[Dixonary] 1753: HOODING - Defs up

[Dodi Schultz]

There are several really weird--therefore likely--candidates. I'll try #6
and #18.

--Dodi

[Keno77773@aol.com]

#2 and #5 because that add up to 7

Roberta Muths


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[Wayne Scott, M.D.]

I have no idea on earth. I'll try 2 and 14 for no reason except that
neither seems very likely.

Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination.
-Ludwig Wittgenstein


> [Original Message]
> From: bonnyjars <bonnyjars (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk>
> To: <coryphaeus (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com>
> Date: 10/24/2006 4:30:28 PM
> Subject: [Dixonary] 1753: HOODING - Defs up
>
> People:
>
> Herewith the definitions of an interesting set of minds - one actually
comes from a reputable dictionary
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>
> Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this
one), before the deadline...
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> BST 1600 Thursday 26th Oct
> EDT 1100
> etc
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> 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
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> I'm off to watch the Cards hipefully give a hooding to the Tigers!
(Starts at 0100 so I'm going to be tired tomorrow )- best of luck
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> JohnnyB
>
> 1: making misleading statements to induce someone to act in a certain
way.
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> 2: one of four administrative divisions of Nottinghamshire, made
obsolete by local government reorganisation in 1878.
>
> 3: living with another; dwelling in another creature's lair.
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> 4: a short horizontal wooden beam used to strengthen upright posts in
the framework of a wall.
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> 5: in parts of England, a district without legislative representation.
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> 6: the strip of leather which connects the two parts of a flail
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> 7: putting a hood on a bird of prey to make it easier to handle during
training
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> 8: a phase of the moon 2 nights before the full moon
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> 9: _arch_ an owlet in nest.
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> 10: masking an unsightly household item such as a mop bucket or a toilet
plunger.
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> 11: a pudding in the shape of a hood
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> 12: architecture: a molding that projects from the surface of a panel.
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> 13: a secluded valley
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> 14: [early twentieth-century theatrical slang] exciting, splendid,
successful.
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> 15: a situation or occasion on which a gang of hoodlums terrorizes a
specific neighborhood.
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> 16: [urban gang] The practice of patrolling the home territory in small
groups in order to assert dominance and check for activity
> by rival gangs.
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> 17: the act of forcing hunted game into a confined territory (obs.)
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> 18: the decorative binding or lashing holding the eyelets on a fishing rod
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[Toni Savage]

I like 9 and 13 because they FEEL right. (which usually means they are wrong...)

bonnyjars <bonnyjars (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

9: _arch_ an owlet in nest.


13: a secluded valley


-- Toni Savage

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[Christopher Carson]

5 and 14 for me this time.

Chris