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JohnnyB
May 5th, 2009, 03:22 AM
Dixons

Here are 19 definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and wisdom by
our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide which is the
definition that was submitted by a dictionary

Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to
this one), before the deadline; which is:

midnight between Wed/Thur, 6 May 2009 in the UK
2:00 am on 7 May in Moscow, Niarobi, Tehran, & Bagdhad
6:00 pm on 6 May East Coast USA
3:00 pm on 6 May West Coast USA

New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may
vote.

JohnnyB, (using DIXOBASE)

1. a tone poem whose "rhyme" sequence is analogous to the A-B-A scheme of
written poetry

2. sacred place, shrine, [Gk. a-baton = no step]

3. a knife used in a slaughterhouse (Fr.)

4. _obs._ concrete

5. a stringed instrument from Hungary

6. a sort of vest without pocket or trim

7. [Milit.] a disastrous defeat; a rout

8. A bowed string instrument of the 18th century, similar to the bass viol,
but having sympathetic strings on the rear of the fingerboard

9. a botanist specializing in poisonous plants

10. an alkaloid poison secreted through the skin of certain toads

11. a beaver's underwater cache of hewn limbs which provides sustenance
during winter

12. small tropical bird with a ring of white feathers around the eyes

13. a long, usually white garment worn by men in south Central Africa

14. the wedge-shaped end of a bridge pier, designed to divide the current
and break up ice floes

15. a hydraulic device designed to slowly reduce pressure in a system where
the pressure has exceeded a set limit

16. _Archit._ a pediment or lintel having an arboreal or floral relief

17. a slaughterhouse inspector

18. a group of recluses' cells

19. a soft-headed mallet


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Tim Lodge
May 5th, 2009, 04:20 AM
Johnny

I like the beaver's hewn limbs and the obsolete concrete:

4 and 11 please.

-- Tim L

Toni Savage
May 5th, 2009, 06:25 AM
14 and 15 for abatement...

-- Toni Savage


--- On Tue, 5/5/09, JohnnyB <johnnybarrs (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
>
> 14. the wedge-shaped end of a bridge pier, designed to
> divide the current
> and break up ice floes
>
> 15. a hydraulic device designed to slowly reduce pressure
> in a system where
> the pressure has exceeded a set limit
>

Dave Cunningham
May 5th, 2009, 07:17 AM
6 and 14 sound quite sufficiently odd ,,,
Dave

On May 5, 4:22*am, "JohnnyB" <johnnyba... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
> Dixons
>
> Here are 19 definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and wisdom by
> our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide which is the
> definition that was submitted by a dictionary
>
> Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to
> this one), before the deadline; which is:
>
> midnight between Wed/Thur, 6 May 2009 in the UK
> 2:00 am on *7 May in Moscow, Niarobi, Tehran, & Bagdhad
> 6:00 pm on *6 May East Coast USA
> 3:00 pm on *6 May West Coast USA
>
> New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may
> vote.
>
> JohnnyB, (using *DIXOBASE)
>
> *1. a tone poem whose "rhyme" sequence is analogous to the A-B-A scheme of
> written poetry
>
> *2. sacred place, shrine, [Gk. a-baton = no step]
>
> *3. a knife used in a slaughterhouse (Fr.)
>
> *4. _obs._ concrete
>
> *5. a stringed instrument from Hungary
>
> *6. a sort of vest without pocket or trim
>
> *7. [Milit.] a disastrous defeat; a rout
>
> *8. A bowed string instrument of the 18th century, similar to the bass viol,
> but having sympathetic strings on the rear of the fingerboard
>
> *9. a botanist specializing in poisonous plants
>
> 10. an alkaloid poison secreted through the skin of certain toads
>
> 11. a beaver's underwater cache of hewn limbs which provides sustenance
> during winter
>
> 12. small tropical bird with a ring of white feathers around the eyes
>
> 13. a long, usually white garment worn by men in south Central Africa
>
> 14. the wedge-shaped end of a bridge pier, designed to divide the current
> and break up ice floes
>
> 15. a hydraulic device designed to slowly reduce pressure in a system where
> the pressure has exceeded a set limit
>
> 16. _Archit._ a pediment or lintel having an arboreal or floral relief
>
> 17. a slaughterhouse inspector
>
> 18. a group of recluses' cells
>
> 19. a soft-headed mallet
>
> No virus found in this outgoing message.
> Checked by AVG -www.avg.com
> Version: 8.5.287 / Virus Database: 270.12.7/2085 - Release Date: 04/28/09
> 18:02:00

EnDash@aol.com
May 5th, 2009, 07:31 AM
Wild guesses 5 and 19 for me. -- Dick Weltz


In a message dated 5/5/2009 4:23:07 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
johnnybarrs (AT) gmail (DOT) com writes:

Here are 19 definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and wisdom
by
our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide which is the
definition that was submitted by a dictionary

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Judy Madnick
May 5th, 2009, 07:53 AM
6. a sort of vest without pocket or trim

13. a long, usually white garment worn by men in south Central Africa

Judy Madnick

Dodi Schultz
May 5th, 2009, 10:28 AM
I'll try the knife and the vest--#3 and #6.

--Dodi

Daniel B. Widdis
May 5th, 2009, 11:22 AM
The ones have it:

1 and 11.

--
Dan

France International
May 5th, 2009, 12:26 PM
I'll go for 7 and 19.

Nancy Shepherdson
May 5th, 2009, 12:47 PM
8 and 15 for me, please.

Nancy

On May 5, 3:22*am, "JohnnyB" <johnnyba... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
> Dixons
>
> Here are 19 definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and wisdom by
> our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide which is the
> definition that was submitted by a dictionary
>
> Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to
> this one), before the deadline; which is:
>
> midnight between Wed/Thur, 6 May 2009 in the UK
> 2:00 am on *7 May in Moscow, Niarobi, Tehran, & Bagdhad
> 6:00 pm on *6 May East Coast USA
> 3:00 pm on *6 May West Coast USA
>
> New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may
> vote.
>
> JohnnyB, (using *DIXOBASE)
>
> *1. a tone poem whose "rhyme" sequence is analogous to the A-B-A scheme of
> written poetry
>
> *2. sacred place, shrine, [Gk. a-baton = no step]
>
> *3. a knife used in a slaughterhouse (Fr.)
>
> *4. _obs._ concrete
>
> *5. a stringed instrument from Hungary
>
> *6. a sort of vest without pocket or trim
>
> *7. [Milit.] a disastrous defeat; a rout
>
> *8. A bowed string instrument of the 18th century, similar to the bass viol,
> but having sympathetic strings on the rear of the fingerboard
>
> *9. a botanist specializing in poisonous plants
>
> 10. an alkaloid poison secreted through the skin of certain toads
>
> 11. a beaver's underwater cache of hewn limbs which provides sustenance
> during winter
>
> 12. small tropical bird with a ring of white feathers around the eyes
>
> 13. a long, usually white garment worn by men in south Central Africa
>
> 14. the wedge-shaped end of a bridge pier, designed to divide the current
> and break up ice floes
>
> 15. a hydraulic device designed to slowly reduce pressure in a system where
> the pressure has exceeded a set limit
>
> 16. _Archit._ a pediment or lintel having an arboreal or floral relief
>
> 17. a slaughterhouse inspector
>
> 18. a group of recluses' cells
>
> 19. a soft-headed mallet
>
> No virus found in this outgoing message.
> Checked by AVG -www.avg.com
> Version: 8.5.287 / Virus Database: 270.12.7/2085 - Release Date: 04/28/09
> 18:02:00

Christopher Carson
May 5th, 2009, 01:20 PM
4 and 14 for me this time.

Chris

Tim B
May 5th, 2009, 01:33 PM
13 and 14, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

Paul Keating
May 5th, 2009, 02:41 PM
I think the only believable ones are 4 and 16. And even then not very.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague

Tony Abell
May 5th, 2009, 11:00 PM
4 for its unlikeliness and 18 for its strangeness:

> 4. _obs._ concrete

> 18. a group of recluses' cells

Chuck
May 6th, 2009, 07:06 AM
JohnnyB -

Glad you decided to hang in. How about?

4. _obs._ concrete

and

14. the wedge-shaped end of a bridge pier, designed to divide the
current and break up ice floes

Thanks,

Chuck

Jim Hart
May 6th, 2009, 07:15 AM
I liked 11 for the notion of beaver's underwear until I realised I had
misread, so now I'm voting for the toad stuff and the popular bridge
thing - 10 and 14

Jim

who is not in Bagdhad or Niarobi but in Meblourne (UTC+10)

Guerri Stevens
May 6th, 2009, 08:29 AM
I vote for 1 and 14.

Guerri

Russ Heimerson
May 6th, 2009, 04:33 PM
I'll toss my votes at #2 and #5, please.

Russ