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Tim Lodge
September 19th, 2007, 05:03 AM
To me, all 15 defs for PROPERISPOMENON seem pretty believable! Vote
for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one),
before the deadline of

19:00 BST on Thursday 20 September, which is
18:00 UTC
2:00 PM EDT
11:00 AM 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

-- Tim L

** PROPERISPOMENON **

1: Writing alternate lines in opposite directions.

2: A beneficent spirit inhabiting streams and rivers.

3: Correct manner of greeting a newly arrived stranger.

4: Loathsome dirt or refuse; something morally degrading.

5: A group of several items from which one must be selected.

6: A poem that returns to its starting point and so is endless.

7: A word having a circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable.

8: A kind of support bracket similar to a corbel, but made of wood.

9: A Greek statue depicting Hermes, commonly found along major
roadways.

10: A measure of the perspective distortion caused by the curvature of
a lens.

11: An early device for curling hair using direct electric current,
patented in 1882.

12: [Gk.] a protruding knob on a chariot that allowed passengers to
stablilze themselves.

13: A dog-grooming style similar to the poodle cut, but without poofs
on the feet and tail.

14: In philosophy, an object as it is in itself independent of the
mind, as opposed to a phenomenon.

15: A cloud resembling a cirrus, showing iridescent coloration when
the sun is several degrees below the horizon.

16: A literary construction in which the parts of a well-known phrase
are re-arranged, e.g., "eighty around-the-world days."

Guerri Stevens
September 19th, 2007, 07:46 AM
I vote for 10 and 14.

Guerri

Judy Madnick
September 19th, 2007, 07:47 AM
>
> 5: A group of several items from which one must be selected.
>
> 14: In philosophy, an object as it is in itself independent of the
> mind, as opposed to a phenomenon.


Judy Madnick (from the lobby of our Bal Harbour hotel)

dixonary@siam.co.uk
September 19th, 2007, 09:10 AM
9 and 14, please.

I'll be on holiday from Friday for 2 weeks, and probably
without internet access, so if I should happen to win I
won't be able to deal, and I'm unlikely to take part in the
next few rounds.

Best wishes,

Tim B

Dodi Schultz
September 19th, 2007, 09:48 AM
Yikes! In the midst of a little situation that arose locally, I totally
forgot to submit a def.

I'll try my voting luck with #2 and #9.

--Dodi

Tim Lodge
September 19th, 2007, 11:56 AM
Dodi

>> Yikes! In the midst of a little situation that arose locally, I totally forgot to submit a def. <<

That's not like you! As at the last available stats (Round 1825) you
had played in 1149 rounds. I think you started at about Round 595 in
1994, so you can only have missed about 5 or 6 rounds each year.

-- Tim L

Dave Cunningham
September 19th, 2007, 12:11 PM
7 and the popular 14 ...

Dave

On Sep 19, 6:03 am, Tim Lodge <iel7j... (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com> wrote:
> To me, all 15 defs for PROPERISPOMENON seem pretty believable! Vote
> for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one),
> before the deadline of
>
> 19:00 BST on Thursday 20 September, which is
> 18:00 UTC
> 2:00 PM EDT
> 11:00 AM 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
> athttp://tinyurl.com/br3oc
>
> -- Tim L
>
> ** PROPERISPOMENON **
>
> 1: Writing alternate lines in opposite directions.
>
> 2: A beneficent spirit inhabiting streams and rivers.
>
> 3: Correct manner of greeting a newly arrived stranger.
>
> 4: Loathsome dirt or refuse; something morally degrading.
>
> 5: A group of several items from which one must be selected.
>
> 6: A poem that returns to its starting point and so is endless.
>
> 7: A word having a circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable.
>
> 8: A kind of support bracket similar to a corbel, but made of wood.
>
> 9: A Greek statue depicting Hermes, commonly found along major
> roadways.
>
> 10: A measure of the perspective distortion caused by the curvature of
> a lens.
>
> 11: An early device for curling hair using direct electric current,
> patented in 1882.
>
> 12: [Gk.] a protruding knob on a chariot that allowed passengers to
> stablilze themselves.
>
> 13: A dog-grooming style similar to the poodle cut, but without poofs
> on the feet and tail.
>
> 14: In philosophy, an object as it is in itself independent of the
> mind, as opposed to a phenomenon.
>
> 15: A cloud resembling a cirrus, showing iridescent coloration when
> the sun is several degrees below the horizon.
>
> 16: A literary construction in which the parts of a well-known phrase
> are re-arranged, e.g., "eighty around-the-world days."

Nancy Shepherdson
September 19th, 2007, 01:36 PM
I'll take 6 and 7.

Nancy

Dodi Schultz
September 19th, 2007, 02:00 PM
>> I think you started at about Round 595 in 1994, so you can only have
>> missed about 5 or 6 rounds each year.

I was really distracted last night.

Actually, Tim, I came online in March 1995. I think I found Dixonary very
quickly thereafter.

--Dodi

Christopher Carson
September 19th, 2007, 02:33 PM
Completely mystified, I'll fall for 1 and 5.

Chris

Bill Hirst
September 19th, 2007, 03:22 PM
They all look correct this round. I'll take 1 and 3 because they have
a vague relevance to the lyrics of Beatles songs, particularly
"Revolution #9." You probably had to be really stoned to understand
the song. I usually lost the ability to operate the record player long
before I could make sense of the song.

-Bill

Chuck
September 19th, 2007, 05:53 PM
Tim -

A very interesting selection, from which I will choose:

4: Loathsome dirt or refuse; something morally degrading.

and

16: A literary construction in which the parts of a well-known phrase
are re-arranged, e.g., "eighty around-the-world days."

Thanks,

Chuck

Toni Savage
September 19th, 2007, 08:52 PM
1 because it sounds cool and 8 because I was trying to
think of "corbel" today and couldn't!



-- Toni Savage

BobStone
September 20th, 2007, 07:01 AM
I'll go with #10 and #14, whose author deserves to deal.

-Bob Stone