Tim Bourne
January 24th, 2007, 05:34 PM
We have a good crop of definitions for your entertainment,
possibly even enlightenment! I find it hard to believe that
one of the 19 really does come from a dictionary.
Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in
reply to this one), before the deadline, which is 2 pm UTC
on Friday 26th, 9 am on the East Coast and 6 am on the West
Coast, a little over 36 hours from now to make things
easier for those on the other side of the world.
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 in the file "The Rules of
Dixonary.txt" in the library of the Coryphaeus Yahoo group.
1: [obs.] a pauper.
2: an instructor at an ashram.
3: a hand-woven African silk fabric.
4: [Hind.] perfume (lit. "smelly water").
5: a state of depression or low spirits.
6: in Hindu cosmology, the third celestial house.
7: an Islamic school usually attached to a mosque.
8: a type of Russian nesting doll [dim. Matroshka].
9: light-colored stone chips used in hydraulic cement.
10: [OE] mattress (from German: Matratze, Dutch: Matras).
11: a strongly curved scimitar with a pronounced yelmen.
12: a light, soft, crusty bread made with yeast and eggs.
13: an Indian soldier formerly serving under British
command.
14: an Indian garment similar to a vest, often worn over a
sari.
15: a leguminous forage crop that enriches the soil with
nitrogen.
16: a long-necked glass vessel with a round or oval body,
used for distilling etc.
17: to make-up a bed for a guest [orig. to turn a matress
to get the smooth side on top].
18: the debris which accumulates around the partially
submerged roots of mangrove trees.
19: a cotton cloth of southern India, usually woven with
brightly coloured check patterns.
Best wishes,
Tim B
possibly even enlightenment! I find it hard to believe that
one of the 19 really does come from a dictionary.
Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in
reply to this one), before the deadline, which is 2 pm UTC
on Friday 26th, 9 am on the East Coast and 6 am on the West
Coast, a little over 36 hours from now to make things
easier for those on the other side of the world.
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 in the file "The Rules of
Dixonary.txt" in the library of the Coryphaeus Yahoo group.
1: [obs.] a pauper.
2: an instructor at an ashram.
3: a hand-woven African silk fabric.
4: [Hind.] perfume (lit. "smelly water").
5: a state of depression or low spirits.
6: in Hindu cosmology, the third celestial house.
7: an Islamic school usually attached to a mosque.
8: a type of Russian nesting doll [dim. Matroshka].
9: light-colored stone chips used in hydraulic cement.
10: [OE] mattress (from German: Matratze, Dutch: Matras).
11: a strongly curved scimitar with a pronounced yelmen.
12: a light, soft, crusty bread made with yeast and eggs.
13: an Indian soldier formerly serving under British
command.
14: an Indian garment similar to a vest, often worn over a
sari.
15: a leguminous forage crop that enriches the soil with
nitrogen.
16: a long-necked glass vessel with a round or oval body,
used for distilling etc.
17: to make-up a bed for a guest [orig. to turn a matress
to get the smooth side on top].
18: the debris which accumulates around the partially
submerged roots of mangrove trees.
19: a cotton cloth of southern India, usually woven with
brightly coloured check patterns.
Best wishes,
Tim B