[Dixonary] SMOOT results

[Dave Cunningham]

In Google, type "smoot in meters" -- it is the only truly odd
measurement officially sanctioned by Google <g>.

Mr. Lodge is the next vic^H^H^Hdealer with Dodi the real winner!

1. a gathering of quilters. [Hirst] DQ (Savage) (Carson)
(Emery) 3 points

2. [Scot.] to belittle; to ridicule. [Lodge] *10 15 (Madnick)
(Crom) 2 + 2 = 4 !!

3. sooty smoke, as from a chimney fire [Bourne] 15 16
(Stevens) 1

4. pure, innocent, free of sin [OE _sm?te_ refined, pure (of
gold)] [Keating] NV (Shepherdson) (Emery) 2

5. thirsty [Yid. from tsmate] [Barrs] DQ 0

6. a great-coat. [Shepherdson] 4 15 (Stevens) (Abell) 2

7. the dried residue which can accumulate in the bends of a wind
instrument. [Emery] 1 4 0

8. to trifle in talk; to use trickery; to equivocate. [Madnick]
2 9 (Crom) 1

9. to lead astray [Heimerson] NV (Madnick) 1

10. 1.7018 meters [Google] (see any articles on Oliver Smott for
details) (Lodge) (Carson) D2

11. an English soldier or policeman, [Irish slang] [Scott] NV 0

12. a small, dark, swallowlike New World bird (Chaetura pelagica)
that frequently nests in chimneys. [Widdis] DQ (Schultz) 1

13. nice-looking, fashionable (1920's slang) [Savage] 1 19 0

14. a poisonous member of the wheat family. [Stevens] 3 6
(Schultz) 1

15. a fungal disease of tobacco plants. [Schultz] 12 14
(Bourne) (Shepherdson) (Lodge) 3

16. (_Old Norse_) A ruling council of village or clan elders.
[Crom] 2 8 (Bourne) (Abell) 2

17. [obs] past participle of smite. [Abell] 6 16 0

18. _Archaic_ A privy. [Carson] 1 *10 2 + 0 = 2

19. [SL.] an informal gathering of scientists or engineers.
[Shefler] DQ (Savage) 1


Smoot is the only unit of measurement known for an exact date when it
was created, and named for a college undergraduate! And Oliver Smoot
'62 was fated to be associated with measurements from then on --
serving as head of ANSI <g>. Just too good a word to let go by
because there are too many other MIT alumni here ...


Dave
DQ, DF

[Dodi Schultz]

>> Mr. Lodge is the next vic^H^H^Hdealer with Dodi the real winner!

Actually, there are TWO real winners; Bill ALSO had 3 points.

>> 10. 1.7018 meters [Google] (see any articles on Oliver Smott for
>> details) (Lodge) (Carson) D2

Um, that's SMOOT.

Google's a search engine, not a dictionary (as required by the Rules). But
the word does also appear in the Dictionary of Units of Measurement--

http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictS.html#Smoot

--where we learn that it's one of those academic in-jokes, a gag unit
invented by a bunch of guys at an MIT fraternity to which Oliver Smoot was
pledging in 1958. It equaled Smoot's height, 67 inches (170.18 cm).

That's a LOT of DQs! All related to this meaning? (There are others.)

--Dodi

[Dave Cunningham]

The word "smoot" is referenced by the New York Times, the Washington
Post etc. It is almost 50 years old now -- and was referenced by Mr.
Smoot himself as well. A bit more than an "in joke" as witnessed by
the folks who DQed who urged me to still use the word <g>.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5043041

http://www.onlineunitconversion.com/bicron_to_smoot.html

and roughly 136 thousand other sites ... not to mention its adoption
by the City of Boston for marking the Harvard Bridge sidewalk ...
yyhe interesting part was thet Mr. Smoot was head of a STANDARDS
organization!



On Dec 11, 11:31 am, Dodi Schultz <SCHU... (AT) compuserve (DOT) com> wrote:
> >> Mr. Lodge is the next vic^H^H^Hdealer with Dodi the real winner!
>
> Actually, there are TWO real winners; Bill ALSO had 3 points.
>
> >> 10. 1.7018 meters [Google] (see any articles on Oliver Smott for
> >> details) (Lodge) (Carson) D2
>
> Um, that's SMOOT.
>
> Google's a search engine, not a dictionary (as required by the Rules). But
> the word does also appear in the Dictionary of Units of Measurement--
>
> http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictS.html#Smoot
>
> --where we learn that it's one of those academic in-jokes, a gag unit
> invented by a bunch of guys at an MIT fraternity to which Oliver Smoot was
> pledging in 1958. It equaled Smoot's height, 67 inches (170.18 cm).
>
> That's a LOT of DQs! All related to this meaning? (There are others.)
>
> --Dodi

[Tim Lodge]

Dave

New word coming up shortly - if only I'd won with a slightly better
score, it would have seemed worthwhile!

Wikipedia has more than you're ever likely to need to know about SMOOT
at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot

-- Tim L