Dodi Schultz
June 28th, 2005, 03:34 PM
A couple of our regulars seem to have gone missing, but we do have a total
of 21 claimed definitions for MIRADOR. They're listed below. You're invited
to choose the TWO defs you think most likely to be the real, true one
faithfully copied from a real, true dictionary.
Please do so publicly, by direct reply to this message, no later than 1
a.m. EDT on Thursday, 30 June.
Just arrived and new to the game? Not new but didn't submit a def? Yes, you
may still cast votes and get points if you guess right!
--DS
1. a bullfighter whose costume is adorned with mirrors.
2. a counterfeit gem composed of two pieces of crystal or semiprecious
stone with a layer of colored glass between them.
3. _Sp._ a docent in a Spanish art museum.
4. a dry fortified wine of Romania and Bulgaria.
5. a fungus of the genus _Boletus_, having an umbrella-shaped cap with
spore-bearing tubules on the underside and including both edible and
poisonous species.
6. _Sp._ a golden dream; visions of wealth.
7. a government-run country hotel in Spain or Latin America.
8. a graceful bullfighting maneuver in which the toreador sidesteps as
the bull charges his cape.
9. _Sp._ a large cooking pan.
10. a locked case used to hold wine bottles.
11. a miracle submitted as evidence in the canonization process; a
marvel.
12. one who does not follow the Islamic faith; unbeliever.
13. a person who travels through the water by swimming.
14. a radioactive form of mica.
15. a Spanish magazine published in Madrid.
16. a turret or tower attached to a building and providing an extensive
view.
17. a type of Venetian glass colored with chromium, arsenic or copper and
gradually attaining a speckled appearance when exposed to sunlight.
18. a usu. claw-footed bedside table.
19. a viewer.
20. the vision of an eldorado that drove the conquistadores. [Sp.
_mirar_, to view + _or_, gold]
21. a yeoman non-commissioned officer in the colonial army in India.
of 21 claimed definitions for MIRADOR. They're listed below. You're invited
to choose the TWO defs you think most likely to be the real, true one
faithfully copied from a real, true dictionary.
Please do so publicly, by direct reply to this message, no later than 1
a.m. EDT on Thursday, 30 June.
Just arrived and new to the game? Not new but didn't submit a def? Yes, you
may still cast votes and get points if you guess right!
--DS
1. a bullfighter whose costume is adorned with mirrors.
2. a counterfeit gem composed of two pieces of crystal or semiprecious
stone with a layer of colored glass between them.
3. _Sp._ a docent in a Spanish art museum.
4. a dry fortified wine of Romania and Bulgaria.
5. a fungus of the genus _Boletus_, having an umbrella-shaped cap with
spore-bearing tubules on the underside and including both edible and
poisonous species.
6. _Sp._ a golden dream; visions of wealth.
7. a government-run country hotel in Spain or Latin America.
8. a graceful bullfighting maneuver in which the toreador sidesteps as
the bull charges his cape.
9. _Sp._ a large cooking pan.
10. a locked case used to hold wine bottles.
11. a miracle submitted as evidence in the canonization process; a
marvel.
12. one who does not follow the Islamic faith; unbeliever.
13. a person who travels through the water by swimming.
14. a radioactive form of mica.
15. a Spanish magazine published in Madrid.
16. a turret or tower attached to a building and providing an extensive
view.
17. a type of Venetian glass colored with chromium, arsenic or copper and
gradually attaining a speckled appearance when exposed to sunlight.
18. a usu. claw-footed bedside table.
19. a viewer.
20. the vision of an eldorado that drove the conquistadores. [Sp.
_mirar_, to view + _or_, gold]
21. a yeoman non-commissioned officer in the colonial army in India.