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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.

Hugo Kornelis
October 31st, 2008, 05:07 AM
Hi Tim,

Nice to see that my def made it in even though I sent it after the deadline.
Thanks!!

My votes are for these two creative defs:

> 9: Aspect of existence on which individuality depends.

> 14: Byelorussian style of borsch made with cabbage and potatoes rather
> than beets.

Best, Hugo

Guerri Stevens
October 31st, 2008, 06:27 AM
I vote for 9 and 16.

Guerri

Judy Madnick
October 31st, 2008, 08:44 AM
As usual, too many great definitions!

My guesses are the following:

<< 12: A middle-European harvest festival celebrated in late
<< October.

<< 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.

Judy Madnick
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Bill Hirst
October 31st, 2008, 09:06 AM
14 and 17: borsch and scars. They have so little in common it's no
wonder they weren't combined.

-Bill (and a write-in vote for Pat Paulsen.)

Dodi Schultz
October 31st, 2008, 09:14 AM
All interesting, none believable. I'll try the biscuit and the boundary
marker; that's #2 and #19.

--Dodi

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October 31st, 2008, 10:29 AM
My votes go to numbers 6 and 17.

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Wayne Scott, MD
October 31st, 2008, 12:45 PM
3 & 6, please.

JohnnyB
October 31st, 2008, 01:06 PM
Tim

A depilatory of lime would be quite efficient to say the least; I guess the
orpiment (which if memory serves is arsenic) would mean it would best be
used for tanning dead animals. As the hair that comes off could be used to
make felt, I'll take that as a sign to vote for that and add in the ornate
furniture - doubtless also stuffed with hair

That's #13 and #15 please

JohnnyB

Dave Cunningham
October 31st, 2008, 01:13 PM
3 and 13 this time

Dave

On Oct 31, 5:38*am, Tim Lodge <iel7j... (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com> wrote:
> 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
> athttp://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.

Christopher Carson
October 31st, 2008, 02:35 PM
It's time for the afternoon biscuit break so I'll cast a vote for number 2
and otter grooves are just too weird and therefore worth a vote to 11.

Chris

Nancy Shepherdson
October 31st, 2008, 05:56 PM
10 and 13, please.

Nancy

Tim B
October 31st, 2008, 06:15 PM
1 and 14, please

Best wishes,
Tim B.

Daniel B. Widdis
November 1st, 2008, 02:07 AM
1 and 18, mostly at random

--
Dan

Toni Savage
November 1st, 2008, 05:17 AM
9 and 11 are especiallly creative and deserve reward.

-- Toni Savage


--- On Fri, 10/31/08, Tim Lodge <iel7j001 (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com> wrote:

> From: Tim Lodge <iel7j001 (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com>

> 9: Aspect of existence on which individuality depends.
>

>
> 11: One or more grooves worn into a riverbank by sliding
> otters.
>

Jim Hart
November 1st, 2008, 06:12 AM
I'll try 8 and 13 because I don't want to experience either

Jim

Scott Crom
November 1st, 2008, 09:15 AM
I did read them all, but I'll vote for 1 and 3, please.

Scott