[Dixonary] Round 1858: Grig Definitions up! Vote now!

[Bill Hirst]

Here are twenty marvelous and inventive meanings for the word "grig."
One of them is from a real dictionary, the rest aren't. Vote for your
two favorites by public message before the deadline, which is a bit
longer than 36 hours from now due to my need for sleep.

The deadline is 8:00 AM EST on Thursday,
November 15, 2007, or 5:00 AM PST . Other time zones, other times.

1. to nag, to annoy.

2. an unpleasant smell

3. a woven leather fabric.

4. another name for hush puppies.

5. a wooden peg used to hold thatch in place.

6. A spiced drink of hot sweetened milk curdled with wine or ale.

7. A short poem with a cynical political comment, usually as an
allegory.

8. [Naut.] a temporary use of lines and tackle to replace damaged
standing rigging.

9. 1. a cricket or grasshopper. 2. a small or young eel. 3. a lively
person. [Origin: 1350-1400; ME grig, grege; orig. uncert.]

10. A U-shaped metal piece with holes in each end through which a pin
or bolt is run, used as a fastening device, often found on farm
wagon tongues.

11. _dial._ to tease by ostentatiously doing a thing (esp. consuming
food) prohibited to the victim [OE _ge-reccan_ correct, reprove]

12. the extra-long, flexible arm used to probe the sea bed from an
offshore oil-drilling platform.

13. a small square-headed nail used by artists to tack a canvas to the
frame

14. in the Haitian voudou religion, an acolyte or slave of the
Houngan

15. assemblage of swimming organisms in a body of water.

16. _Chiefly British_ To steal or pilfer.

17. an isolated copse of trees.

18. Healthy and vigorous.

19. unbleached, dingy.

20. [Scot.] to weep.

[Bill Hirst]

Here are twenty marvelous and inventive meanings for the word "grig."
One of them is from a real dictionary, the rest aren't. Vote for your
two favorites by public message before the deadline, which is a bit
longer than 36 hours from now due to my need for sleep.

The deadline is 8:00 AM EST on Thursday,
November 15, 2007, or 5:00 AM PST . Other time zones, other times.

1. to nag, to annoy.

2. an unpleasant smell

3. a woven leather fabric.

4. another name for hush puppies.

5. a wooden peg used to hold thatch in place.

6. A spiced drink of hot sweetened milk curdled with wine or ale.

7. A short poem with a cynical political comment, usually as an
allegory.

8. [Naut.] a temporary use of lines and tackle to replace damaged
standing rigging.

9. 1. a cricket or grasshopper. 2. a small or young eel. 3. a lively
person. [Origin: 1350-1400; ME grig, grege; orig. uncert.]

10. A U-shaped metal piece with holes in each end through which a pin
or bolt is run, used as a fastening device, often found on farm
wagon tongues.

11. _dial._ to tease by ostentatiously doing a thing (esp. consuming
food) prohibited to the victim [OE _ge-reccan_ correct, reprove]

12. the extra-long, flexible arm used to probe the sea bed from an
offshore oil-drilling platform.

13. a small square-headed nail used by artists to tack a canvas to the
frame

14. in the Haitian voudou religion, an acolyte or slave of the
Houngan

15. assemblage of swimming organisms in a body of water.

16. _Chiefly British_ To steal or pilfer.

17. an isolated copse of trees.

18. Healthy and vigorous.

19. unbleached, dingy.

20. [Scot.] to weep.

[Dave Cunningham]

9 is odd, and 18 is short. Both commendable.

Dave



On Nov 13, 3:49 pm, Bill Hirst <billhi... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
> Here are twenty marvelous and inventive meanings for the word "grig."
> One of them is from a real dictionary, the rest aren't. Vote for your
> two favorites by public message before the deadline, which is a bit
> longer than 36 hours from now due to my need for sleep.
>
> The deadline is 8:00 AM EST on Thursday,
> November 15, 2007, or 5:00 AM PST . Other time zones, other times.
>
> 1. to nag, to annoy.
>
> 2. an unpleasant smell
>
> 3. a woven leather fabric.
>
> 4. another name for hush puppies.
>
> 5. a wooden peg used to hold thatch in place.
>
> 6. A spiced drink of hot sweetened milk curdled with wine or ale.
>
> 7. A short poem with a cynical political comment, usually as an
> allegory.
>
> 8. [Naut.] a temporary use of lines and tackle to replace damaged
> standing rigging.
>
> 9. 1. a cricket or grasshopper. 2. a small or young eel. 3. a lively
> person. [Origin: 1350-1400; ME grig, grege; orig. uncert.]
>
> 10. A U-shaped metal piece with holes in each end through which a pin
> or bolt is run, used as a fastening device, often found on farm
> wagon tongues.
>
> 11. _dial._ to tease by ostentatiously doing a thing (esp. consuming
> food) prohibited to the victim [OE _ge-reccan_ correct, reprove]
>
> 12. the extra-long, flexible arm used to probe the sea bed from an
> offshore oil-drilling platform.
>
> 13. a small square-headed nail used by artists to tack a canvas to the
> frame
>
> 14. in the Haitian voudou religion, an acolyte or slave of the
> Houngan
>
> 15. assemblage of swimming organisms in a body of water.
>
> 16. _Chiefly British_ To steal or pilfer.
>
> 17. an isolated copse of trees.
>
> 18. Healthy and vigorous.
>
> 19. unbleached, dingy.
>
> 20. [Scot.] to weep.

[Judy Madnick]

Well, I thought I had it narrowed down -- but to too many definitions!!

I'll go with these (and probably kick myself for eliminating the correct one!!):

<< 6. A spiced drink of hot sweetened milk curdled with wine or
<< ale.

<< 12. the extra-long, flexible arm used to probe the sea bed from
<< an
<< offshore oil-drilling platform.

Judy Madnick

[Nancy Shepherdson]

I'll take 5 and 9. Sounds like an old word to me

Nanc

[Tim B]

I'll have 8 and 13, please.

Best wishes,

Tim B.

[France International]

I'll vote for 9 and 15.

[Hugo Kornelis]

Hi Bill,

Great list (once more), and hence a tough choice (once more).

I guess I'll just stick to the start of the list, and annoy you all with my
body odor.

> 1. to nag, to annoy.

> 2. an unpleasant smell

Best, Hugo

[Tim Lodge]

Bill

I'll take 9, which gives me three for the price of one, and 19, which
might just be right.

-- Tim L

[waynescottmd@earthlink.net]

19 and 20, please.

Wayne

[Dodi Schultz]

#9's tempting, but I think I'll go with #10 and #14. Altogether a good lot!

This was, BTW, in reply to the first copy of the defs to arrive in my
mailbox. The other arrived three minutes later.

--Dodi

[Daniel B. Widdis]

I'll follow the crowd voting for 9, and toss in 10 for good measure.

--
Dan

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 5 and 12.

Guerri

[Toni Savage]

9 is very imaginative! and 20 is short and Scots.

-- Toni Savage

9. 1. a cricket or grasshopper. 2. a small or young eel. 3. a lively person. [Origin: 1350-1400; ME grig, grege; orig. uncert.]
>

>
> 20. [Scot.] to weep.

[Christopher Carson]

Lacking any other reasonable criteria, I'll go for the first and the last -
1 and 18.

Chris

[Chuck]

Bill -

An excellent and varied selection. I'll go for:

6. A spiced drink of hot sweetened milk curdled with wine or ale.

and

9. 1. a cricket or grasshopper. 2. a small or young eel. 3. a lively
person. [Origin: 1350-1400; ME grig, grege; orig. uncert.]

Thanks,

Chuck

[Scott Crom]

I'll have 5 and the popular 9, please.

Scott

[JohnnyB]

Bill

I'll join the crowd with #9 and add #17

Ta,

JohnnyB

[Paul Keating]

I vote for the synonyms (or, if you prefer, hyponym-hypernym pair) 1 and 11.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague

[Russ Heimerson]

I'll go for the nines....#9 and #19, please.

Russ

[Tony Abell]

I rather like 9 and 10.