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Scott Crom
November 19th, 2006, 08:04 AM
Here are 19 highly plausible (well, most of them) definitions of
TASCO, only one of which comes from my trusty Webster. Please
cast your two votes (by public reply to this message) for those
you think deserve them, for whatever reason.

The deadline for voting is about 35 hours from now, tomorrow
evening, Monday, Nov. 20, at 2000 hours, aka 8:00 pm Eastern
time. Those in other zones have other deadlines by the clock.

Enjoy!

1. [Quechua] A basket.

2. [Sp.] Dirty; scruffy.

3. [Scot.] A rock-strewn area.

4. The padded jacket worn while fencing.

5. A kind of clay for making melting pots.

6. The unshaded and inexpensive seats at a corrida.

7. [Tupi.] A small edible fresh-water fish of Brazil.

8. A fungiform canker found on certain subtropical palms; usu. harmless.

9. A kind of earthenwork canal apparently built by the Mayan Indians of
Mexico.

10. The alewife, a North Atlantic fish of the herring family. [colloq.,
poss. < Algonquin]

11. An alloy of titanium and steel, valuable for its combination of
strength and lightness.

12. _Austral._ A court order designed to curtail unwanted public
behavior [Tasmania Social Control Order].

13. A type of Mexican pottery produced in the Tasco region, characterized
by colorful geometrical patterns.

14. _Dixonary_ An obviously fake definition submitted out of desperation,
boredom, or desire to avoid dealing.

15. A gypsy dance where the women dance provocatively for the visitors,
while the men pick the visitor's pockets.

16. _Music_ A kind of recitative in which the words are sung rapidly to
minimal accompaniment, usually just continuo.

17. A small thin glass bottle generally completely covered with wicker or
plaited straw or maize-leaves as a protection.

18. [Aviation] A sensor which calculates true airspeed from inputs of
dynamic and static air pressure, and outside air temperature.

19. A sorcerer of Mexican folklore who rewards good children by granting
them wishes and punishes bad children by making them break out in
boils.

Scott, who keeps being impressed by your creativity.

Judy Madnick
November 19th, 2006, 08:28 AM
I'll go fishing this time -- although I must admit that I love No. 14.

<< 7. [Tupi.] A small edible fresh-water fish of Brazil.

<< 10. The alewife, a North Atlantic fish of the herring family. [colloq.,
<< poss. < Algonquin]

Judy Madnick

Guerri Stevens
November 19th, 2006, 08:48 AM
I vote for 9 and 18. And I admire number 14 which we should probably all
vote for.

Guerri

Daniel B. Widdis
November 19th, 2006, 09:22 AM
15 and 19, the musical sorcerer, since I just saw _The Phantom of the
Opera_ (the Las Vegas version).

--
Dan Widdis

Tim Bourne
November 19th, 2006, 01:52 PM
6 and 8, please.

Best wishes,

Tim B

BobStone
November 19th, 2006, 04:01 PM
I'll go for pottery and glassware, with #13, and #17, but I give a smile and a tip of the Stone chapeau to number fourteen.

-Bob Stone

Dave Cunningham
November 19th, 2006, 07:02 PM
8 and 15 for no rational reason at all ...

Dave

Tony Abell
November 20th, 2006, 07:25 AM
I'll take a chance on one of the fishes, and I have too much sympathy for the
obviously fake def not to vote for it: 10 and 14.

Paul Keating
November 20th, 2006, 11:16 AM
I'll follow vox pop, such as it is, and take 8 and 10.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague