Scott Crom
November 17th, 2007, 07:17 PM
Here are 17 definitions of TERVEE, 16 of which I'd be glad to
vote for, if I didn't know better.
Please cast two votes for your own favorites, by the deadline of
0800, 9:00 a.m., Eastern time, on Monday morning, November 19.
Other zones, other clock times...
Enjoy!
1. _var_ Dervish q.v.
2. To struggle; writhe.
3. An old name for marzipan.
4. A kind of bleached burlap.
5. The back of a television set.
6. A rotating minaret on a mosque.
7. A strong snuff made from a dark, coarse tobacco.
8. A hollow, flexible tube used in gooseneck lamps.
9. Brazilian ballroom dance resembling the two-step.
10. A large long-billed wading bird, Limosa lapponica.
11. The bag containing the gas in a balloon or airship.
12. In a loom, that portion of the frame that is above the
fabric layer.
13. An unusual condition in very rough seas where the shape of
the troughs resemble the shape of the tops.
14. _Anthropol._ A custom in certain cultures of treating the
husband of a woman giving birth as if he were bearing the
child.
15. Trademark for a close-fitting woman's cotton-knit shirt with
a deep V-shaped neckline front and back and usually without
sleeves.
16. A rocket-powered pallet that is used for exterior work on
the International Space Station [_t_ethered _r_igging
_r_epair and _r_ecovery _v_ehicle]
17. A clump of grass (see turf, turve) cut from a pasture on
completion of the sale of a farm and handed over to the
buyer as a seal of the purchase and a guarantee of it. The
land itself only passed to the new owner at Michaelmas (Sept
29th) after the current year's harvests were gathered in.
Scott, temporarily wearing the dealer's hat.
vote for, if I didn't know better.
Please cast two votes for your own favorites, by the deadline of
0800, 9:00 a.m., Eastern time, on Monday morning, November 19.
Other zones, other clock times...
Enjoy!
1. _var_ Dervish q.v.
2. To struggle; writhe.
3. An old name for marzipan.
4. A kind of bleached burlap.
5. The back of a television set.
6. A rotating minaret on a mosque.
7. A strong snuff made from a dark, coarse tobacco.
8. A hollow, flexible tube used in gooseneck lamps.
9. Brazilian ballroom dance resembling the two-step.
10. A large long-billed wading bird, Limosa lapponica.
11. The bag containing the gas in a balloon or airship.
12. In a loom, that portion of the frame that is above the
fabric layer.
13. An unusual condition in very rough seas where the shape of
the troughs resemble the shape of the tops.
14. _Anthropol._ A custom in certain cultures of treating the
husband of a woman giving birth as if he were bearing the
child.
15. Trademark for a close-fitting woman's cotton-knit shirt with
a deep V-shaped neckline front and back and usually without
sleeves.
16. A rocket-powered pallet that is used for exterior work on
the International Space Station [_t_ethered _r_igging
_r_epair and _r_ecovery _v_ehicle]
17. A clump of grass (see turf, turve) cut from a pasture on
completion of the sale of a farm and handed over to the
buyer as a seal of the purchase and a guarantee of it. The
land itself only passed to the new owner at Michaelmas (Sept
29th) after the current year's harvests were gathered in.
Scott, temporarily wearing the dealer's hat.