Scott Crom
February 20th, 2008, 07:53 AM
Here are 18 definitions of ELB, one from my dictionary and the
others from your creative minds. Please vote for the two of your
choice, by public response to this message, by the deadline of
8:00 pm Eastern time, tomorrow morning, Thursday 22--that's about
35 hours from now.
Enjoy!
1. To walk purposefully.
2. The jujube _Zizyphus jujuba_.
3. A child: generally in contempt.
4. Acronym: Earth Leakage Breaker.
5. Clockwork model of the solar system.
6. [Ger.] Rapids, as of a river. [_Elbe_ q.v.]
7. A false spring; unusually warm late-winter weather.
8. A pitcher with dual, usually opposite, pouring lips.
9. [OE] A dismissive generic name for a social inferior.
10. A round cap of animal skin worn by hunters and peasants.
11. A medieval European polearm with a long knife-like blade.
12. [Rare] A notch or mark on a stick used as a counting device.
13. Secondary monetary unit of Romania, one hundredth part of a
leu.
14. A popular Finnish beverage consisting of boiled milk, sugar
and spices.
15. Low-lying muddy land that is covered at high tide and
exposed at low tide.
16. A linen covering for a woman's head, throat, and chin worn
in medieval times.
17. A white ecclesiastical robe, similar to a cassock but with a
hood incorporated.
18. Encephalo Liebermann-Burchard disease, a loss of appetite
and/or starvation caused by cholesterol plaques in the
hypothalamus.
Scott, who is particularly impressed with this list.
others from your creative minds. Please vote for the two of your
choice, by public response to this message, by the deadline of
8:00 pm Eastern time, tomorrow morning, Thursday 22--that's about
35 hours from now.
Enjoy!
1. To walk purposefully.
2. The jujube _Zizyphus jujuba_.
3. A child: generally in contempt.
4. Acronym: Earth Leakage Breaker.
5. Clockwork model of the solar system.
6. [Ger.] Rapids, as of a river. [_Elbe_ q.v.]
7. A false spring; unusually warm late-winter weather.
8. A pitcher with dual, usually opposite, pouring lips.
9. [OE] A dismissive generic name for a social inferior.
10. A round cap of animal skin worn by hunters and peasants.
11. A medieval European polearm with a long knife-like blade.
12. [Rare] A notch or mark on a stick used as a counting device.
13. Secondary monetary unit of Romania, one hundredth part of a
leu.
14. A popular Finnish beverage consisting of boiled milk, sugar
and spices.
15. Low-lying muddy land that is covered at high tide and
exposed at low tide.
16. A linen covering for a woman's head, throat, and chin worn
in medieval times.
17. A white ecclesiastical robe, similar to a cassock but with a
hood incorporated.
18. Encephalo Liebermann-Burchard disease, a loss of appetite
and/or starvation caused by cholesterol plaques in the
hypothalamus.
Scott, who is particularly impressed with this list.