. a lantern used for night fishing in Newfoundland and parts of
Nova Scotia .
3. Fried minced conch in scrambled eggs.
4. [It] A kind of kilt worn in the Alps.
5. (Scots) A cow, especially one with crooked horns.
6. A person who makes hypocritical or affected statements.
7. A Viennese pastry in the shape of a swastika.
8. _Scots_ A soft cheese made from curds.
9. A mendicant; or, more strictly speaking, one of the king's
bedesmen, who were licensed beggars.
10. _Hapax legomenon._ a fictitious vegetable supposedly thrown at
ignominious persons (Caroll, _The hunting of the snark_)
11. A sort of decorative knob on a newel-post.
12. Uncontrollably exuberant; unruly.
13. A traditional New England soft cheese.
14. [Scot.] one who interferes in other people's business; a
busybody.
15. Local Scottish name for the red grouse.
16. One of several flexible strips of wood or plastic placed in
pockets at the outer edge of a sail to keep it flat.
17. -obs._ A smock, especially of a Mason.
18. _Gael._ one having an irresistible urge to dance, especially at
the time of the full moon.
19. [Scot] Werewolf.
20. A native costume-decorative blouse- worn by woman in Bavaria.
-Bill
comes from a real dictionary. Vote for your two favorites by public
reply to this message before...Let's make it Monday at 5pm Eastern
time, 2pm on the Left Coast, about 2100 Greenwich/UTC/Zulu.
1. 1. A howling dog; 2. [obs] a lunatic [literally: 'one who cries
at the moon']
2. a lantern used for night fishing in Newfoundland and parts of
Nova Scotia .
3. Fried minced conch in scrambled eggs.
4. [It] A kind of kilt worn in the Alps.
5. (Scots) A cow, especially one with crooked horns.
6. A person who makes hypocritical or affected statements.
7. A Viennese pastry in the shape of a swastika.
8. _Scots_ A soft cheese made from curds.
9. A mendicant; or, more strictly speaking, one of the king's
bedesmen, who were licensed beggars.
10. _Hapax legomenon._ a fictitious vegetable supposedly thrown at
ignominious persons (Caroll, _The hunting of the snark_)
11. A sort of decorative knob on a newel-post.
12. Uncontrollably exuberant; unruly.
13. A traditional New England soft cheese.
14. [Scot.] one who interferes in other people's business; a
busybody.
15. Local Scottish name for the red grouse.
16. One of several flexible strips of wood or plastic placed in
pockets at the outer edge of a sail to keep it flat.
17. -obs._ A smock, especially of a Mason.
18. _Gael._ one having an irresistible urge to dance, especially at
the time of the full moon.
19. [Scot] Werewolf.
20. A native costume-decorative blouse- worn by woman in Bavaria.
-Bill