[Dixonary] Round 1966: INDULT - time to vote

[Tim Bourne]

Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this
one), before the deadline of 10 pm GMT on Friday 2 January 2009. This is
probably 5 pm on the East Coast and 2 pm on the West Coast.

New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
round. Don't look in a dictionary.

1: an ice dam.

2: a wooden peg.

3: to whip; to perplex.

4: a furnace for glassblowing.

5: [Scots] the result of a cave-in.

6: v. tr. to reduce the sweetness of

7: the introductory part of an oration.

8: [Med] ingrown (as: toenail, follicle).

9: somewhat stupid; a little slow to understand.

10: to form wire by drawing out red-hot metal between rollers.

11: land tenure requiring religious obligations on the part of tenant.

12: [Law] the set of complainants or respondents not listed by actual name.

13: a person whose life is given over to luxury and sensual pleasures; a
sensualist.

14: a faculty granted by the Apostolic See to deviate from the common
law of the Church.

15: a developmental stage in certain primitive arthropods that occurs
between pupa and imago.

16: a usually nonscientific method or regimen claimed by its originator
to have exclusive or exceptional power in curing a particular disease.

17: coined catchword denoting a voter who professes disdain for all
political parties and candidates thereof, consistently "writing in"
alternative names (rev. of "ultimate independent").

18: capriciously self-destructive, as in the African parable of a
scorpion and a crocodile working together to cross a river. Halfway
across, the scorpion stings the crocodile and both perish.

19: a papal encyclical which, for a given time and place, sets aside a
particular statute of existing church law. Most famously, Henry VIII
tried to get the pope to issue an indult to set aside his marriage to
Catherine of Aragon.

And if you read this far, Happy New Year!

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[Paul Keating]

All,

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On Jan 1, 10:31*am, Tim Bourne <t... (AT) siam (DOT) co.uk> wrote:
> Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this
> one), before the deadline of 10 pm GMT on Friday 2 January 2009. This is
> probably 5 pm on the East Coast and 2 pm on the West Coast.

[EnDash@aol.com]

I'll go for 11 and 15, please.

-- Dick Weltz


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[Judy Madnick]

No clue. My guesses are:

<< 6: v. tr. to reduce the sweetness of

<< 10: to form wire by drawing out red-hot metal between rollers.

<< And if you read this far, Happy New Year!

And the same to you!

Judy Madnick

[France International]

I'll try 3 and 14.

[Toni Savage]

lessee.... 3 and 14 I think.

-- Toni Savage


--- On Thu, 1/1/09, Tim Bourne <tim (AT) siam (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

> > >
> 3: to whip; to perplex.

>
> 14: a faculty granted by the Apostolic See to deviate from
> the common
> law of the Church.
>

[Wayne Scott, MD]

7 & 12, please.
Wayne

[Nancy Shepherdson]

I'll guess at 7 and 15.

Happy New Year, back.

Nancy

On Jan 1, 3:31*am, Tim Bourne <t... (AT) siam (DOT) co.uk> wrote:
> Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this
> one), before the deadline of 10 pm GMT on Friday 2 January 2009. This is
> probably 5 pm on the East Coast and 2 pm on the West Coast.
>
> New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
> round. Don't look in a dictionary.
>
> * 1: an ice dam.
>
> * 2: a wooden peg.
>
> * 3: to whip; to perplex.
>
> * 4: a furnace for glassblowing.
>
> * 5: [Scots] the result of a cave-in.
>
> * 6: v. tr. to reduce the sweetness of
>
> * 7: the introductory part of an oration.
>
> * 8: [Med] ingrown (as: toenail, follicle).
>
> * 9: somewhat stupid; a little slow to understand.
>
> 10: to form wire by drawing out red-hot metal between rollers.
>
> 11: land tenure requiring religious obligations on the part of tenant.
>
> 12: [Law] the set of complainants or respondents not listed by actual name.
>
> 13: a person whose life is given over to luxury and sensual pleasures; a
> sensualist.
>
> 14: a faculty granted by the Apostolic See to deviate from the common
> law of the Church.
>
> 15: a developmental stage in certain primitive arthropods that occurs
> between pupa and imago.
>
> 16: a usually nonscientific method or regimen claimed by its originator
> to have exclusive or exceptional power in curing a particular disease.
>
> 17: coined catchword denoting a voter who professes disdain for all
> political parties and candidates thereof, consistently "writing in"
> alternative names (rev. of "ultimate independent").
>
> 18: capriciously self-destructive, as in the African parable of a
> scorpion and a crocodile working together to cross a river. Halfway
> across, the scorpion stings the crocodile and both perish.
>
> 19: a papal encyclical which, for a given time and place, sets aside *a
> particular statute of existing church law. Most famously, Henry VIII
> tried to get the pope to issue an indult to set aside his marriage to
> Catherine of Aragon.
>
> And if you read this far, Happy New Year!
>
> Best wishes,
> Tim B.

[Tim B]

> This message appears some 7 hours after Tim posted it. It was sitting
> in the queue because it was posted from a non-member email address. We
> moderators normally receive notice of these messages, and the
> turnaround is generally a lot quicker, but the notification for this
> one ended up in one of my spam filters. Sorry for the delay.

Entirely my fault - sorry!

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 11 and 14.

Guerri

[Bill Hirst]

As far as I know, the only religious connection to New Year's Day
comes from the calendar reform of Pope Gregory XIII. So I'll vote for
one religious definition (19) and one secular (9). I suppose that adds
to a stupid pope.

-Bill

[Dodi Schultz]

Tough one!

I'll try #4 and #14.

--Dodi

[JohnnyB]

Looks like #11 and #14 for me too


JohnnyB

[Tim Lodge]

Tim

For no particular reason I'll vote for:

3 and 15 please.

-- Tim L

[Daniel B. Widdis]

5 and 17 look underappreciated.

--
Dan

[Dave Cunningham]

10 and 15 sans logic

Dave

On Jan 1, 4:31*am, Tim Bourne <t... (AT) siam (DOT) co.uk> wrote:
> Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this
> one), before the deadline of 10 pm GMT on Friday 2 January 2009. This is
> probably 5 pm on the East Coast and 2 pm on the West Coast.
>
> New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
> round. Don't look in a dictionary.
>
> * 1: an ice dam.
>
> * 2: a wooden peg.
>
> * 3: to whip; to perplex.
>
> * 4: a furnace for glassblowing.
>
> * 5: [Scots] the result of a cave-in.
>
> * 6: v. tr. to reduce the sweetness of
>
> * 7: the introductory part of an oration.
>
> * 8: [Med] ingrown (as: toenail, follicle).
>
> * 9: somewhat stupid; a little slow to understand.
>
> 10: to form wire by drawing out red-hot metal between rollers.
>
> 11: land tenure requiring religious obligations on the part of tenant.
>
> 12: [Law] the set of complainants or respondents not listed by actual name.
>
> 13: a person whose life is given over to luxury and sensual pleasures; a
> sensualist.
>
> 14: a faculty granted by the Apostolic See to deviate from the common
> law of the Church.
>
> 15: a developmental stage in certain primitive arthropods that occurs
> between pupa and imago.
>
> 16: a usually nonscientific method or regimen claimed by its originator
> to have exclusive or exceptional power in curing a particular disease.
>
> 17: coined catchword denoting a voter who professes disdain for all
> political parties and candidates thereof, consistently "writing in"
> alternative names (rev. of "ultimate independent").
>
> 18: capriciously self-destructive, as in the African parable of a
> scorpion and a crocodile working together to cross a river. Halfway
> across, the scorpion stings the crocodile and both perish.
>
> 19: a papal encyclical which, for a given time and place, sets aside *a
> particular statute of existing church law. Most famously, Henry VIII
> tried to get the pope to issue an indult to set aside his marriage to
> Catherine of Aragon.
>
> And if you read this far, Happy New Year!
>
> Best wishes,
> Tim B.

[Tony Abell]

Going for that old-time religion this round: 11 and 14.

> 11: land tenure requiring religious obligations on the part of tenant.

> 14: a faculty granted by the Apostolic See to deviate from the common
> law of the Church.

[Paul Keating]

14 and 19 are the same: 19 looks like a Barrs def, so I'll go for the other
one, 14. And since that is probably a rather stupid decision, my other vote
goes to 9.


--
Paul Keating
The Hague
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Subject: [Dixonary] Round 1966: INDULT - time to vote


>
> Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this
> one), before the deadline of 10 pm GMT on Friday 2 January 2009. This is
> probably 5 pm on the East Coast and 2 pm on the West Coast.
>
> New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
> round. Don't look in a dictionary.
>
> 1: an ice dam.
>
> 2: a wooden peg.
>
> 3: to whip; to perplex.
>
> 4: a furnace for glassblowing.
>
> 5: [Scots] the result of a cave-in.
>
> 6: v. tr. to reduce the sweetness of
>
> 7: the introductory part of an oration.
>
> 8: [Med] ingrown (as: toenail, follicle).
>
> 9: somewhat stupid; a little slow to understand.
>
> 10: to form wire by drawing out red-hot metal between rollers.
>
> 11: land tenure requiring religious obligations on the part of tenant.
>
> 12: [Law] the set of complainants or respondents not listed by actual
name.
>
> 13: a person whose life is given over to luxury and sensual pleasures; a
> sensualist.
>
> 14: a faculty granted by the Apostolic See to deviate from the common
> law of the Church.
>
> 15: a developmental stage in certain primitive arthropods that occurs
> between pupa and imago.
>
> 16: a usually nonscientific method or regimen claimed by its originator
> to have exclusive or exceptional power in curing a particular disease.
>
> 17: coined catchword denoting a voter who professes disdain for all
> political parties and candidates thereof, consistently "writing in"
> alternative names (rev. of "ultimate independent").
>
> 18: capriciously self-destructive, as in the African parable of a
> scorpion and a crocodile working together to cross a river. Halfway
> across, the scorpion stings the crocodile and both perish.
>
> 19: a papal encyclical which, for a given time and place, sets aside a
> particular statute of existing church law. Most famously, Henry VIII
> tried to get the pope to issue an indult to set aside his marriage to
> Catherine of Aragon.
>
> And if you read this far, Happy New Year!
>
> Best wishes,
> Tim B.

[Russ Heimerson]

I'll toss my votes at #3 and #15, please.

Russ

[Wayne Scott, MD]

7 & 12, please.