Bill Hirst
January 28th, 2007, 11:24 PM
Drat. My first draft of this vanished when I clicked on "help."
Anyway, here they are, twenty-one marvelous definitions for ORGLE,
only one of which is correct. Your job is to ferret out the one true
definition amid the chaos. Vote for your two favorite picks before 4
PM Tuesday EST, about 40 hours from now.
Don't look up the word yet, but you're welcome to keep track of the
running totals.
-Bill (Any errors are Not My Fault and I'll name a scapegoat later.)
1. [Obs.] to swindle, especially by Gypsies.
2. [arch.] a flying buttress weighted with a pinnacle to
enable it to bear a greater load.
3. An extremely small scale working model of an organ.
[one can be seen in the royal Victorian doll's house in
Windsor Castle, UK]
4. The mating sound of a llama or alpaca, made by the male
when he is in heat.
5. A hermaphroditic annelid of the class Polychaeta,
sometimes referred to as the sand worm.
6. _Heraldry._ a roundel purpure [NF orgule 'bruise']
7. [Her.] a thick curved border around a shield, denoting
an affiliation with the Church.
8. a type of sock worn in the Scottish Lowlands.
9. the adjutant-bird (Ciconia Orgela), a species of stork
inhabiting India.
10. a slab of timber cut from a tree trunk, usually from
the outside.
11. _obs._ The appendix.
12. A metal collar used in watchmaking to join one end of
a balance spring to the balance staff.
13. _Archaic_ a hamlet; village.
14. [Obs. rare.] a hilt or handle.
15. to swallow whole.
16. In literature, a much desired third breakfast had by
one of J.R.R. Tolkien's Hobbits in "The Lord of the
Rings" trilogy.
17. _Naut._ A small ring or grommet of rope or metal
fastened to the edge of a sail.
18. To loaf or idle about.
19. a spire with a spherical endpoint.
20. the reinforced row of blocks in a wall immediately
beneath a frieze or cornice.
21. to walk about or travel from place to place
Anyway, here they are, twenty-one marvelous definitions for ORGLE,
only one of which is correct. Your job is to ferret out the one true
definition amid the chaos. Vote for your two favorite picks before 4
PM Tuesday EST, about 40 hours from now.
Don't look up the word yet, but you're welcome to keep track of the
running totals.
-Bill (Any errors are Not My Fault and I'll name a scapegoat later.)
1. [Obs.] to swindle, especially by Gypsies.
2. [arch.] a flying buttress weighted with a pinnacle to
enable it to bear a greater load.
3. An extremely small scale working model of an organ.
[one can be seen in the royal Victorian doll's house in
Windsor Castle, UK]
4. The mating sound of a llama or alpaca, made by the male
when he is in heat.
5. A hermaphroditic annelid of the class Polychaeta,
sometimes referred to as the sand worm.
6. _Heraldry._ a roundel purpure [NF orgule 'bruise']
7. [Her.] a thick curved border around a shield, denoting
an affiliation with the Church.
8. a type of sock worn in the Scottish Lowlands.
9. the adjutant-bird (Ciconia Orgela), a species of stork
inhabiting India.
10. a slab of timber cut from a tree trunk, usually from
the outside.
11. _obs._ The appendix.
12. A metal collar used in watchmaking to join one end of
a balance spring to the balance staff.
13. _Archaic_ a hamlet; village.
14. [Obs. rare.] a hilt or handle.
15. to swallow whole.
16. In literature, a much desired third breakfast had by
one of J.R.R. Tolkien's Hobbits in "The Lord of the
Rings" trilogy.
17. _Naut._ A small ring or grommet of rope or metal
fastened to the edge of a sail.
18. To loaf or idle about.
19. a spire with a spherical endpoint.
20. the reinforced row of blocks in a wall immediately
beneath a frieze or cornice.
21. to walk about or travel from place to place