Scott Crom
August 16th, 2007, 07:24 PM
Here are 16 tempting definitions for CLOIT, one of which actually
came from my dictionary. Please give in to two of those
temptations, i.e., cast your votes for, no later that 0800
Saturday morning, Eastern Time, August 18, by public reply to
this message.
Enjoy!
1. A hole through the platform surrounding the upper part of a
ship's mast, through which one may climb to go aloft.
2. A loop-in-slot closing, as on a door or chest, designed to
be secured by a separate padlock.
3. _v.i._ To fall heavily; _n._ A heavy fall; _adv._ Heavily;
with a thud. _All Scot._
4. In English Common Law, a hearing held in private or in the
absence of the jury.
5. Collective term for a flock of Canada Geese (Branta
canadensis).
6. An extra storage reservoir under the nib of a fountain pen.
7. A plug used to seal off an underground stream in a mine.
8. A small enclosed space such as a closet or cupboard.
9. Hideous or deformed of face, as with a harelip.
10. A kind of nail used in shoeing horses.
11. A small box used to hold toiletries.
12. A set of tabs for file folders.
13. Armour for a horse's breast.
14. An external boundary.
15. Fastidiously tidy.
16. To lead astray.
Scott
came from my dictionary. Please give in to two of those
temptations, i.e., cast your votes for, no later that 0800
Saturday morning, Eastern Time, August 18, by public reply to
this message.
Enjoy!
1. A hole through the platform surrounding the upper part of a
ship's mast, through which one may climb to go aloft.
2. A loop-in-slot closing, as on a door or chest, designed to
be secured by a separate padlock.
3. _v.i._ To fall heavily; _n._ A heavy fall; _adv._ Heavily;
with a thud. _All Scot._
4. In English Common Law, a hearing held in private or in the
absence of the jury.
5. Collective term for a flock of Canada Geese (Branta
canadensis).
6. An extra storage reservoir under the nib of a fountain pen.
7. A plug used to seal off an underground stream in a mine.
8. A small enclosed space such as a closet or cupboard.
9. Hideous or deformed of face, as with a harelip.
10. A kind of nail used in shoeing horses.
11. A small box used to hold toiletries.
12. A set of tabs for file folders.
13. Armour for a horse's breast.
14. An external boundary.
15. Fastidiously tidy.
16. To lead astray.
Scott