[Dixonary] Rnd 1847 2nd try: GRIDELIN

[Scott Crom]

Three of the first seven responders to the posting of PASHMINA
were DQs, one of them even suggesting "everybody knows..." Well,
I didn't know, and when I saw that word in the caption to a
recent New Yorker Magazine cartoon, I was smitten.

So let's scratch pashmina, and try:

GRIDELIN

or plain gridelin, if you prefer.

Please send me (at croms AT beloit DOT edu) any DQs as soon as
feasible.

And I'm extending the deadline for definitions by twelve hours or
so, to 8:00 am EDT, Thursday morning, October 4. Again, other
zones, other times.

But I might be late in actually posting the definitions, because
I have an unavoidable (and unmissable) appointment that morning,
Please bear with me...

Scott

[Daniel B. Widdis]

medicine given to an AC power distribution network to transform it to DC.

--
Dan|naD

[Tony Abell]

On 2007-10-02 at 16:32 Scott Crom wrote:

> Three of the first seven responders to the posting of PASHMINA
> were DQs, one of them even suggesting "everybody knows..." Well,
> I didn't know, and when I saw that word in the caption to a
> recent New Yorker Magazine cartoon, I was smitten.

That means at least four responders didn't know it, either. Nor did I, nor is
it in any of my dictionaries, so I don't think "everybody" knows it. Then again, I
don't read the New Yorker any more.

--
Tony

[Hugo Kornelis]

Hi Tony,

> On 2007-10-02 at 16:32 Scott Crom wrote:
>
>> Three of the first seven responders to the posting of PASHMINA
>> were DQs, one of them even suggesting "everybody knows..." Well,
>> I didn't know, and when I saw that word in the caption to a
>> recent New Yorker Magazine cartoon, I was smitten.
>
> That means at least four responders didn't know it, either. Nor did I,
> nor is
> it in any of my dictionaries, so I don't think "everybody" knows it. Then
> again, I
> don't read the New Yorker any more.

Neither did I, so I looked it up at www.dictionary.com. There were several
definitions; I think the one from American Heritage says it best:

pash·mi·na (pāsh-mē'nə) Pronunciation Key
n.
1.. Fine, downy wool growing beneath the outer hair of feral
Himalayan goats.
2.. A soft fabric made of this wool.


[Persian pashmīne, woolen garment, pashmina, from pashmīn, made of
wool, from pashm, wool, down.]


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Can I kindly request of future dealers that, in the case of an overdowe of
DQ's, they do include the meaning of the withdrawn word? Thanks in advance!!

Best, Hugo

[Bill Hirst]

The brass rails in the firmament which keep the planets and stars
fixed in their courses. Some call it the grid-align, others call it
the grid-elin.

-Bill (The knight who says "nad.")