Tim Lodge
July 15th, 2008, 04:31 PM
I'm sorry I'm a bit late posting the defs. It has been a lovely sunny
evening here in the UK - the first for some time. I was out on the
river in my boat, and some friends I passed asked us in for a drink.
Anyway, it has allowed time for a bumper crop of 20 defs of VALIHA.
Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this
one), before the deadline:
08:30 BST on Thursday 17th July
07:30 UTC
3:30 AM EDT
12:30 AM PDT
New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
round. Don't look in a dictionary. Full rules, if you're curious, are
at http://tinyurl.com/br3oc
-- Tim L
** VALIHA **
1: quickness; speed.
2: a bridal mantilla.
3: a small wooden cart.
4: low-lying sandy beach.
5: an apparition; phantom.
6: a wasting disease of goats.
7: scorched foliage near a lava flow.
8: a liqueur of Romania, made from blackberries.
9: a quorum of elders at an Iroquois conference.
10: a twin (chiefly Tahitian) (see also "Bsli Ha'i" )
11: a liqueur of which the main ingredient is peach brandy
12: a Romanian noble rank approximately equivalent to count.
13: small raised bumps on a flower stalk, just below the sepal.
14: a soft, thin, suede-finished glove leather usually made from
sheepskin.
15: a species of the plant genus, Crocus, sometimes used for medicinal
purposes.
16: possibly extirpated Northern African bird of prey; similar to the
Sryuhl Kite in size.
17: an inferior imitator, especially of some distinguished writer,
artist, musician, or philosopher.
18: a type of zither, typically tubular and traditionally made from
bamboo, regarded as the national instrument of Madagascar.
19: a small metal duct flute with 4 finger holes and pentatonic
tuning, usu. E G A C D, that is a common folk instrument of Estonia.
20: a large bombycid moth whose larva feeds on the oak Quercus serrata
in Japan, and furnishes silk of excellent quality which has long been
utilized in the manufacture of the heavier native silk fabrics.
evening here in the UK - the first for some time. I was out on the
river in my boat, and some friends I passed asked us in for a drink.
Anyway, it has allowed time for a bumper crop of 20 defs of VALIHA.
Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this
one), before the deadline:
08:30 BST on Thursday 17th July
07:30 UTC
3:30 AM EDT
12:30 AM PDT
New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
round. Don't look in a dictionary. Full rules, if you're curious, are
at http://tinyurl.com/br3oc
-- Tim L
** VALIHA **
1: quickness; speed.
2: a bridal mantilla.
3: a small wooden cart.
4: low-lying sandy beach.
5: an apparition; phantom.
6: a wasting disease of goats.
7: scorched foliage near a lava flow.
8: a liqueur of Romania, made from blackberries.
9: a quorum of elders at an Iroquois conference.
10: a twin (chiefly Tahitian) (see also "Bsli Ha'i" )
11: a liqueur of which the main ingredient is peach brandy
12: a Romanian noble rank approximately equivalent to count.
13: small raised bumps on a flower stalk, just below the sepal.
14: a soft, thin, suede-finished glove leather usually made from
sheepskin.
15: a species of the plant genus, Crocus, sometimes used for medicinal
purposes.
16: possibly extirpated Northern African bird of prey; similar to the
Sryuhl Kite in size.
17: an inferior imitator, especially of some distinguished writer,
artist, musician, or philosopher.
18: a type of zither, typically tubular and traditionally made from
bamboo, regarded as the national instrument of Madagascar.
19: a small metal duct flute with 4 finger holes and pentatonic
tuning, usu. E G A C D, that is a common folk instrument of Estonia.
20: a large bombycid moth whose larva feeds on the oak Quercus serrata
in Japan, and furnishes silk of excellent quality which has long been
utilized in the manufacture of the heavier native silk fabrics.