[Dixonary] Round 1835: jaseran - Definition List

[Bill Hirst]

There are a total of 16 definitions for JASERAN. Please vote for two, by
public reply to this message, before deadline, which is 12:00 AM EDT on
Saturday, August 25, 2007, or 9:00 PM PDT on Friday, August 24, 2007.

*1.*a sleeping mat woven from rushes.

*2.*A stiff fabric used for stiffening.

*3.*Any of several vines or shrubs of the genus Jasminum, native
****chiefly to Asia and having usually compound leaves and white or
****yellow flowers. -Bob

*4.*Cheerful; jovial.

*5.*long-tailed tit [Lancs dial.; often heard with _mumruffin_ Yorks
****dial. for the same bird]

*6.*A long, hooded robe of the Levant

*7.*[Rel.] one of the pre-Islamic Arab gods; a worshipper of such a god.

*8.*traditional dance music of the Indian state of Uttaranchal; the
****dance itself.

*9.*the practice of varying density, opacity, etc. in stained-glass
****design according to natural light at the installation site.

10.*the cord by which a punkah is moved.

11.*fine chain mail jacket

12.*a figurative expression.

13.*a small shrub growing in regions of the Gobi desert from which a
****mildly psychotropic tea is brewed.

14.*In Arab countries, a room (originally a tent) in which supplicants
****wait for an audience with a ruler.

15.*A perennial plant having milky juice and umbellate flowers. Also
****called Virginia Milkweed.

16.*a spice which is derived from a tree fungus, used in Creole and
****Cajun cooking.

[Bill Hirst]

Oops. Bob, I'll give you two dealer points for including your name
with
the definition.

-Bill

[Daniel B. Widdis]

Gah. Forgot to submit a def.

I'll go with the cajun spice (16) and the punkah cord (10).

--
Dan Widdis

[France International]

I'll go for 1 and 9.

[Tim Lodge]

Bill

Well, I did read them all - several times - but only confused myself,
so I'll vote for first and last:

1 and 16 please.

-- Tim L

[Dodi Schultz]

I'll try #7 and #16. (And I guess poor Bob gets a couple of DPs for #3,
eh?)

--Dodi

[Judy Madnick]

Strange . . . I never received the definition list in my inbox. Fortunately, I got the early votes so I knew to go to the Web to find the list.

More important . . . I also see that you never received my definition, which was sent at 10:11 a.m. from my gmail account to yours. Did you check your spam folder? Maybe your gmail doesn't like my gmail. <G>

I'll go with the Arab definitions today:

7. [Rel.] one of the pre-Islamic Arab gods; a worshipper of such a god.

14. In Arab countries, a room (originally a tent) in which supplicants
wait for an audience with a ruler.

Judy Madnick
Jacksonville, FL

[waynescottmd@earthlink.net]

I'll go for 4 because it describes the dealer!
I'll also try 10 because who knows when one might want to move a punkah.

By the way, what on earth is a punkah?

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

[Dave Cunningham]

1 and 15 do I can't ever get the deal this time ...

Dave

On Aug 23, 1:21 pm, "Bill Hirst" <billhi... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
> There are a total of 16 definitions for JASERAN. Please vote for two, by

[BobStone]

Thanks.

-Stone

[BobStone]

I'll go with #9 and #13, because 9+13 is 22, and 2+2 is 4, and it was just 4 o'clock a few minutes ago, here in the California desert.

Sigh.

-Bob Stone

[Toni Savage]

2 and 10, please?




-- Toni Savage

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 7 and 16.

[Tim Lodge]

Wayne

>> By the way, what on earth is a punkah? <<

I don't think I'm giving any clues to the meaning of JASERAN by
telling you that a punkah is a large fan made of palm leaves. It's
operated by a punkah wallah who pulls on a cord to make it move. The
aeroplanes I flew in as a navigator had "punkah louvres" - valves
which blew cold air in your face.

-- Tim L

[Christopher Carson]

I'll fall for 4 and 9 this time.

Chris

[Nancy Shepherdson]

I'll take 2 and 7.

Nancy

[dixonary@siam.co.uk]

8 and 13, please.

Best wishes,

Tim B

[waynescottmd@earthlink.net]

Thanks, Tim.
I've seen them in action, but didn't know the name.

Wayne

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


> [Original Message]
> From: Tim Lodge <iel7j001 (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com>
> To: Dixonary <Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
> Date: 8/24/2007 3:46:32 AM
> Subject: [Dixonary] Re: Round 1835: jaseran - Definition List
>
>
> Wayne
>
> >> By the way, what on earth is a punkah? <<
>
> I don't think I'm giving any clues to the meaning of JASERAN by
> telling you that a punkah is a large fan made of palm leaves. It's
> operated by a punkah wallah who pulls on a cord to make it move. The
> aeroplanes I flew in as a navigator had "punkah louvres" - valves
> which blew cold air in your face.
>
> -- Tim L

[Russ Heimerson]

I'll toss my votes to a couple that I don't believe for a second, and
apparently no one else believes them either -- neither has a vote until
now..

#5 and #11, please.

Russ

[Tony Abell]

I think I'll make a rush for the tits: 1 and 5, please.