Tim Lodge
October 10th, 2006, 03:16 PM
Here are 16 defs of the word SHORTFORD, only one of which is true.
Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to
this one), before the deadline of
08:30 BST on Thursday 12th October, which is
07:30 UTC
3:30 AM EDT
12:30 AM PDT
10:30 Charlie for Dan, all on the same day.
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 at http://tinyurl.com/br3oc
-- Tim L
*** SHORTFORD ***
1: nameless.
2: a singlestick.
3: a dry creek bed.
4: one of the cities in Thomas More's Utopia.
5: someone who spent the rent money on liquor.
6: a chainmail garment covering only the shoulders.
7: [Scot] a market by a bridge [_schore_, to sell?]
8: a mixed breed of cattle [Fm. Shorthorn and Hereford]
9: a breed of sheep noted for the whiteness of its fleece.
10: a torch formerly used for lighting one's way in the streets.
11: small token or ticket; block of stone used in mosaic; password.
12: a narrow section of a river or stream; a narrow, shallow stream.
13: [Sl.] a person who, when dancing, continually steps on, or
kicks, his or her partner.
14: any of a breed of beef or dairy cattle that originated in
northern England, having no horns and usually red, white, or roan in
color.
15: a small motion-picture camera attached to the main camera on a
360-degree swivel arm, first used by 20th-century director and
cinematographer, Ian Shortford.
16: an ancient process by which the lord could obtain possession of
a tenement when the tenant had failed to render the services due,
and there were no effects on which a distraint could be levied.
Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to
this one), before the deadline of
08:30 BST on Thursday 12th October, which is
07:30 UTC
3:30 AM EDT
12:30 AM PDT
10:30 Charlie for Dan, all on the same day.
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 at http://tinyurl.com/br3oc
-- Tim L
*** SHORTFORD ***
1: nameless.
2: a singlestick.
3: a dry creek bed.
4: one of the cities in Thomas More's Utopia.
5: someone who spent the rent money on liquor.
6: a chainmail garment covering only the shoulders.
7: [Scot] a market by a bridge [_schore_, to sell?]
8: a mixed breed of cattle [Fm. Shorthorn and Hereford]
9: a breed of sheep noted for the whiteness of its fleece.
10: a torch formerly used for lighting one's way in the streets.
11: small token or ticket; block of stone used in mosaic; password.
12: a narrow section of a river or stream; a narrow, shallow stream.
13: [Sl.] a person who, when dancing, continually steps on, or
kicks, his or her partner.
14: any of a breed of beef or dairy cattle that originated in
northern England, having no horns and usually red, white, or roan in
color.
15: a small motion-picture camera attached to the main camera on a
360-degree swivel arm, first used by 20th-century director and
cinematographer, Ian Shortford.
16: an ancient process by which the lord could obtain possession of
a tenement when the tenant had failed to render the services due,
and there were no effects on which a distraint could be levied.