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Dave Cunningham
March 26th, 2008, 08:32 PM
A nice crop of 19 definitions to choose from -- please vote for two
hereof before 7 a.m. EDT on Friday morning. Thanks! All errors are
the fault of the dealer, as usual.

1. Capable of being hung or suspended.

2. Under strain; load-bearing.

3. Woven; plaited

4. (said of claws) Sharp, long, and curved.

5. a minor Roman official of some sort.

6. [Bot.] ready to be fertilised.

7. (of a material) able to be flexed, but tending to spring back
to its original shape

8. [Obs.] Magnetic.

9. variable; versatile; assuming different forms.

10. Open to change; adaptable.

11. an area of ground somewhat triangular in shape between two
fields and traditionally used for household fruit, especially vines
12. a quality of materials which are semi-permeable.

13. having a surface of overlapping plates or lozenges, as with
the skin of most snakes and lizards.

14. The penultimate percentile in a frequency distribution.

15. being plucked.

16. a brick designed for use on the corner of a row.

17. Having talons.

18. dry, brittle, withered

19. able to be bent, folded, spindled or mutilated.


Dave
DQ, DF

stamps
March 26th, 2008, 09:08 PM
I'll take 6 and 12.

--Mike

Bill Hirst
March 26th, 2008, 11:17 PM
I'll outbid Mike with 7 and 13.

-Bill

Dodi Schultz
March 26th, 2008, 11:26 PM
Hmmm. Several attractive offerings. I'll try #4 and #13.

--Dodi

Tim B
March 27th, 2008, 03:40 AM
9 and 10, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

Nancy Shepherdson
March 27th, 2008, 04:20 AM
I'll take the illogical ones: 10 and 18.

Nancy

Guerri Stevens
March 27th, 2008, 04:56 AM
I vote for 10 and 13.

Guerri

Toni Savage
March 27th, 2008, 06:46 AM
8 and 13, please?

-- Toni Savage


--- On Wed, 3/26/08, Dave Cunningham <cunn5393 (AT) bellsouth (DOT) net> wrote:
> 8. [Obs.] Magnetic.


> > 13. having a surface of overlapping plates or lozenges,
> as with
> the skin of most snakes and lizards.
>

Tim Lodge
March 27th, 2008, 07:31 AM
Dave

I sense a possible double bluff here! I'll take one of the obvious
ones and one not-so-obvious:

7 and 11 please.

-- Tim L

EnDash@aol.com
March 27th, 2008, 07:45 AM
I'll try 7 and 13

-- Dick Weltz





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Judy Madnick
March 27th, 2008, 08:00 AM
I'll go with claws, etc.:

<< 4. (said of claws) Sharp, long, and curved.

<< 17. Having talons.

Judy Madnick

Scott Crom
March 27th, 2008, 04:29 PM
I'll have 13 and 17, please.

Scott

Tony Abell
March 27th, 2008, 11:15 PM
The variable 9 and 10, please.

Daniel B. Widdis
March 28th, 2008, 12:22 AM
14 and 19 please

--
Dan