Dave Cunningham
November 2nd, 2006, 12:56 PM
Only 14 defs -- but all of them very believable! Kindly vote for any two hereof before 8 p.m. EST on Friday November 3, 2006. As always, all errors are the fault of the dealer.
1. an overweening braggart.
2. [Obs.] Bent or crooked; crippled.
3. a thing of little or no value.
4. the larval stage of a sea anemone.
5. _Med.__ persistent hiccough.
6. a barb of a feather used to make an artificial fishing fly.
7. Animal excrement; dung.
8. Brimless fur hat worn by Mongolian nomads.
9. To vex; to annoy; to startle.
10. a small rodent of eastern Africa.
11. The note sounded on a hunting horn to announce the death of a deer.
12. _obs._ a breakdown (sc. of machinery); _dial._ a barrier; a hindrance [OE styrian 'move', 'disturb']
13. A semi-permanent house made by covering the walls of a traditional felt yurt with clay and mud. [< Sir Edmund Hillary, 1957]
14. A near circular or oval-shaped flat area which is enclosed and delimited by a boundary earthwork that usually comprises a ditch with an external bank.
Dave
1. an overweening braggart.
2. [Obs.] Bent or crooked; crippled.
3. a thing of little or no value.
4. the larval stage of a sea anemone.
5. _Med.__ persistent hiccough.
6. a barb of a feather used to make an artificial fishing fly.
7. Animal excrement; dung.
8. Brimless fur hat worn by Mongolian nomads.
9. To vex; to annoy; to startle.
10. a small rodent of eastern Africa.
11. The note sounded on a hunting horn to announce the death of a deer.
12. _obs._ a breakdown (sc. of machinery); _dial._ a barrier; a hindrance [OE styrian 'move', 'disturb']
13. A semi-permanent house made by covering the walls of a traditional felt yurt with clay and mud. [< Sir Edmund Hillary, 1957]
14. A near circular or oval-shaped flat area which is enclosed and delimited by a boundary earthwork that usually comprises a ditch with an external bank.
Dave