Scott Crom
June 21st, 2005, 07:57 AM
Here are 19 cleverly crafted definitions of HANTLE, plus one from
my dictionary. Make your two best guesses and post them by public
reply to this message. Deadline for voting is 2000 EDT, aka 8:00
pm, tomorrow, Wednesday, June 22.
Enjoy!
1. Stone mason's tool to keep an arch in place while its
construction is not yet finished. Elaborately carved hantles
often made to resemble the artisan's "third hand" were
passed from father to son as late as the 16th century, but
since then they have been replaced by more pragmatic forms
of scaffolding.
2. In the Middle Ages, a garment worn over the shoulders,
fastened at the neck; similar to a small shawl.
3. [Brit. dialect] To prepare or arrange (a thing, oneself,
etc), esp. to put a finishing touch to.
4. The curved portion of a blacksmith's anvil, used for
hammering metal into rounded shapes.
5. A piece of broken pottery, especially one found in an
archaeological dig; a potsherd.
6. To haunt; now obs. dickensian eng. usually in the passive as
'that house is hantled'.
7. A short-term loan, esp. one made to meet a pressing need
such as food or shelter.
8. A battlement of trees with bent or sharpened branches
directed toward the enemy.
9. The area between the humps of a Bactrian camel. [<P. T.
Barnum; hump + cantle]
10. A five pronged steel pitchfork used for stacking extremely
heavy loads of hay.
11. A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the
scale used.
12. To wander about idly or in pursuit of pleasure.
13. A large tub for general household use. [Obs]
14. Act of herding a draft animal with a prod.
15. An extended sleeve around a moving shaft.
16. The pin on which a gun carriage revolves.
17. (_Scot. & Dial. Eng._) A good many.
18. A fireplace-poker [mostly Scot.].
19. A glass chimney for a lantern.
20. A 25 kg dumbbell.
Scott, dealer pro tem
my dictionary. Make your two best guesses and post them by public
reply to this message. Deadline for voting is 2000 EDT, aka 8:00
pm, tomorrow, Wednesday, June 22.
Enjoy!
1. Stone mason's tool to keep an arch in place while its
construction is not yet finished. Elaborately carved hantles
often made to resemble the artisan's "third hand" were
passed from father to son as late as the 16th century, but
since then they have been replaced by more pragmatic forms
of scaffolding.
2. In the Middle Ages, a garment worn over the shoulders,
fastened at the neck; similar to a small shawl.
3. [Brit. dialect] To prepare or arrange (a thing, oneself,
etc), esp. to put a finishing touch to.
4. The curved portion of a blacksmith's anvil, used for
hammering metal into rounded shapes.
5. A piece of broken pottery, especially one found in an
archaeological dig; a potsherd.
6. To haunt; now obs. dickensian eng. usually in the passive as
'that house is hantled'.
7. A short-term loan, esp. one made to meet a pressing need
such as food or shelter.
8. A battlement of trees with bent or sharpened branches
directed toward the enemy.
9. The area between the humps of a Bactrian camel. [<P. T.
Barnum; hump + cantle]
10. A five pronged steel pitchfork used for stacking extremely
heavy loads of hay.
11. A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the
scale used.
12. To wander about idly or in pursuit of pleasure.
13. A large tub for general household use. [Obs]
14. Act of herding a draft animal with a prod.
15. An extended sleeve around a moving shaft.
16. The pin on which a gun carriage revolves.
17. (_Scot. & Dial. Eng._) A good many.
18. A fireplace-poker [mostly Scot.].
19. A glass chimney for a lantern.
20. A 25 kg dumbbell.
Scott, dealer pro tem