[Dixonary] Round 1987 - HYRNE def up!

[Judy Madnick]

I'll take the long ones:

<< 10. the tiger leopard (_Leopardus hyrnus_) of central South
<< America,
<< distinguished by its small size and broken black stripes on
<< white,
<< rarely pale yellow; also called "night-catcher"

<< 18. A low-growing Eurasian shrub growing in dense masses
<< and having
<< smallevergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped
<< pinkish-purple
<< flowers.

Judy Madnick

[Russ Heimerson]

My apologies for the delay in getting these put together. I've had a
very stressful couple of weeks at work, and my wife has a broken foot.

We did gather an impressive collection of definitions, one of which came
from one of my dictionaries.

Vote for your two favorites by 6:00am EDT Monday, Mar 16.

>>>> HYRNE

1. a deep crevice in an otherwise flat meadow area

2. Transparently clear in style or meaning.

3. a female ocelot.

4. a beekeeper's helmet.

5. [Obs. or dial.] a corner

6. a high or piquant flavor; a relish (obs.)

7. large Jamaican earthenware or wooden vessel.

8. the tearing of live flesh, esp. by vultures

9. the swallow Hirundo rustica [S Eng]

10. the tiger leopard (_Leopardus hyrnus_) of central South America,
distinguished by its small size and broken black stripes on white,
rarely pale yellow; also called "night-catcher"

11. a small barn for storing hay.

12. Stone engravers' tool used for smoothing bevels.

13. [OE] Yesterday.

14. made of horn

15. a handyman or odd-job man [Obs fr Gk _Xier_ = hand: incorrectly
derived fr _hire-out_]

16. a secret Polish religious order.

17. a small, tightly-woven rug.

18. A low-growing Eurasian shrub growing in dense masses and having
smallevergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped pinkish-purple
flowers.

[EnDash@aol.com]

Just to be sequential, I'll place my wager on numbers 12 and 13.

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[JohnnyB]

Russ

#9 and #14 please

JohnnyB

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>
>
> My apologies for the delay in getting these put together.
> I've had a very stressful couple of weeks at work, and my
> wife has a broken foot.
>
> We did gather an impressive collection of definitions, one of
> which came from one of my dictionaries.
>
> Vote for your two favorites by 6:00am EDT Monday, Mar 16.
>
> >>>> HYRNE
>
> 1. a deep crevice in an otherwise flat meadow area
>
> 2. Transparently clear in style or meaning.
>
> 3. a female ocelot.
>
> 4. a beekeeper's helmet.
>
> 5. [Obs. or dial.] a corner
>
> 6. a high or piquant flavor; a relish (obs.)
>
> 7. large Jamaican earthenware or wooden vessel.
>
> 8. the tearing of live flesh, esp. by vultures
>
> 9. the swallow Hirundo rustica [S Eng]
>
> 10. the tiger leopard (_Leopardus hyrnus_) of central South
> America, distinguished by its small size and broken black
> stripes on white, rarely pale yellow; also called "night-catcher"
>
> 11. a small barn for storing hay.
>
> 12. Stone engravers' tool used for smoothing bevels.
>
> 13. [OE] Yesterday.
>
> 14. made of horn
>
> 15. a handyman or odd-job man [Obs fr Gk _Xier_ = hand:
> incorrectly derived fr _hire-out_]
>
> 16. a secret Polish religious order.
>
> 17. a small, tightly-woven rug.
>
> 18. A low-growing Eurasian shrub growing in dense masses and
> having smallevergreen leaves and clusters of small
> bell-shaped pinkish-purple flowers.
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[Toni Savage]

4 and 5 please

-- Toni Savage

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 13 and 14.

Guerri

[France International]

I'll go for 1 and 14.

[Tim B]

11 and 13, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[Dodi Schultz]

Totally baffled.

I'll try #9 and #13.

--Dodi

[Chuck]

Russ-

This one's tough. How about?

3. a female ocelot.

and

11. a small barn for storing hay.

Thanks,

Chuck

[Daniel B. Widdis]

I like 1, 3, and 11 through 15.

I rolled two seven-sided dice and they came up 6 and 3.

That translates to votes for 11 and 14.

--
Dan

[Tim Lodge]

Russ

9 and 12 please.

-- Tim L

[Christopher Carson]

Darn! My def must have gone astray - and we even have the same mail
provider. It ended up in my sent items folder on 3/12 and I didn't get any
bounce back as far as I know.

Anyway, I'll vote for numbers 11 and 17.

Chris

[Dave Cunningham]

9 and 14 -- sans raison. No raisins either. ~~~~

Dave

On Mar 14, 11:01*am, Russ Heimerson <heimer... (AT) earthlink (DOT) net> wrote:
> My apologies for the delay in getting these put together. *I've had a
> very stressful couple of weeks at work, and my wife has a broken foot.
>
> We did gather an impressive collection of definitions, one of which came
> from one of my dictionaries.
>
> Vote for your two favorites by 6:00am EDT Monday, Mar 16.
>
> *>>>> * HYRNE
>
> * 1. a deep crevice in an otherwise flat meadow area
>
> * 2. Transparently clear in style or meaning.
>
> * 3. a female ocelot.
>
> * 4. a beekeeper's helmet.
>
> * 5. [Obs. or dial.] a corner
>
> * 6. a high or piquant flavor; a relish (obs.)
>
> * 7. large Jamaican earthenware or wooden vessel.
>
> * 8. the tearing of live flesh, esp. by vultures
>
> * 9. the swallow Hirundo rustica [S Eng]
>
> 10. the tiger leopard (_Leopardus hyrnus_) of central South America,
> distinguished by its small size and broken black stripes on white,
> rarely pale yellow; also called "night-catcher"
>
> 11. a small barn for storing hay.
>
> 12. Stone engravers' tool used for smoothing bevels.
>
> 13. [OE] Yesterday.
>
> 14. made of horn
>
> 15. a handyman or odd-job man [Obs fr Gk _Xier_ = hand: incorrectly
> derived fr _hire-out_]
>
> 16. a secret Polish religious order.
>
> 17. a small, tightly-woven rug.
>
> 18. A low-growing Eurasian shrub growing in dense masses and having
> smallevergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped pinkish-purple
> flowers.

[Jim Hart]

I think Paul Keating's technique of voting blind before seeing the
defs has much to recommend it, and probably has greater chance of
success than my approach of staring at the list seeking enlightenment.
Certainly it would be quicker. Nevertheless after 10 minutes of
unenlightened contemplation I'm going for

9 and 12

Jim

[Nancy Shepherdson]

I'll take 13 and 14 this time. Hope your wife's foot is better soon!

Nancy

[Marijke van Gans]

Russ,

3 and 11 are definitely worthy of another point.

> *3. a female ocelot.
> 11. a small barn for storing hay.

--Regards, Marijke

[Tony Abell]

I'll try 6 and 13 this time.

> 6. a high or piquant flavor; a relish (obs.)

> 13. [OE] Yesterday.