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Judy Madnick
November 6th, 2008, 08:39 PM
Every time I think I'm ready to send this email, I receive another definition! Too late now!!

There are a total of 19 definitions for ACCLOY. Only one is correct. I take full responsibility of misspellings, misplaced punctuation, etc.

Please vote for two by public reply to this message before the deadline, which is 9:00 AM EST on Saturday, November 08, 2008, or 6:00 AM PST -- etc.! And remember -- no peeking in your dictionary!

*1.*a whetstone.

*2.*to oversweeten.

*3.*[Obs.] to adhere.

*4.*to split with an axe.

*5.*become disgustingly sweet.

*6.*insincere praise; flattery.

*7.*to hobble with a horseshoe nail,

*8.*a private secretary or attendant.

*9.*to join together with glue or gum.

10.*to be fumigated by clinging odors.

11.*a small decorative three-legged table.

12.*a dementia with abhorrence of clothing.

13.*to apply a cloisonne finish to a surface.

14.*a small xylophone, mainly used by folk or gospel musicians.

15.*a large heavy stone apparently used in a game in the Middle Ages.

16.*to nail sth. shut [NF acloyer fm Romance *inclavare fm L clavus nail].

17.*to accumulate small particles through the action of surface tension, as when diamonds adhere to grease.

18.*[Brit. Law] the right of a monk to avoid testifying in court [Norman French _accloyer_ , to renounce (secular things)].

19.*[Bot.] the tendancy of some deciduous trees to retain leaves until spring budding; the degree to which this occurs is known as "partial accloy" or "full accloy."

Have fun!

Judy

Daniel B. Widdis
November 6th, 2008, 09:54 PM
Lizzie Borden had an axe (4)
And with it she gave forty whacks (16)

--
Dan

Bill Hirst
November 6th, 2008, 10:20 PM
Whether it's diamonds or leaves, I vote to accumulate and/or retain
with 17 and 18.

-Bill

Toni Savage
November 6th, 2008, 10:31 PM
I like 18 and 19 (even though I usually go for short ones...)

-- Toni Savage


--- On Thu, 11/6/08, Judy Madnick <jmadnick (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

> 18.*[Brit. Law] the right of a monk to avoid testifying in
> court [Norman French _accloyer_ , to renounce (secular
> things)].
>


> 19.*[Bot.] the tendancy of some deciduous trees to retain
> leaves until spring budding; the degree to which this occurs
> is known as "partial accloy" or "full
> accloy."
>

Dodi Schultz
November 6th, 2008, 11:38 PM
I don't know why anyone would want to nail "sth." shut. What's "sth."?

I'll vote for #4 and #15. They don't sound right either, but at least the
individual words make sense.

--Dodi

Wayne Scott, MD
November 7th, 2008, 12:04 AM
17 & 18, please.

Chuck
November 7th, 2008, 07:32 AM
Judy -

A nice selection? I'll have a go with -

?9.?to join together with glue or gum.

and

19.?[Bot.] the tendancy of some deciduous trees to retain leaves until
spring budding; the degree to which this occurs is known as "partial
accloy" or "full accloy."

Thanks,

Chuck

Guerri Stevens
November 7th, 2008, 07:54 AM
I vote for 8 and 17.

Guerri

Tim B
November 7th, 2008, 10:41 AM
2 and 5, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

Dave Cunningham
November 7th, 2008, 11:08 AM
2 and 5 -- short and similar ...

Dave

On Nov 6, 9:39*pm, "Judy Madnick" <jmadn... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
> Every time I think I'm ready to send this email, I receive another definition! Too late now!!
>
> There are a total of 19 definitions for ACCLOY. Only one is correct. I take full responsibility of misspellings, misplaced punctuation, etc.
>
> Please vote for two by public reply to this message before the deadline, which is 9:00 AM EST on Saturday, November 08, 2008, or 6:00 AM PST -- etc.! And remember -- no peeking in your dictionary!
>
> *1.*a whetstone.
>
> *2.*to oversweeten.
>
> *3.*[Obs.] to adhere.
>
> *4.*to split with an axe.
>
> *5.*become disgustingly sweet.
>
> *6.*insincere praise; flattery.
>
> *7.*to hobble with a horseshoe nail,
>
> *8.*a private secretary or attendant.
>
> *9.*to join together with glue or gum.
>
> 10.*to be fumigated by clinging odors.
>
> 11.*a small decorative three-legged table.
>
> 12.*a dementia with abhorrence of clothing.
>
> 13.*to apply a cloisonne finish to a surface.
>
> 14.*a small xylophone, mainly used by folk or gospel musicians.
>
> 15.*a large heavy stone apparently used in a game in the Middle Ages.
>
> 16.*to nail sth. shut [NF acloyer fm Romance *inclavare fm L clavus nail].
>
> 17.*to accumulate small particles through the action of surface tension, as when diamonds adhere to grease.
>
> 18.*[Brit. Law] the right of a monk to avoid testifying in court [Norman French _accloyer_ , to renounce (secular things)].
>
> 19.*[Bot.] the tendancy of some deciduous trees to retain leaves until spring budding; the degree to which this occurs is known as "partial accloy" or "full accloy."
>
> Have fun!
>
> Judy

Nancy Shepherdson
November 7th, 2008, 11:35 AM
Mine sounds pretty reasonable in this group! But I wont' vote for it.

Instead, I'll take 13 and 16, the latter of which is too strange not
to be it. I assume "sth." is "something."

Nancy

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November 7th, 2008, 11:48 AM
I'll go for 13 and 18, please.

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Paul Keating
November 7th, 2008, 01:33 PM
Common abbreviation for _something_ especially in bilingual dictionaries,
such as Collins German, Oxford Hachette French, etc. Usually italicized.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dodi Schultz" <SCHULTZ (AT) compuserve (DOT) com>
To: <Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 6:38 AM
Subject: [Dixonary] Vote Now - Round 1951 - accloy




I don't know why anyone would want to nail "sth." shut. What's "sth."?

I'll vote for #4 and #15. They don't sound right either, but at least the
individual words make sense.

--Dodi

Paul Keating
November 7th, 2008, 01:51 PM
7 and 16

--
Paul Keating
The Hague

Judy Madnick
November 7th, 2008, 02:40 PM
<< Common abbreviation for _something_ especially in bilingual
<< dictionaries,
<< such as Collins German, Oxford Hachette French, etc. Usually
<< italicized.

Just so you know -- I could have sent the definitions using HTML so that italics could have been used; however, there are some people here who receive a real mess when I use HTML, and I actually did receive a reminder of that when I posted the word originally (in HTML). So...I decided that I should stick with simple text. I apologize if that caused confusion.

Judy

JohnnyB
November 7th, 2008, 02:43 PM
Judy

a belated vote for the last two , #18 and #19 please

JohnnyB

Tony Abell
November 7th, 2008, 07:25 PM
16 and 18 strike my fancy this time.

> 16.*to nail sth. shut [NF acloyer fm Romance *inclavare fm L clavus nail].

> 18.*[Brit. Law] the right of a monk to avoid testifying in court [Norman
> French _accloyer_ , to renounce (secular things)].

France International
November 7th, 2008, 09:01 PM
I'll go for 7 and 17.

Russ Heimerson
November 7th, 2008, 10:30 PM
I like #16 and #18

Russ