Scott Crom
July 19th, 2005, 07:46 AM
Thanks to your inventive minds, here are 18 definitions for
KOLINSKY, plus one from my favorite dictionary. Please cast votes
for your two favorites, by reply to this message.
Deadline for voting is 2000 EDT (aka 8:00 pm), tomorrow, July 20.
Enjoy!
1. (noun) A wrestling move.
2. A type of firm, yellow cheese.
3. [Sl.] A escape hatch in a submarine.
4. Stately Polish dance of moderate tempo.
5. A very large tinamou, found in the Urals.
6. One of the conspirators in the murder of Rasputin.
7. Among furriers, any of several Asiatic minks; esp. _Mustela
siberica_.
8. [Chess] A deliberate loss of tempo (after _Waclav Kolinsky_
(1816-1867)).
9. A fine, plain-woven fabric made from various fibers and used
especially for clothing.
10. A small sideboard, originally one at which food was tasted for poison
before serving.
11. A small tilt hammer moved by a treadle. [After K. S. Kolinsky
(1805-1868), Russian inventor.]
12. The traditional name of any person shot out of a circus cannon.
[<Stanislaw Kolinsky, 1887-1948]
13. A type of Russian oriental rug. Kolinsky rugs have geometric
patterns, typically in bright colors.
14. (Offensive Slang) Used as a disparaging term for a person from
east-central Europe, especially a laborer.
15. 1) The fur of a northern mink from which traditional Russian
winter hats are made; 2) The hats themselves.
16. A patented nozzle for fighting fires, with loop handles on
two sides and an integrated valve. After the inventor,
Theodore Kolinsky.
17. A unit of magnetic flux, equal to 1/100 tesla, formerly used
by Soviet physicists [Aleksandr Vasiliy Kolinskiy,
1874-1920, Russian experimenter].
18. A dry or unproductive oil well [from Eugene Kolinsky,
geologist for Shell Oil Co., 1949-55, who acquired a
reputation for specifying unsuccessful drilling locations].
19. In chess, a gambit in which a game piece is moved in an
impermissible manner, with a clock penalty in tourament
play. [After Nikolai Alekzandrovich Kolinsky, 1867-1923]
Scott, dealer for now...
KOLINSKY, plus one from my favorite dictionary. Please cast votes
for your two favorites, by reply to this message.
Deadline for voting is 2000 EDT (aka 8:00 pm), tomorrow, July 20.
Enjoy!
1. (noun) A wrestling move.
2. A type of firm, yellow cheese.
3. [Sl.] A escape hatch in a submarine.
4. Stately Polish dance of moderate tempo.
5. A very large tinamou, found in the Urals.
6. One of the conspirators in the murder of Rasputin.
7. Among furriers, any of several Asiatic minks; esp. _Mustela
siberica_.
8. [Chess] A deliberate loss of tempo (after _Waclav Kolinsky_
(1816-1867)).
9. A fine, plain-woven fabric made from various fibers and used
especially for clothing.
10. A small sideboard, originally one at which food was tasted for poison
before serving.
11. A small tilt hammer moved by a treadle. [After K. S. Kolinsky
(1805-1868), Russian inventor.]
12. The traditional name of any person shot out of a circus cannon.
[<Stanislaw Kolinsky, 1887-1948]
13. A type of Russian oriental rug. Kolinsky rugs have geometric
patterns, typically in bright colors.
14. (Offensive Slang) Used as a disparaging term for a person from
east-central Europe, especially a laborer.
15. 1) The fur of a northern mink from which traditional Russian
winter hats are made; 2) The hats themselves.
16. A patented nozzle for fighting fires, with loop handles on
two sides and an integrated valve. After the inventor,
Theodore Kolinsky.
17. A unit of magnetic flux, equal to 1/100 tesla, formerly used
by Soviet physicists [Aleksandr Vasiliy Kolinskiy,
1874-1920, Russian experimenter].
18. A dry or unproductive oil well [from Eugene Kolinsky,
geologist for Shell Oil Co., 1949-55, who acquired a
reputation for specifying unsuccessful drilling locations].
19. In chess, a gambit in which a game piece is moved in an
impermissible manner, with a clock penalty in tourament
play. [After Nikolai Alekzandrovich Kolinsky, 1867-1923]
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