Scott Crom
November 25th, 2006, 07:09 PM
Thanks to all of you for coming out to play on this holiday
weekend! Here are 19 defnitions for MANG. As usual, only one
comes from my dictionary. You have two chances to select the
right one.
Please post your two votes by public reply to this message, by
the deadline of 8:00 a.m., Eastern time, Monday morning, November
27. Again, other zones, other clock times.
Enjoy!
1. _Slang, chiefly Brit._ Braggart; one who pretends to high
standing or influence, esp. in street life. [Origin unk]
2. A stochastic neural-net computer prediction of stock market
trends, used by almost all major brokerage firms.
3. [Ch.] A three-legged pot for burning incense; also used for
burning symbolic paper offerings to ancestors.
4. (_Scot._) To lead or go astray; to be, or cause to be,
bewildered or frenzied, as with anxiety.
5. A toothed steel wedge forced into the end of a wooden handle
to retain the hammer head.
6. Fruit bat Pteropus mangus [mang is the local name for the
species in Assam].
7. [Carib. slang] A variety of marijuana known for its
exceptional purity.
8. A short-lived third century Chinese dynasty based in
Szechuan.
9. A sharp pointed stick for urging on cattle, etc.
10. Chinese ephedra yielding ephedrine.
11. A resident of Manchester, England.
12. Tea of low quality or poor taste.
13. [Hind.] A storehouse for grain.
14. In China, a kind of dried beef.
15. To eat very tiny bites of food,
16. To fold, spindle, or mutilate.
17. A tub; a brewer's vessel.
18. Withered, dead.
19. A surgeonfish.
Scott, enjoying a most unseasonably warm day!
weekend! Here are 19 defnitions for MANG. As usual, only one
comes from my dictionary. You have two chances to select the
right one.
Please post your two votes by public reply to this message, by
the deadline of 8:00 a.m., Eastern time, Monday morning, November
27. Again, other zones, other clock times.
Enjoy!
1. _Slang, chiefly Brit._ Braggart; one who pretends to high
standing or influence, esp. in street life. [Origin unk]
2. A stochastic neural-net computer prediction of stock market
trends, used by almost all major brokerage firms.
3. [Ch.] A three-legged pot for burning incense; also used for
burning symbolic paper offerings to ancestors.
4. (_Scot._) To lead or go astray; to be, or cause to be,
bewildered or frenzied, as with anxiety.
5. A toothed steel wedge forced into the end of a wooden handle
to retain the hammer head.
6. Fruit bat Pteropus mangus [mang is the local name for the
species in Assam].
7. [Carib. slang] A variety of marijuana known for its
exceptional purity.
8. A short-lived third century Chinese dynasty based in
Szechuan.
9. A sharp pointed stick for urging on cattle, etc.
10. Chinese ephedra yielding ephedrine.
11. A resident of Manchester, England.
12. Tea of low quality or poor taste.
13. [Hind.] A storehouse for grain.
14. In China, a kind of dried beef.
15. To eat very tiny bites of food,
16. To fold, spindle, or mutilate.
17. A tub; a brewer's vessel.
18. Withered, dead.
19. A surgeonfish.
Scott, enjoying a most unseasonably warm day!