Tony Abell
February 13th, 2007, 07:34 AM
Find below 18 definitions of TARASSIS, all but one of which comes from the fevered imaginations of the players. Don't look up the word, but vote for two by public reply to this message before the deadline, which will be
EST: 9:00pm Wednesday 14-Feb-2007
PST: 6:00pm Wednesday 14-Feb-2007
UTC: 2007-02-15 0200 Thursday
Good luck!
(A thousand apologies for the ugly, inconvenient "code" box, below)
1. A slight convexity or swelling, as in the shaft of a column, intended to
compensate for the illusion of concavity resulting from straight sides.
2. Gap in a row of buttons or snaps.
3. [French] The cranberry.
4. Any seed distributed by the wind, such as the dandilion, the maple tree and
the milkweed.
5. A logical fallacy in which one infers the falsity of the consequent from
the truth of a hypothetical proposition, and the falsity of its antecedent.
6. A highly contagious respiratory disease of ground squirrels, gophers, and
moles.
7. A gurgling or rattling sound sometimes made in the throat of a dying
person, caused by loss of the cough reflex and passage of the breath
through accumulating mucus.
8. Hysteria suffered by a man.
9. [med] An irritated bladder that causes loss of sleep. [condition may be
stimulated by eating raw dandelion _taraxacum sps_ and the Fr name
_pis-en-lit_].
10. The two week period after planting a vineyard during which the new plants
are most susceptible to weather changes.
11. A rich and costly stuff of Oriental origin, used in the West in the 14th
and 15th c. Also cloth of tars.
12. A Greek drink similar to the Turkish raki.
13. A cystic tumour on a tendon sheaf or joint capsule.
14. Progressive emaciation, esp. in infants, because of malnutrition and
enfeebled constitution.
15. A tall, round, brimless hat, traditionally of karakul lamb, worn by men of
central Asia.
16. A mixture of almonds, salt and butter used as a condiment in some parts of
the Middle East.
17. A short forward-curved sword, introduced by the Mongols and adapted by the
Ottoman Turks.
18. A string of flags used to contain or exclude wild animals.
EST: 9:00pm Wednesday 14-Feb-2007
PST: 6:00pm Wednesday 14-Feb-2007
UTC: 2007-02-15 0200 Thursday
Good luck!
(A thousand apologies for the ugly, inconvenient "code" box, below)
1. A slight convexity or swelling, as in the shaft of a column, intended to
compensate for the illusion of concavity resulting from straight sides.
2. Gap in a row of buttons or snaps.
3. [French] The cranberry.
4. Any seed distributed by the wind, such as the dandilion, the maple tree and
the milkweed.
5. A logical fallacy in which one infers the falsity of the consequent from
the truth of a hypothetical proposition, and the falsity of its antecedent.
6. A highly contagious respiratory disease of ground squirrels, gophers, and
moles.
7. A gurgling or rattling sound sometimes made in the throat of a dying
person, caused by loss of the cough reflex and passage of the breath
through accumulating mucus.
8. Hysteria suffered by a man.
9. [med] An irritated bladder that causes loss of sleep. [condition may be
stimulated by eating raw dandelion _taraxacum sps_ and the Fr name
_pis-en-lit_].
10. The two week period after planting a vineyard during which the new plants
are most susceptible to weather changes.
11. A rich and costly stuff of Oriental origin, used in the West in the 14th
and 15th c. Also cloth of tars.
12. A Greek drink similar to the Turkish raki.
13. A cystic tumour on a tendon sheaf or joint capsule.
14. Progressive emaciation, esp. in infants, because of malnutrition and
enfeebled constitution.
15. A tall, round, brimless hat, traditionally of karakul lamb, worn by men of
central Asia.
16. A mixture of almonds, salt and butter used as a condiment in some parts of
the Middle East.
17. A short forward-curved sword, introduced by the Mongols and adapted by the
Ottoman Turks.
18. A string of flags used to contain or exclude wild animals.