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Tony Abell
June 19th, 2008, 10:43 PM
My apologies for not posting a progress report. Time did not permit.

Find below 16 definitions of rokelay, one of which comes from a dictionary.
Vote for two by way of a public response to this message before the deadline below.
You may vote even if you did not submit a definition, but you may NOT vote if you
are disqualified (see the rules in the file area of Coryphaeus Yahoogroups or the
sticky messages at tapcis.com in The Parlor). The voting deadline shall be:

Saturday, 12:00pm EDT 21-Jun-2008
Saturday, 09:00am PDT 21-Jun-2008
Saturday, 05:00pm BST 21-Jun-2008
Sunday, 02:00am AEST 22-Jun-2008
Saturday 2008-06-21 1600Z


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1. Any of several medieval verse and song forms, especially one in which each
stanza has two rhymes, the end rhyme recurring as the first rhyme of the
following stanza.

2. A Polish dance similar to the mazurka, but more lively.

3. Prickly.

4. Fine stitches raised from the surface of the design in the embroidery of
needlepoint lace.

5. A short cloak. [Scot.]

6. A shallow dish or receptacle for calling cards in 19th C.(fr. Sp. rocole;
mainly S.W. U.S. and Mexico).

7. A small rock [NF _roquelet_].

8. A leaf-salad plant of the lettuce family [eruca sativa].

9. A song sung by a troubadour in the Middle Ages, a setting to music of
recent news.

10. Makeshift.

11. Enormous pudding out of which acrobats leap.

12. An herb once used to flavor gin.

13. A madrigal for two voices.

14. In chess, an old word for castling [F _roquelet_ fm _roque_ rook].

15. A technique used in painting, similar to impasto, but using a special
knife.

16. A pastry having a thin, flaky, glazed crust and filled with a light,
usually fruit-flavored cream.

Daniel B. Widdis
June 19th, 2008, 10:51 PM
14 because I believe it, and 11 for sheer chutzpah.

--
Dan

Tim B
June 20th, 2008, 03:06 AM
1 and 13, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

Judy Madnick
June 20th, 2008, 07:59 AM
I'll go with food today.

Judy Madnick

<< 8. A leaf-salad plant of the lettuce family [eruca sativa].
<<
<< 16. A pastry having a thin, flaky, glazed crust and filled with a
<< light,
<< usually fruit-flavored cream.
<<

Dave Cunningham
June 20th, 2008, 08:16 AM
5 and 14 -- keeping my tradition of "vote early, vote wrong" <g>.

Dave

On Jun 19, 11:43*pm, Tony Abell <he... (AT) isanybodyhome (DOT) com> wrote:
> My apologies for not posting a progress report. Time did not permit.
>
> Find below 16 definitions of rokelay, one of which comes from a dictionary.
> Vote for two by way of a public response to this message before the deadline below.
> You may vote even if you did not submit a definition, but you may NOT vote if you
> are disqualified (see the rules in the file area of Coryphaeus Yahoogroups or the
> sticky messages at tapcis.com in The Parlor). *The voting deadline shall be:
>
> Saturday, 12:00pm EDT 21-Jun-2008
> Saturday, 09:00am PDT 21-Jun-2008
> Saturday, 05:00pm BST 21-Jun-2008
> Sunday, 02:00am AEST 22-Jun-2008
> Saturday 2008-06-21 1600Z
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> * 1. Any of several medieval verse and song forms, especially one in which each
> * * *stanza has two rhymes, the end rhyme recurring as the first rhyme of the
> * * *following stanza.
>
> * 2. A Polish dance similar to the mazurka, but more lively.
>
> * 3. Prickly.
>
> * 4. Fine stitches raised from the surface of the design in the embroidery of
> * * *needlepoint lace.
>
> * 5. A short cloak. [Scot.]
>
> * 6. A shallow dish or receptacle for calling cards in 19th C.(fr. Sp. rocole;
> * * *mainly S.W. U.S. and Mexico).
>
> * 7. A small rock [NF _roquelet_].
>
> * 8. A leaf-salad plant of the lettuce family [eruca sativa].
>
> * 9. A song sung by a troubadour in the Middle Ages, a setting to music of
> * * *recent news.
>
> *10. Makeshift.
>
> *11. Enormous pudding out of which acrobats leap.
>
> *12. An herb once used to flavor gin.
>
> *13. A madrigal for two voices.
>
> *14. In chess, an old word for castling [F _roquelet_ fm _roque_ rook].
>
> *15. A technique used in painting, similar to impasto, but using a special
> * * *knife.
>
> *16. A pastry having a thin, flaky, glazed crust and filled with a light,
> * * *usually fruit-flavored cream.

Chuck
June 20th, 2008, 08:23 AM
Tony -

Good variety. I'll go for -

4. Fine stitches raised from the surface of the design in the embroidery
of needlepoint lace.

and

12. An herb once used to flavor gin.

Thanks,

Chuck

Tim Lodge
June 20th, 2008, 08:49 AM
Tony

I'll take 5 and 11 please - one because it's possibly true and the
other because its author deserves to deal next!

-- Tim L

France International
June 20th, 2008, 09:00 AM
I'll try 4 and 12.

Dodi Schultz
June 20th, 2008, 09:17 AM
I can't believe any. Not a single one. Votes, for no particular reason, to
#4 and #8.

--Dodi

Christopher Carson
June 20th, 2008, 09:18 AM
I'll go for 4 and 15.

Chris

Guerri Stevens
June 20th, 2008, 07:22 PM
I vote for 1 and 14.

Guerri

Bill Hirst
June 21st, 2008, 12:53 AM
I am not voting for the acrobat pudding, simply because you cannot
make them stay under until it's served. They keep complaining about
breathing. You have to truss them up like blackbirds to make them stay
still, and then a short half-hour wait leaves them completely useless
for leaping.

I might vote for naked lesbian pudding wrestlers.

As for the votes, 1 and 16 are obviously two correct meanings of
ROKELAY.

-Bill

Paul Keating
June 21st, 2008, 02:02 AM
I vote for the popular 4 and 14.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague

Russ Heimerson
June 21st, 2008, 08:53 AM
Even though I did read all the way to the end, I'll go for #4 and #5,
please.

Russ