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Paul Keating
September 27th, 2007, 01:00 AM
Our inventive players have concocted all but one of the 19 definitions for
HORSAGE presented below for your edification and entertainment. The
remaining definition is, believe it or not, real.

Please vote for the two you think the best, for some value (or values) of
"good" that seems appropriate to you (such as plausible, politically
correct, embarrassing, witty, implausible, long, or as chosen by a random
number generator). You can do this whether or not you have not submitted a
definition, and whether or not you have played before. You're not allowed to
vote if you know the right answer.

Vote by public reply to this message, by the deadline, which is on 28
September 2007 at

11:00 PDT
12:00 MDT
13:00 CDT
14:00 EDT
18:00 UTC
19:00 BST
and 20:00 CEST for me.

1. (Bot.) A leguminous climbing plant of the genus Mucuna, having
crooked pods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the fingers,
causing intolerable itching. The spiculę are sometimes used in
medicine as a mechanical vermifuge.

2. an aromatic herb of the _Salvia_ family, _S. variegata_, having
fractose leaves and small, tripetalled violet flowers

3. a type of Native American headdress with a beaded brow band and
usually covered with bison fur

4. a nutty odor which often indicates a vat of fermenting wine has
begun to vinegarize

5. average based on the form of a horse and used by bookmakers to set
intial odds

6. something extra offered to or claimed by a party as due; a
perquisite

7. a spicy blend of mustard, cayenne pepper and horseradish

8. an ornamental festoon of flowers or fruit

9. a second-growth crop, as of hay

10. a light sauce or glaze

11. provision or supply of horses

12. _obs._ a display of indignant rage

13. a sort of timepiece popular in 18th century France

14. food picked up by swine in woods; right to pasture swine

15. a small, bushy perennial used in garden borders (_Gaura
lindheimeri_)

16. in medieval England, a tithe payable to the church for each horse
in the parish

17. the accumulation of juice and bits of unburned tobacco at the
bottom of the bowl of a pipe

18. a clover, _Trifolium alexandrinum, of Egypt and Syria, grown for
forage in the southwestern U.S.

19. a measure of the ideal distance between supporting walls in a
structure; soundness is based on standard deviation from average
horsage

waynescottmd@earthlink.net
September 27th, 2007, 01:15 AM
13 and 14 for reasons too silly to write down.

Daniel B. Widdis
September 27th, 2007, 01:23 AM
7 sounds delicious and 16 sounds believable.

And Microsoft is telling me that 'sounds' is a grammatical error. Of
course, they can't do simple math in Excel, so what do they know?

--
Dan

Daniel B. Widdis
September 27th, 2007, 01:23 AM
WS> for reasons too silly to write down

But those are the best reasons for votes!

--
Dan

Bill Hirst
September 27th, 2007, 02:59 AM
10 and 12 for reasons that don't make sense--even to me.

-Bill

Hugo Kornelis
September 27th, 2007, 03:08 AM
Hi Paul,

The ligature ae in def 1 is tempting ... but I'll resist temptation and cast
my votes at these two fine defs instead:

> 10. a light sauce or glaze

> 16. in medieval England, a tithe payable to the church for each horse
> in the parish

This all based on the theory that horsage either is or is not related to
horses, giving me a 50% chance to win with my first vote, and another 50%
chance to win with my second. Hey! That means I can't lose!

Best, Hugo

Tim Lodge
September 27th, 2007, 03:34 AM
Paul

With a pin I've picked

9 and 12 please.

-- Tim L

Guerri Stevens
September 27th, 2007, 05:56 AM
I vote for 6 and 14.

Guerri

Dodi Schultz
September 27th, 2007, 06:35 AM
I've rarely seen such a difficult collection; every last one of them seems
reasonable.

I'll take a stab at #13 and #14.

--Dodi

France International
September 27th, 2007, 06:49 AM
I'll try 4 an 17.

Dave Cunningham
September 27th, 2007, 06:58 AM
2 and 9 -- to sorta spread the votes around, I suppose ...

Dave

On Sep 27, 2:00 am, Paul Keating <pjakeat... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
> Our inventive players have concocted all but one of the 19 definitions for
> HORSAGE presented below for your edification and entertainment. The
> remaining definition is, believe it or not, real.
>
> Please vote for the two you think the best, for some value (or values) of
> "good" that seems appropriate to you (such as plausible, politically
> correct, embarrassing, witty, implausible, long, or as chosen by a random
> number generator). You can do this whether or not you have not submitted a
> definition, and whether or not you have played before. You're not allowed to
> vote if you know the right answer.
>
> Vote by public reply to this message, by the deadline, which is on 28
> September 2007 at
>
> 11:00 PDT
> 12:00 MDT
> 13:00 CDT
> 14:00 EDT
> 18:00 UTC
> 19:00 BST
> and 20:00 CEST for me.
>
> 1. (Bot.) A leguminous climbing plant of the genus Mucuna, having
> crooked pods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the fingers,
> causing intolerable itching. The spiculę are sometimes used in
> medicine as a mechanical vermifuge.
>
> 2. an aromatic herb of the _Salvia_ family, _S. variegata_, having
> fractose leaves and small, tripetalled violet flowers
>
> 3. a type of Native American headdress with a beaded brow band and
> usually covered with bison fur
>
> 4. a nutty odor which often indicates a vat of fermenting wine has
> begun to vinegarize
>
> 5. average based on the form of a horse and used by bookmakers to set
> intial odds
>
> 6. something extra offered to or claimed by a party as due; a
> perquisite
>
> 7. a spicy blend of mustard, cayenne pepper and horseradish
>
> 8. an ornamental festoon of flowers or fruit
>
> 9. a second-growth crop, as of hay
>
> 10. a light sauce or glaze
>
> 11. provision or supply of horses
>
> 12. _obs._ a display of indignant rage
>
> 13. a sort of timepiece popular in 18th century France
>
> 14. food picked up by swine in woods; right to pasture swine
>
> 15. a small, bushy perennial used in garden borders (_Gaura
> lindheimeri_)
>
> 16. in medieval England, a tithe payable to the church for each horse
> in the parish
>
> 17. the accumulation of juice and bits of unburned tobacco at the
> bottom of the bowl of a pipe
>
> 18. a clover, _Trifolium alexandrinum, of Egypt and Syria, grown for
> forage in the southwestern U.S.
>
> 19. a measure of the ideal distance between supporting walls in a
> structure; soundness is based on standard deviation from average
> horsage

Judy Madnick
September 27th, 2007, 08:34 AM
Well, I've decided on a plant -- but which one(s)? <sigh>

I'll guess at these:

<< 9. a second-growth crop, as of hay

<< 18. a clover, _Trifolium alexandrinum, of Egypt and Syria,
<< grown for
<< forage in the southwestern U.S.

Judy Madnick

Christopher Carson
September 27th, 2007, 08:48 AM
I'll go for 5 and 19 as two of the oddest definitions on the list.

Chris

Chuck
September 27th, 2007, 09:26 AM
Paul

It's daunting, but I'll try:

9. a second-growth crop, as of hay

and

14. food picked up by swine in woods; right to pasture swine

thanks,

Chuck

JohnnyB
September 27th, 2007, 10:25 AM
Paul

A wonderful selection; far too many of them are obviously true definitions - but of what? Finding the that one is the correct
definition of horsage is entirley another matter. I am going to go with my own speciality here and opt for the plants - still leaves
me four - so, pin time - #15 (Gaura) and #18 (Trifolium) please


JohnnyB

BobStone
September 27th, 2007, 04:40 PM
Oh, #9 and #19. Why not?

-Bob Stone

Russ Heimerson
September 27th, 2007, 07:16 PM
I thnk it's got something to do with horses, so....

#5 and #11, please.

Russ

Toni Savage
September 27th, 2007, 08:36 PM
9 and 18 are clever...

--- Paul Keating <pjakeating (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

>
>
> 9. a second-growth crop, as of hay
> >
> 18. a clover, _Trifolium alexandrinum, of Egypt and
> Syria, grown for
> forage in the southwestern U.S.
>

-- Toni Savage