mshefler
September 3rd, 2006, 01:25 PM
Here are 16 lovely definitions for swatchel-cove, one of which is real.
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1. The mortise which receives the foot of the mizzen on a ketch.
2. A sweatshop (from The Swatchel-Cove Company, Boston clothing mfr of
the 1880s).
3. [Austral. sl.] A cottage, flat, etc. kept for trysting.
4. A shallow rocky swamp or fen.
5. A cove or bay whose entrance is so narrow or twisting that the bay
itself cannot be seen from the open water.
6. [Brit. sl.] A lookout employed to watch out for police near illegal
street traders or card-trick operators.
7. The Punch-and-Judy man or his assistant who did the supporting patter
and who interpreted Punch's less intelligible squawks.
8. A dessert of thinly sliced apples, pears, and peaches, sometimes
including walnuts or pecans, encased in phyllo dough amd baked as
individual servings.
9. [Geol.] A deep rift that causes tectonic plates to move apart (named
after it's discoverers, N. Swatchel and P. Cove).
10. A cabinet in a haberdashery.
11. A finishing technique for vinyl flooring that extends up the wall.
12. In Irish mythology, the place where drowned babies are washed ashore;
hence, a place of false safety.
13. An architectural feature consisting of a niche in a pillar.
14. [Arch. & Obs.] The craftsman responsible for mixing colour batches
for cloth dyeing in the Lancashire cotton mills.
15. The section of the ocean below 6,000 meters.
16. A row or double row of horse barns at a racetrack, having a separate
stall for each horse and fronting a walkway.
Vote for your 2 favorites no later than 10 PM EDT Monday, September 4.
1. The mortise which receives the foot of the mizzen on a ketch.
2. A sweatshop (from The Swatchel-Cove Company, Boston clothing mfr of
the 1880s).
3. [Austral. sl.] A cottage, flat, etc. kept for trysting.
4. A shallow rocky swamp or fen.
5. A cove or bay whose entrance is so narrow or twisting that the bay
itself cannot be seen from the open water.
6. [Brit. sl.] A lookout employed to watch out for police near illegal
street traders or card-trick operators.
7. The Punch-and-Judy man or his assistant who did the supporting patter
and who interpreted Punch's less intelligible squawks.
8. A dessert of thinly sliced apples, pears, and peaches, sometimes
including walnuts or pecans, encased in phyllo dough amd baked as
individual servings.
9. [Geol.] A deep rift that causes tectonic plates to move apart (named
after it's discoverers, N. Swatchel and P. Cove).
10. A cabinet in a haberdashery.
11. A finishing technique for vinyl flooring that extends up the wall.
12. In Irish mythology, the place where drowned babies are washed ashore;
hence, a place of false safety.
13. An architectural feature consisting of a niche in a pillar.
14. [Arch. & Obs.] The craftsman responsible for mixing colour batches
for cloth dyeing in the Lancashire cotton mills.
15. The section of the ocean below 6,000 meters.
16. A row or double row of horse barns at a racetrack, having a separate
stall for each horse and fronting a walkway.