Dave Cunningham
November 6th, 2007, 06:49 AM
A goodly bunch -- kindly vote for two hereof before 7 p.m. EST on
Wednesday, November 7.
1. deformed, misshapen.
2. a period of three months [Obs.]
3. A kind of cross-hatching [Her.]
4. an absurd person or thing.
5. a 4lb wholemeal loaf [Dorset, UK]
6. A large usu. earthenware water jug.
7. _Geology_ Tending to split into thin, flat pieces.
8. tool used by surveyors to obtain right angle.
9. the lowest-level officer in the Roman army.
10. A malarial fever recurring every 72 hours.
11. in a religious institution, the fourth service or prayers of
the day.
12. A four-masted Mediterranean ship with large lateen sails.
13. _obs. exc. dial._ a quail [ad. MLG kwartele, kwartene]
14. (obs.) 40 stone or 560 pounds, one quarter of an imperial or
long ton.
15. A very short, double-edged dagger, often concealed in a
sleeve scabbard.
16. a measure of hand woven cloth one fourth the width of power
loomed cloth.
17. A card game for 2 players using 40 cards that is an early
version of rummy.
18. a lighter, less dense variety of lignum vitae, used chiefly
for furniture and decorative sculpture.
19. A person of insignificant nobility, (lit. 4th illegitimate
son), who nonetheless may have great aspirations if the legitimate
heir fails to walk carefully when the highest parapet is slippery with
well polished ice.
Dave
DQ, DF
Wednesday, November 7.
1. deformed, misshapen.
2. a period of three months [Obs.]
3. A kind of cross-hatching [Her.]
4. an absurd person or thing.
5. a 4lb wholemeal loaf [Dorset, UK]
6. A large usu. earthenware water jug.
7. _Geology_ Tending to split into thin, flat pieces.
8. tool used by surveyors to obtain right angle.
9. the lowest-level officer in the Roman army.
10. A malarial fever recurring every 72 hours.
11. in a religious institution, the fourth service or prayers of
the day.
12. A four-masted Mediterranean ship with large lateen sails.
13. _obs. exc. dial._ a quail [ad. MLG kwartele, kwartene]
14. (obs.) 40 stone or 560 pounds, one quarter of an imperial or
long ton.
15. A very short, double-edged dagger, often concealed in a
sleeve scabbard.
16. a measure of hand woven cloth one fourth the width of power
loomed cloth.
17. A card game for 2 players using 40 cards that is an early
version of rummy.
18. a lighter, less dense variety of lignum vitae, used chiefly
for furniture and decorative sculpture.
19. A person of insignificant nobility, (lit. 4th illegitimate
son), who nonetheless may have great aspirations if the legitimate
heir fails to walk carefully when the highest parapet is slippery with
well polished ice.
Dave
DQ, DF