Chris Carson
August 3rd, 2008, 07:47 PM
The Defs are in and we have a total of 19 definitions for FOGLE-HUNTER one of which
actually came from a dictionary. Please vote for two, by public reply to this message, before
deadline, which is 1:00 PM EDT on Tuesday, August 05, 2008, or 10:00 AM PDT .
*1.*A sycophant.
*2.*A wallflower.
*3.*A valveless horn of the 17th and 18th century similar to the post-
****horn but with a wider bell and producing a more mellow tone.
*4.*Someone who poaches or hunts out of season, on moonless nights,
****with a night-vision scope.
*5.*A person who habitually finds fault with the ideas or plans of
****others.
*6.*A species of Sumatran bat which feeds on smaller rodents.
*7.*A bird catcher.
*8.*German slang for bird-watcher.
*9.*A rare disease of the eye, thought to be caused by a water-borne
****bacterium or parasite, characterized by freqent and severe watering
****of the eyes.
10.*Someone who is easily distracted from the task in hand.
11.*A type of pocket watch with a magnifying glass at the center of a
****full hunter case [after _J. Fogle & Co._ of London which introduced
****this combinarion watch case).
12.*A freelance photographer, esp. one who records public events.
13.*_Scots_ A farewell drink, esp. for a rider who is mounted to depart.
14.*A nylon belay rope, specialized to Alpine rock climbing, named for
****its inventor.
15.*A pick-pocket.
16.*One who studies the roots of words.
17.*_Railway slang, early 20th cent._ a device designed to detect
****stress fragility in steam locomotives. [After Archibald R. Fogle
****(1873-1955), a strict U.S. government standards enforcer]
18.*A mathematical conjecture postulating that all elliptic equations
****can be linked to modular forms.
19.*A character dressed in bat-skins and cabbage-leaves from Edward
****Lear's nonsense poetry who "stalked the marshes of Neer-do-Well
****hunting the fogle with a bell".
actually came from a dictionary. Please vote for two, by public reply to this message, before
deadline, which is 1:00 PM EDT on Tuesday, August 05, 2008, or 10:00 AM PDT .
*1.*A sycophant.
*2.*A wallflower.
*3.*A valveless horn of the 17th and 18th century similar to the post-
****horn but with a wider bell and producing a more mellow tone.
*4.*Someone who poaches or hunts out of season, on moonless nights,
****with a night-vision scope.
*5.*A person who habitually finds fault with the ideas or plans of
****others.
*6.*A species of Sumatran bat which feeds on smaller rodents.
*7.*A bird catcher.
*8.*German slang for bird-watcher.
*9.*A rare disease of the eye, thought to be caused by a water-borne
****bacterium or parasite, characterized by freqent and severe watering
****of the eyes.
10.*Someone who is easily distracted from the task in hand.
11.*A type of pocket watch with a magnifying glass at the center of a
****full hunter case [after _J. Fogle & Co._ of London which introduced
****this combinarion watch case).
12.*A freelance photographer, esp. one who records public events.
13.*_Scots_ A farewell drink, esp. for a rider who is mounted to depart.
14.*A nylon belay rope, specialized to Alpine rock climbing, named for
****its inventor.
15.*A pick-pocket.
16.*One who studies the roots of words.
17.*_Railway slang, early 20th cent._ a device designed to detect
****stress fragility in steam locomotives. [After Archibald R. Fogle
****(1873-1955), a strict U.S. government standards enforcer]
18.*A mathematical conjecture postulating that all elliptic equations
****can be linked to modular forms.
19.*A character dressed in bat-skins and cabbage-leaves from Edward
****Lear's nonsense poetry who "stalked the marshes of Neer-do-Well
****hunting the fogle with a bell".