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Guerri Stevens
March 3rd, 2009, 03:45 AM
Here are 17 definitions, only one of which is real. Vote for TWO
definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before
the deadline, which is Wednesday, March 4, at

4:00 p.m. EST
1:00 p.m. PST
9:00 p.m. UTC

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.

1: a wicker basket.

2: [OE] an infant girl.

3: a milk cart pulled by dogs.

4: to cut off; cut short; separate.

5: the angle of a gnomon on a sundial.

6: [Origin obscure] a spirit or ghost.

7: a tax on the sale of livestock. Obs.

8: the lip of a dam, leading to the spillway.

9: (Sc.) one skilled in a trade or craft; a journeyman.

10: _obs. exc. dial._ pious hope; wishful thinking [ME < OE waemn]

11: a poem or incantation of mysterious significance, especially a magic
charm.

12: a leather thong [Scot. variants wange, whan, whane, whang, whange
also exist]

13: the amount by which a plank or log is beveled or falls short of a
squared shape.

14: a low seawall intended to prevent encroachment on seaside lawn or
garden areas by high tides

15: a half-door, generally between a kitchen and pantry and often
containing shelves for provisions.

16: a card game in which sevens and their equivalent are played in
sequence and the first player out of cards is the winner.

17: [Mining] an inclined two-wagon railway used where the entrance to a
mine is higher than the processing area; the weight of a full car
descending pulls a cable taking the empty wagon back up to the mine
entrance.

--
Guerri

Tim Lodge
March 3rd, 2009, 04:49 AM
Guerri

I'll fall for the OE:

2 and 10 please.

-- Tim L

Tim B
March 3rd, 2009, 05:38 AM
5 and 13, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

Toni Savage
March 3rd, 2009, 07:04 AM
Good ones! I'll take 15 and 17

-- Toni Savage


--- On Tue, 3/3/09, Guerri Stevens <guerri (AT) tapcis (DOT) com> wrote:


> 15: a half-door, generally between a kitchen and pantry and
> often containing shelves for provisions.
>
> 17: [Mining] an inclined two-wagon railway used where the
> entrance to a mine is higher than the processing area; the
> weight of a full car descending pulls a cable taking the
> empty wagon back up to the mine entrance.
>
> -- Guerri
>

Judy Madnick
March 3rd, 2009, 08:39 AM
<< 8: the lip of a dam, leading to the spillway.

<< 14: a low seawall intended to prevent encroachment on
<< seaside lawn or
<< garden areas by high tides

Judy Madnick

EnDash@aol.com
March 3rd, 2009, 08:40 AM
I go for numbers 3 and 5

-- Dick Weltz





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France International
March 3rd, 2009, 09:44 AM
10 and 17 for me.

Dodi Schultz
March 3rd, 2009, 10:19 AM
Wild guesses: #2, #10.

--Dodi

Christopher Carson
March 3rd, 2009, 10:21 AM
4 and 13 for me.

Chris

Dave Cunningham
March 3rd, 2009, 10:40 AM
3 and 17 this time out

Dave

On Mar 3, 4:45*am, Guerri Stevens <gue... (AT) tapcis (DOT) com> wrote:
> Here are 17 definitions, only one of which is real. Vote for TWO
> definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before
> the deadline, which is Wednesday, March 4, at
>
> * * *4:00 p.m. EST
> * * *1:00 p.m. PST
> * * *9:00 p.m. UTC
>
> 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.
>
> * 1: a wicker basket.
>
> * 2: [OE] an infant girl.
>
> * 3: a milk cart pulled by dogs.
>
> * 4: to cut off; cut short; separate.
>
> * 5: the angle of a gnomon on a sundial.
>
> * 6: [Origin obscure] a spirit or ghost.
>
> * 7: a tax on the sale of livestock. Obs.
>
> * 8: the lip of a dam, leading to the spillway.
>
> * 9: (Sc.) one skilled in a trade or craft; a journeyman.
>
> 10: _obs. exc. dial._ pious hope; wishful thinking [ME < OE waemn]
>
> 11: a poem or incantation of mysterious significance, especially a magic
> charm.
>
> 12: a leather thong [Scot. variants wange, whan, whane, whang, whange
> also exist]
>
> 13: the amount by which a plank or log is beveled or falls short of a
> squared shape.
>
> 14: a low seawall intended to prevent encroachment on seaside lawn or
> garden *areas by high tides
>
> 15: a half-door, generally between a kitchen and pantry and often
> containing shelves for provisions.
>
> 16: a card game in which sevens and their equivalent are played in
> sequence and the first player out of cards is the winner.
>
> 17: [Mining] an inclined two-wagon railway used where the entrance to a
> mine is higher than the processing area; the weight of a full car
> descending pulls a cable taking the empty wagon back up to the mine
> entrance.
>
> --
> Guerri

Daniel B. Widdis
March 3rd, 2009, 01:39 PM
5 because I like gn-words, and 11 because I might believe it.

--
Dan

Nancy Shepherdson
March 3rd, 2009, 03:22 PM
I'll take 6 and 9 this time.

Nancy

Jim Hart
March 3rd, 2009, 03:54 PM
I'll go for short ones, the girl in the milk cart, 2 and 3

Jim


On Mar 3, 8:45*pm, Guerri Stevens <gue... (AT) tapcis (DOT) com> wrote:
> Here are 17 definitions, only one of which is real. Vote for TWO
> definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before
> the deadline, which is Wednesday, March 4, at
>
> * * *4:00 p.m. EST
> * * *1:00 p.m. PST
> * * *9:00 p.m. UTC
>
> 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.
>
> * 1: a wicker basket.
>
> * 2: [OE] an infant girl.
>
> * 3: a milk cart pulled by dogs.
>
> * 4: to cut off; cut short; separate.
>
> * 5: the angle of a gnomon on a sundial.
>
> * 6: [Origin obscure] a spirit or ghost.
>
> * 7: a tax on the sale of livestock. Obs.
>
> * 8: the lip of a dam, leading to the spillway.
>
> * 9: (Sc.) one skilled in a trade or craft; a journeyman.
>
> 10: _obs. exc. dial._ pious hope; wishful thinking [ME < OE waemn]
>
> 11: a poem or incantation of mysterious significance, especially a magic
> charm.
>
> 12: a leather thong [Scot. variants wange, whan, whane, whang, whange
> also exist]
>
> 13: the amount by which a plank or log is beveled or falls short of a
> squared shape.
>
> 14: a low seawall intended to prevent encroachment on seaside lawn or
> garden *areas by high tides
>
> 15: a half-door, generally between a kitchen and pantry and often
> containing shelves for provisions.
>
> 16: a card game in which sevens and their equivalent are played in
> sequence and the first player out of cards is the winner.
>
> 17: [Mining] an inclined two-wagon railway used where the entrance to a
> mine is higher than the processing area; the weight of a full car
> descending pulls a cable taking the empty wagon back up to the mine
> entrance.
>
> --
> Guerri

Chuck
March 3rd, 2009, 09:33 PM
Guerri -

A very challenging word. As the evening draws on I'm feeling like -

3: a milk cart pulled by dogs.

and

12: a leather thong [Scot. variants wange, whan, whane, whang, whange
also exist]

Thanks,

Chuck

Tony Abell
March 3rd, 2009, 09:52 PM
The humans, 2 and 9:

> 2: [OE] an infant girl.

> 9: (Sc.) one skilled in a trade or craft; a journeyman.

Russ Heimerson
March 4th, 2009, 09:37 AM
I'll toss my votes at #9 and #13,

Russ

Paul Keating
March 4th, 2009, 01:49 PM
I suspect it's 12, but (since I am aiming for the best of all possible
worlds) my vote goes to the unlikely 13 and the Barrs def, 17.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague