[Dixonary] Round 1953: HUITAIN - Defs up!

[Hugo Kornelis]

Hi all,

Apologies for the delay. I was tired yesterday, so I went to sleep, completely forgetting to post the defs.

Our inventive players have concocted all but one of the 17 definitions for HUITAIN presented below for your edification and entertainment. The remaining definition is, believe it or not, real.

Please vote for the two you think the best, for some value (or values) of "good" that seems appropriate to you (such as plausible, politically correct, embarrassing, witty, implausible, or long). You can do this whether or not you have not submitted a definition, and whether or not you have played before. You're not allowed to vote if you know the right answer.

Vote by public reply to this message, by the deadline, which is on saturday November 15th, 2008 at

11:00 PST
12:00 MST
13:00 CST
14:00 EST

19:00 GMT/UTC
and 20:00 CET for me.

My wife and I are planning a night out, so expect a delay in the results as well...


1. influence

2. a small portion

3. a long, narrow racing boat for eight rowers and a coxswain

4. in Elf lore, a sickly child of great wisdom; a prophet

5. a bright green dye made from sulfites of copper

6. a small codpiece worn under a kilt

7. a large artillery caisson

8. an archaic term for Easter

9. French verse form consisting of an eight-line stanza with 8 or 10 syllables in each line

10. the Mediterranean octopus (Fr.)

11. a pungent cheese made of goat's milk

12. [Viet.] a woven basket for carrying dry goods

13. in Piquet, a sequence of eight cards of the same suit

14. one eighth of an ecu (French)

15. a large, soft fruit of southeasst asia (family Malvaceae)

16. [Fr.] an octothorpe

17. commander of a military unit originally consisting of eight men, later as many as twelve [_now rare_]


Enjoy!

Best, Hugo

[Wayne Scott, MD]

I'll vote for 6 because it's Scottish even though we traditionally don't wear anything under the kilt. My other vote is 11 because I love goat cheese. I'm pretty sure neither is correct. I will do everyone a favor & not post a picture of me wearing my kilt.
I dedicate this to my clan chief, the Duke of Buccleiuh.

[Tim B]

3 and 9, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[JohnnyB]

I was going to avoid all the 'eights' except that I really fancy a green
easter so I'll go for

#5 and #8 please

JohnnyB

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 7 and 17.

Guerri

[Toni Savage]

1 and 5 don't contain eights...

-- Toni Savage


--- On Fri, 11/14/08, Hugo Kornelis <hugo (AT) perFact (DOT) info> wrote:

> From: Hugo Kornelis <hugo (AT) perFact (DOT) info>

>
> 1. influence
>


> 5. a bright green dye made from sulfites of copper
>

[Dave Cunningham]

8 and 15.

Dave

On Nov 14, 2:50*am, "Hugo Kornelis" <h... (AT) perFact (DOT) info> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Apologies for the delay. I was tired yesterday, so I went to sleep, completely forgetting to post the defs.
>
> Our inventive players have concocted all but one of the 17 definitions for HUITAIN presented below for your edification and entertainment. The remaining definition is, believe it or not, real.
>
> Please vote for the two you think the best, for some value (or values) of "good" that seems appropriate to you (such as plausible, politically correct, embarrassing, witty, implausible, or long). You can do this whether or not you have not submitted a definition, and whether or not you have played before. You're not allowed to vote if you know the right answer.
>
> Vote by public reply to this message, by the deadline, which is on saturday November 15th, 2008 at
>
> * * 11:00 PST *
> * * 12:00 MST
> * * 13:00 CST
> * * 14:00 EST
>
> * * 19:00 GMT/UTC
> and 20:00 CET for me.
>
> My wife and I are planning a night out, so expect a delay in the results as well...
>
> *1. influence
>
> *2. a small portion
>
> *3. a long, narrow racing boat for eight rowers and a coxswain
>
> *4. in Elf lore, a sickly child of great wisdom; a prophet
>
> *5. a bright green dye made from sulfites of copper
>
> *6. a small codpiece worn under a kilt
>
> *7. a large artillery caisson
>
> *8. an archaic term for Easter
>
> *9. French verse form consisting of an eight-line stanza with 8 or 10 syllables in each line
>
> 10. the Mediterranean octopus (Fr.)
>
> 11. a pungent cheese made of goat's milk
>
> 12. [Viet.] a woven basket for carrying dry goods
>
> 13. in Piquet, a sequence of eight cards of the same suit
>
> 14. one eighth of an ecu (French)
>
> 15. a large, soft fruit of southeasst asia (family Malvaceae)
>
> 16. [Fr.] an octothorpe
>
> 17. commander of a military unit originally consisting of eight men, later as many as twelve [_now rare_]
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Best, Hugo

[Christopher Carson]

After reading the entire list, I too am going to eschew the eights and fall back to the start of the list to select 1 and 2.

Chris

[Bill Hirst]

7 and 8 because the Easter bunny joined a militia.

-Bill

[Dodi Schultz]

I'll pick two that seem to make no sense, since that's the way things seem
to be going lately: #8 and #12.

--Dodi

[EnDash@aol.com]

Haven't a clue; but I'll play numbers 7 and 12 just for fun.

-- Dick Weltz


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[Daniel B. Widdis]

4 and 12 please



--

Dan

[Paul Keating]

I think it's an eight: not an eighth.

9 and 15.

Recent form suggests that my score will be nothing to write home about, but if it should turn out to be better than expected, I will be away until mid-afternoon of Sunday 16 November, so don't expect a new word from me much before the 24-hour limit.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague

[Chuck]

Hugo -

An interesting selection.

I'll go for choices inspired by Paul -

8. an archaic term for Easter

and

14. one eighth of an ecu (French)

Paul's opinion brings up an interesting question - why is the ordinal
form of almost all numbers the same as the fractional? I understand why
half is different as it's the most common, but how did second get bumped
all the way down to 1/60th?

Thanks,

Chuck

[France International]

Show us the codpiece, Wayne!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Scott, MD" <waynescottmd (AT) earthlink (DOT) net>
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Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 3:32 AM
Subject: [Dixonary] Re: Round 1953: HUITAIN - Defs up!


>
> I'll vote for 6 because it's Scottish even though we traditionally don't
wear anything under the kilt. My other vote is 11 because I love goat
cheese. I'm pretty sure neither is correct. I will do everyone a favor & not
post a picture of me wearing my kilt.
> I dedicate this to my clan chief, the Duke of Buccleiuh.
>

[France International]

I'll fall for 7 and 8.

[Wayne Scott, MD]

No, I'm 87 years old & that area is to small to matter.
Senile in Seville

[Tony Abell]

I'm too late, but would have voted for 9 and 17.

> 9. French verse form consisting of an eight-line stanza with 8 or 10 syllables in each line

> 17. commander of a military unit originally consisting of eight men, later as many as twelve [_now rare_]

[Nancy Shepherdson]

I'll take 5 and 12.

Nancy