[Dixonary] Round 1934: The Definitions

[Dodi Schultz]

The word is PERSE, and below are 18 definitions of it--well, one definition
and 17 "definitions" created by your fellow players. See if you can pick
out the real one; choose the two you think most likely, and let us all know
your choices by direct reply to this message.

You can vote even if you're one of those regulars who failed to submit a
def this time around (you know who you are). You can vote even if you just
popped into the game room and you're totally new to all this and missed the
making-up-a-definition stage.

Votes count only if they're posted before the deadline, which is 11 a.m.
EDT on Friday 29 August; that's 8 a.m. for the West Coasters, 10 a.m. for
our midcountry players, 4 p.m. for those in the UK, 5 p.m. for the
Netherlands, and 1 a.m. Saturday for Jim.

1. to ponder.

2. [OE] a purse.

3. a removable collar.

4. _Obs._ noble; honorable.

5. to dry out; to dessicate.

6. _Obs._ to browse or peruse.

7. to set aside for future use.

8. _Archaic_ a grammar book; a book of magic.

9. a low-growing plant of the portulaca family.

10. to aim for or achieve that which will suffice.

11. dark grayish blue or purple [ME _pers_, from Old French]

12. an old word for peach [French _pomme perse_, Persian apple]

13. _Archaic_ Eng/Fr name for the language of Persia, changed by later
usage to Farsi.

14. a dark blue dye used for royal garments in Media and Persia, made
from wild plums, _Prunus tenella_.

15. 1. a strip of contrasting color inlaid near the periphery of a table-
top or such. 2. to inlay such a strip.

16. an opening in a medieval fortification, usually in the form of a
cross, through which a crossbow could be fired.

17. a style of fishing net constructed so that the bottom edge can be
gathered, as with a drawstring, to close the net.

18. a gemstone which in ordinary light looks like a plain pebble but
which under ultraviolet light appears incredibly beautiful.

[Wayne Scott, MD]

Since #4 describes me so accurately & #5 is next to it, I'll vote for 4 & 5.

Modest in Mohave

[Daniel B. Widdis]

Alas. I missed the submission deadline and tried to send in a late def, but
got this one just as it went out.

4 and 8 please

--
Dan

[Tim B]

9 and 15, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 5 and 16.

Guerri

[Tim Lodge]

8 and 11 please.

-- Tim L

[Judy Madnick]

Verb or noun -- I'll go for a couple of the lonely nouns even though I feel as though it should be a verb. <G>

<< 3. a removable collar.

<< 9. a low-growing plant of the portulaca family.

Judy Madnick, Tupperware Consultant
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tupperware (AT) judyandstu (DOT) com
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[Toni Savage]

7 and 10 seem unlikely.

And I love your intro... I may steal it for my next deal!

-- Toni Savage

[Dave Cunningham]

16 and 17 today

Dave (at MarathonKey )

On Aug 28, 12:46*am, Dodi Schultz <SCHU... (AT) compuserve (DOT) com> wrote:
> The word is PERSE, and below are 18 definitions of it--well, one definition
> and 17 "definitions" created by your fellow players. See if you can pick
> out the real one; choose the two you think most likely, and let us all know
> your choices by direct reply to this message.
>
> You can vote even if you're one of those regulars who failed to submit a
> def this time around (you know who you are). You can vote even if you just
> popped into the game room and you're totally new to all this and missed the
> making-up-a-definition stage.
>
> Votes count only if they're posted before the deadline, which is 11 a.m.
> EDT on Friday 29 August; that's 8 a.m. for the West Coasters, 10 a.m. for
> our midcountry players, 4 p.m. for those in the UK, 5 p.m. for the
> Netherlands, and 1 a.m. Saturday for Jim.
>
> * 1. to ponder.
>
> * 2. [OE] a purse.
>
> * 3. a removable collar.
>
> * 4. _Obs._ noble; honorable.
>
> * 5. to dry out; to dessicate.
>
> * 6. _Obs._ to browse or peruse.
>
> * 7. to set aside for future use.
>
> * 8. _Archaic_ a grammar book; a book of magic.
>
> * 9. a low-growing plant of the portulaca family.
>
> *10. to aim for or achieve that which will suffice.
>
> *11. dark grayish blue or purple [ME _pers_, from Old French]
>
> *12. an old word for peach [French _pomme perse_, Persian apple]
>
> *13. _Archaic_ Eng/Fr name for the language of Persia, changed by later
> * * *usage to Farsi.
>
> *14. a dark blue dye used for royal garments in Media and Persia, made
> * * *from wild plums, _Prunus tenella_.
>
> *15. 1. a strip of contrasting color inlaid near the periphery of a table-
> * * *top or such. *2. to inlay such a strip.
>
> *16. an opening in a medieval fortification, usually in the form of a
> * * *cross, through which a crossbow could be fired.
>
> *17. a style of fishing net constructed so that the bottom edge can be
> * * *gathered, as with a drawstring, to close the net.
>
> *18. a gemstone which in ordinary light looks like a plain pebble but
> * * *which under ultraviolet light appears incredibly beautiful.

[EnDash@aol.com]

Numbers 12 and 16 for me.

-- Dick Weltz





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[Bill Hirst]

I'll take 5 and 8, dried out and set aside. It's the way I feel today.

-Bill

[Christopher Carson]

Dodi,

Did I use the wrong email address (schultzATcompuserve.com)? After seeing
the def list I rechecked a message supposedly went out to you on 8/27 at
10:21am.

Oh well, I'll toss votes to 5 and 15.

Chris

[Dodi Schultz]

>> Numbers 12 and 16 for me.
>> -- Dick Weltz

Dick, #12 has been eliminated from consideration (see my special notice),
since it had been posted publicly, which I hadn't noticed (and obviously
you hadn't either!). I've recorded your vote for #16; please pick another
entry for your second vote.

--Dodi

[EnDash@aol.com]

I'll skip a second choice, as after voting, I checked upon the meaning.

-- Dick


In a message dated 8/28/2008 10:13:24 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
SCHULTZ (AT) compuserve (DOT) com writes:



>> Numbers 12 and 16 for me.
>> -- Dick Weltz

Dick, #12 has been eliminated from consideration (see my special notice),
since it had been posted publicly, which I hadn't noticed (and obviously
you hadn't either!). I've recorded your vote for #16; please pick another
entry for your second vote.

--Dodi




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I'll go for 7 and 10.

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---------- Original Message -----------
From: Dodi Schultz <SCHULTZ (AT) compuserve (DOT) com>
To: Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
Sent: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:46:50 -0400
Subject: [Dixonary] Round 1934: The Definitions

> The word is PERSE, and below are 18 definitions of it--well, one definition
> and 17 "definitions" created by your fellow players. See if you can pick
> out the real one; choose the two you think most likely, and let us
> all know your choices by direct reply to this message.
>
> You can vote even if you're one of those regulars who failed to
> submit a def this time around (you know who you are). You can vote
> even if you just popped into the game room and you're totally new to
> all this and missed the making-up-a-definition stage.
>
> Votes count only if they're posted before the deadline, which is 11 a.m.
> EDT on Friday 29 August; that's 8 a.m. for the West Coasters, 10
> a.m. for our midcountry players, 4 p.m. for those in the UK, 5 p.m.
> for the Netherlands, and 1 a.m. Saturday for Jim.
>
> 1. to ponder.
>
> 2. [OE] a purse.
>
> 3. a removable collar.
>
> 4. _Obs._ noble; honorable.
>
> 5. to dry out; to dessicate.
>
> 6. _Obs._ to browse or peruse.
>
> 7. to set aside for future use.
>
> 8. _Archaic_ a grammar book; a book of magic.
>
> 9. a low-growing plant of the portulaca family.
>
> 10. to aim for or achieve that which will suffice.
>
> 11. dark grayish blue or purple [ME _pers_, from Old French]
>
> 12. an old word for peach [French _pomme perse_, Persian apple]
>
> 13. _Archaic_ Eng/Fr name for the language of Persia, changed by later
> usage to Farsi.
>
> 14. a dark blue dye used for royal garments in Media and Persia,
> made from wild plums, _Prunus tenella_.
>
> 15. 1. a strip of contrasting color inlaid near the periphery of a
> table- top or such. 2. to inlay such a strip.
>
> 16. an opening in a medieval fortification, usually in the form of a
> cross, through which a crossbow could be fired.
>
> 17. a style of fishing net constructed so that the bottom edge can
> be gathered, as with a drawstring, to close the net.
>
> 18. a gemstone which in ordinary light looks like a plain pebble but
> which under ultraviolet light appears incredibly beautiful.
------- End of Original Message -------

[Paul Keating]

In that case, Dodi, it looks like I'll have to stay in. Otherwise it all
gets impossibly messy.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague

----- Original Message -----
From: EnDash (AT) aol (DOT) com

I'll skip a second choice, as after voting, I checked upon the meaning.

[Chuck]

Dodi -

Nice intro, but a difficult word. How about?

1. to ponder.

and

5. to dry out; to dessicate.

Thanks,

Chuck

[Dodi Schultz]

Chris wrote,

>> Did I use the wrong email address (...)? After seeing the def list
>> I rechecked; a message supposedly went out to you on 8/27...

And it arrived, too; I just checked my TAPCIS files. Somehow, probably in
the confusion of trying to help Mike ferret out the facts of the last
round, it went astray. My profound apologies. And of course you'll be
getting two dealer points.

--Dodi

[Dodi Schultz]

Dick Weltz, who had voted for Paul's #12, writes,

>> I'll skip a second choice, as after voting, I checked upon the
>> meaning.

Paul Keating writes, in response to the above,

>> In that case, Dodi, it looks like I'll have to stay in. Otherwise it
>> all gets impossibly messy.

I think--and my understanding is that the dealer decides, when these messy
matters arise--that Paul will indeed get the point for Dick's vote. In
ADDITION to the two dealer points.

--Dodi

[Nancy Shepherdson]

As a writer, I want it to be 8 and I'll also take 12.

Nancy

[Scott Crom]

I'll have 5 and 8, please.

Scott