Tim Lodge
June 11th, 2007, 03:50 AM
The extended deadline produced 4 more defs, so it was worth doing as
we now have a respectable 17 defs for FECHIA. Vote for TWO
definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before
the deadline of:
21:00 BST on Tuesday 12th June
20:00 UTC
4:00 PM EDT
1:00 PM PDT, all on the same day.
New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
round. Don't look in a dictionary. Full rules, if you're curious, are
at http://tinyurl.com/br3oc
** FECHIA **
1: dregs of wine.
2: an arched arbor [Sp.]
3: [Slang] a slovenly person.
4: device for tapping sap from maple trees.
5: [It.] a bundle of sticks; the _fasces_ q.v.
6: the finest fur from the underside of a mink.
7: a variety of transparent or translucent orthoclase.
8: a shade or border with interlaced branches or vines.
9: the color of sunrise on a clear morning after a stormy night.
10: a species of blue maize native to southern Mexico and Central
America.
11: a mixture, such as plaster or roughcast, used to coat walls and
line chimneys.
12: a liqueur made from the crushed and fermented overripe fruits of
various pomes.
13: the mid-afternoon snack of cheese and dried meat given to Roman
soldiers on a long march.
14: a low-growing, spreading plant with many tiny blue flowers. It is
most often used to hold soil on embankments.
15: a fodder grass (_F. rustica_) believed to have originated in
western Europe, now common worldwide; also called goosegrass.
16: a shrub (Smilax frangula) with yellow flowers that stand upright
in a cluster of dark green leaves, known also as the candle tree.
17: a mediaeval method of highlighting portions of a fresco by pulling
the wet plaster into small peaks before applying colour [Lat facio -
to make]
we now have a respectable 17 defs for FECHIA. Vote for TWO
definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before
the deadline of:
21:00 BST on Tuesday 12th June
20:00 UTC
4:00 PM EDT
1:00 PM PDT, all on the same day.
New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
round. Don't look in a dictionary. Full rules, if you're curious, are
at http://tinyurl.com/br3oc
** FECHIA **
1: dregs of wine.
2: an arched arbor [Sp.]
3: [Slang] a slovenly person.
4: device for tapping sap from maple trees.
5: [It.] a bundle of sticks; the _fasces_ q.v.
6: the finest fur from the underside of a mink.
7: a variety of transparent or translucent orthoclase.
8: a shade or border with interlaced branches or vines.
9: the color of sunrise on a clear morning after a stormy night.
10: a species of blue maize native to southern Mexico and Central
America.
11: a mixture, such as plaster or roughcast, used to coat walls and
line chimneys.
12: a liqueur made from the crushed and fermented overripe fruits of
various pomes.
13: the mid-afternoon snack of cheese and dried meat given to Roman
soldiers on a long march.
14: a low-growing, spreading plant with many tiny blue flowers. It is
most often used to hold soil on embankments.
15: a fodder grass (_F. rustica_) believed to have originated in
western Europe, now common worldwide; also called goosegrass.
16: a shrub (Smilax frangula) with yellow flowers that stand upright
in a cluster of dark green leaves, known also as the candle tree.
17: a mediaeval method of highlighting portions of a fresco by pulling
the wet plaster into small peaks before applying colour [Lat facio -
to make]