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JohnnyB
May 1st, 2007, 05:15 PM
Here are 17 definitions brought to you with great trials and alarums by our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide
which is the definition that was submitted by a dictionary

Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to this one), before the deadline..

5:00 pm on Thursday, 03 May 2007 in the UK
8:00 pm in Moscow, Niarobi, Tehran, & Bagdhad
12:00 pm East Coast USA - 9:00 am West Coast USA

New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may vote.

JohnnyB
(using DIXOBASE)

1. _Obs slang [U.S. west, mid-19th cent]_ settlers' term for a traditional American Indian digestive remedy; now believed to have
been a variety of goldenseal (_Hydrastis canadensis_)

2. a relative of the soybean which is noxious to both humans and animals, causing vomiting and diarrhea

3. low- or poor-quality tobacco made from the stems and upper roots of _Nicotiana spp._

4. a local name in Norfolk for the common nettle, Urtica dioica

5. a savory herb used mainly in ragouts and soups

6. the corn sow-thistle; sonchus arvensis

7. common sense [Pennsylvania Dutch]

8. [slang] murder by poisoning

9. cud

10. bagpipes (orig. unkn.)

11. [Arab.] looking good, desirable

12. a wall-covering similar to linoleum

13. continuous band of plates on side of a ship

14. a bedouin tribe of the Hadhramaut region of South Arabia

15. a saltwort, _Salsola kali tenuifolia_, that has narrow, spinelike leaves

16. an Old World perennial grass, widespread as a weed in warm regions and used for thatching

17. fibrous material taken from the silk gland of a silkworm before it spins a cocoon, used for fishing tackle

Wayne Scott, M.D.
May 1st, 2007, 05:29 PM
Hoping that lightning will strike the Sassenach de'il who posted the
slander on a wonderful musical instrument in def #10
I will try to supress my anger and cast my votes for: 3 and 4.

MacCurm


If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die I want to go where they
went.
--Will Rogers


> [Original Message]
> From: JohnnyB <johnnybarrs (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
> To: <Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
> Date: 5/1/2007 3:15:20 PM
> Subject: [Dixonary] Rnd 1805: GUT-WEED - Defs up
>
>
> Here are 17 definitions brought to you with great trials and alarums by
our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide
> which is the definition that was submitted by a dictionary
>
> Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to
this one), before the deadline..
>
> 5:00 pm on Thursday, 03 May 2007 in the UK
> 8:00 pm in Moscow, Niarobi, Tehran, & Bagdhad
> 12:00 pm East Coast USA - 9:00 am West Coast USA
>
> New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may
vote.
>
> JohnnyB
> (using DIXOBASE)
>
> 1. _Obs slang [U.S. west, mid-19th cent]_ settlers' term for a
traditional American Indian digestive remedy; now believed to have
> been a variety of goldenseal (_Hydrastis canadensis_)
>
> 2. a relative of the soybean which is noxious to both humans and
animals, causing vomiting and diarrhea
>
> 3. low- or poor-quality tobacco made from the stems and upper roots of
_Nicotiana spp._
>
> 4. a local name in Norfolk for the common nettle, Urtica dioica
>
> 5. a savory herb used mainly in ragouts and soups
>
> 6. the corn sow-thistle; sonchus arvensis
>
> 7. common sense [Pennsylvania Dutch]
>
> 8. [slang] murder by poisoning
>
> 9. cud
>
> 10. bagpipes (orig. unkn.)
>
> 11. [Arab.] looking good, desirable
>
> 12. a wall-covering similar to linoleum
>
> 13. continuous band of plates on side of a ship
>
> 14. a bedouin tribe of the Hadhramaut region of South Arabia
>
> 15. a saltwort, _Salsola kali tenuifolia_, that has narrow, spinelike
leaves
>
> 16. an Old World perennial grass, widespread as a weed in warm regions
and used for thatching
>
> 17. fibrous material taken from the silk gland of a silkworm before it
spins a cocoon, used for fishing tackle
>
>
>
>
>

Judy Madnick
May 1st, 2007, 05:34 PM
<< 4. a local name in Norfolk for the common nettle, Urtica dioica

<< 5. a savory herb used mainly in ragouts and soups

Judy Madnick

Hugo Kornelis
May 1st, 2007, 05:37 PM
Hi Johnny,

Here are my votes:

> 6. the corn sow-thistle; sonchus arvensis

> 11. [Arab.] looking good, desirable

Best, Hugo

Dodi Schultz
May 1st, 2007, 06:00 PM
Thank you, John, for sending the list of defs to me by e-mail in addition
to posting them to the group.

I received BOTH copies.

You must have done this message differently from your posting of the new
word. (Which, actually, was--AFAIK--the only one I DIDN'T see.)

--Dodi

Dave Cunningham
May 1st, 2007, 07:25 PM
10 and 13 have no conceivable connection to gut or weed ...

Dave

Guerri Stevens
May 1st, 2007, 07:57 PM
I vote for 1 and 7.

Guerri

Toni Savage
May 1st, 2007, 08:21 PM
I like 9 and 10.

JohnnyB <johnnybarrs (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

9. cud

10. bagpipes (orig. unkn.)



-- Toni Savage

Dodi Schultz
May 1st, 2007, 11:24 PM
I'll try #4 and #9.

--Dodi

Daniel B. Widdis
May 2nd, 2007, 01:00 AM
I don't believe 4 and 8, so they must be right. Both of them.

--
Dan

Keno77773@aol.com
May 2nd, 2007, 02:40 AM
#5 and #6

Roberta



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Tim Lodge
May 2nd, 2007, 04:52 AM
Johnny

I suspect it's not botanical, so I'll go for two non-weeds:

9 and 11 please.

-- Tim L

BobStone
May 2nd, 2007, 04:52 AM
I'll try #3 and its square, #9.

-Bob Stone

dixonary@siam.co.uk
May 2nd, 2007, 05:33 AM
2 and 3, please.

Best wishes,

Tim B

Bill Hirst
May 2nd, 2007, 09:20 AM
14 and 15 are most likely to be wrong, IMHO.

-Bill

Christopher Carson
May 2nd, 2007, 09:28 AM
I'll fall for 10 and 12.

Chris

mshefler
May 2nd, 2007, 09:50 AM
I'll try 1 and 10.

Chuck Emery
May 2nd, 2007, 10:23 AM
JohnnyB

Nice selection. I'll try:

1. _Obs slang [U.S. west, mid-19th cent]_ settlers' term for a traditional
American Indian digestive remedy; now believed to have been a variety of
goldenseal (_Hydrastis canadensis_)

and

6. the corn sow-thistle; sonchus arvensis

Thanks,

Chuck

Russ Heimerson
May 3rd, 2007, 09:32 AM
I think it's a plant, but which one...

I'll pick #4 and #6, please.

Russ