Tim Lodge
October 31st, 2008, 04:38 AM
Here are 19 imaginative definitions of the word RUSMA, only one of
which is correct. Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message
(in reply to this one), before the deadline:
19:00 UTC on Saturday 1st November
3:00 PM EDT
12:00 midday 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/4m6ger
-- Tim L
*** RUSMA ***
1: Lucky; fortunate.
2: A digestive biscuit.
3: A feeling of comradeship.
4: A moderate to strong greenish blue.
5: A large-brimmed hat of Eastern Europe.
6: [Scots] rheumatism, especially of the legs.
7: A low-growing plant with bright purple flowers.
8: A tree blight, especially attacking elm and beech.
9: Aspect of existence on which individuality depends.
10: A heavy paper made from 60% wood pulp and 40% cotton fiber.
11: One or more grooves worn into a riverbank by sliding otters.
12: A middle-European harvest festival celebrated in late October.
13: A depilatory composed of lime and orpiment, now chiefly used in
tanning.
14: Byelorussian style of borsch made with cabbage and potatoes rather
than beets.
15: A style of ornate furnishing that would later reach its apogee in
the Rococco period.
16: (in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama,
Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
17: [or RHUSMA] the red scars left by a severe attack of poison ivy
[rhus radicans] or other species of sumach.
18: Sweet, raised bread baked a second time after slicing until brown
and crisp, for dunking in coffee or cocoa; also known as a rusk.
19: A rectangular, often tapering stone post bearing a carved head or
bust used as a boundary marker in ancient Greece and for decorative
purposes in later periods.
which is correct. Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message
(in reply to this one), before the deadline:
19:00 UTC on Saturday 1st November
3:00 PM EDT
12:00 midday 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/4m6ger
-- Tim L
*** RUSMA ***
1: Lucky; fortunate.
2: A digestive biscuit.
3: A feeling of comradeship.
4: A moderate to strong greenish blue.
5: A large-brimmed hat of Eastern Europe.
6: [Scots] rheumatism, especially of the legs.
7: A low-growing plant with bright purple flowers.
8: A tree blight, especially attacking elm and beech.
9: Aspect of existence on which individuality depends.
10: A heavy paper made from 60% wood pulp and 40% cotton fiber.
11: One or more grooves worn into a riverbank by sliding otters.
12: A middle-European harvest festival celebrated in late October.
13: A depilatory composed of lime and orpiment, now chiefly used in
tanning.
14: Byelorussian style of borsch made with cabbage and potatoes rather
than beets.
15: A style of ornate furnishing that would later reach its apogee in
the Rococco period.
16: (in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama,
Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
17: [or RHUSMA] the red scars left by a severe attack of poison ivy
[rhus radicans] or other species of sumach.
18: Sweet, raised bread baked a second time after slicing until brown
and crisp, for dunking in coffee or cocoa; also known as a rusk.
19: A rectangular, often tapering stone post bearing a carved head or
bust used as a boundary marker in ancient Greece and for decorative
purposes in later periods.