[Dixonary] Round 2010 - WOON Defs Up

[Tony Abell]

Find below 20 definitions of woon, one of which comes from a dictionary.
Vote for two by way of a public response to this message before the deadline below.
You may vote even if you did not submit a definition, but you may NOT vote if you
are disqualified (see the rules in the file area of Dixonary at google.groups.com
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Saturday, 02:00pm EDT 06-Jun-2009
Saturday, 11:00am PDT 06-Jun-2009
Saturday, 07:00pm BST 06-Jun-2009
Sunday, 04:00am AEST 07-Jun-2009
Saturday 2009-06-06 1800Z


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1. The first day of the Thai festival of Songkran.

2. _Scot._ A person who is the object of ridicule.

3. [Obs.] married; (rare) a married man or woman.

4. _obs._ (_woo_ q.v.) Courted, usu. in passive voice "Juliet was woon by
Romeo."

5. _Archaic_ Favorable.

6. A type of waterfowl indigenous to Southwest Canada.

7. A sudden light blow or stroke.

8. An aircraft nose section that can be inclined downward to increase runway
visibility on takeoff and landing.

9. to own [obs. a spelling of _own_ found in Caxton associated with
West-Country pronunciation it was acceptable during the next two
centuries].

10. Fledge; leave the nest.

11. Small excrescence or protuberance.

12. A Chinese burial mound.

13. A learned man in ancient Ireland.

14. [Scot.] An old mistress.

15. A rotten or blackened tooth (obs.).

16. Dwelling. See _Wone_. [Obs.]

17. [Scot] Dust, esp. sawdust or dust from a gristmill.

18. A newly discovered sub-atomic particle formed through the collision of two
leptons, an electron and its anti-particle, the positron.

19. (_Scot._) Lively; spirited; cocky.

20. _obs._ To become accustomed (to a thing); to tolerate.

[Tim B]

My choices this time are 3 and 4, which seem to belong together.

I don't expect to be online much over the next couple of weeks, as we'll
be on holiday away from anything as modern as broadband.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[JohnnyB]

Tony

I'll have the ridiculous particle please

That's #2 and #18 please

JohnnyB

>
> 2. _Scot._ A person who is the object of ridicule.
>
>
> 18. A newly discovered sub-atomic particle formed through
> the collision of two
> leptons, an electron and its anti-particle, the positron.
>

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[Millie]

What a fine bunch of definitions. I'll go for:

3. [Obs.] married; (rare) a married man or woman.
or
5. _Archaic_ Favorable.


Happy holiday Tim. Tomorrow I'm heading off on holiday too, just for a few
days ... here in Oz we have a Monday public holiday to celebrate Queen
Elizabeth's birthday, don't we Jim? Until we become a republic anyway!
So I'm afraid I won't be home to deal Round 2011, when I win this round :-)

Millie

[EnDash@aol.com]

I'll guess at numbers 11 and 18

== Dick Weltz


In a message dated 6/5/2009 12:50:23 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
hello (AT) isanybodyhome (DOT) com writes:



Find below 20 definitions of woon, one of which comes from a dictionary.
Vote for two by way of a public response to this message before the
deadline below.
You may vote even if you did not submit a definition, but you may NOT vote
if you
are disqualified (see the rules in the file area of Dixonary at
google.groups.com
or the sticky messages at tapcis.com in The Parlor). The voting deadline
shall be:



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[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 1 and 11.

Guerri

Tony Abell wrote:
>
> 1. The first day of the Thai festival of Songkran.
>
> 11. Small excrescence or protuberance.

[Judy Madnick]

20--wow!

<< 3. [Obs.] married; (rare) a married man or woman.
<<
<< 4. _obs._ (_woo_ q.v.) Courted, usu. in passive voice "Juliet
<< was woon by
<< Romeo."

Judy Madnick

[Dave Cunningham]

3 and 19 the sorta antonyms <g>

Dave

On Jun 5, 12:50*am, Tony Abell <he... (AT) isanybodyhome (DOT) com> wrote:
> Find below 20 definitions of woon, one of which comes from a dictionary.
> Vote for two by way of a public response to this message before the deadline below.
> You may vote even if you did not submit a definition, but you may NOT vote if you
> are disqualified (see the rules in the file area of Dixonary at google.groups.com
> or the sticky messages at tapcis.com in The Parlor). *The voting deadline shall be:
>
> Saturday, 02:00pm EDT 06-Jun-2009
> Saturday, 11:00am PDT 06-Jun-2009
> Saturday, 07:00pm BST 06-Jun-2009
> Sunday, 04:00am AEST 07-Jun-2009
> Saturday 2009-06-06 1800Z
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> * 1. The first day of the Thai festival of Songkran.
>
> * 2. _Scot._ A person who is the object of ridicule.
>
> * 3. [Obs.] married; (rare) a married man or woman.
>
> * 4. _obs._ (_woo_ q.v.) Courted, usu. in passive voice "Juliet was woon by
> * * *Romeo."
>
> * 5. _Archaic_ Favorable.
>
> * 6. A type of waterfowl indigenous to Southwest Canada.
>
> * 7. A sudden light blow or stroke.
>
> * 8. An aircraft nose section that can be inclined downward to increase runway
> * * *visibility on takeoff and landing.
>
> * 9. to own [obs. a spelling of _own_ found in Caxton associated with
> * * *West-Country pronunciation it was acceptable during the next two
> * * *centuries].
>
> *10. Fledge; leave the nest.
>
> *11. Small excrescence or protuberance.
>
> *12. A Chinese burial mound.
>
> *13. A learned man in ancient Ireland.
>
> *14. [Scot.] An old mistress.
>
> *15. A rotten or blackened tooth (obs.).
>
> *16. Dwelling. See _Wone_. [Obs.]
>
> *17. [Scot] Dust, esp. sawdust or dust from a gristmill.
>
> *18. A newly discovered sub-atomic particle formed through the collision of two
> * * *leptons, an electron and its anti-particle, the positron.
>
> *19. (_Scot._) Lively; spirited; cocky.
>
> *20. _obs._ To become accustomed (to a thing); to tolerate.

[Toni Savage]

I really like 9. It's probably Barrs or Cunningham, our dictionariophiles, but... good work!

and 20 because it's last and I feel sorry for it.

-- Toni Savage


--- On Fri, 6/5/09, Tony Abell <hello (AT) isanybodyhome (DOT) com> wrote:

> * 9. to own [obs. a spelling of _own_ found in Caxton associated with West-Country pronunciation it was acceptable during the next two centuries].
>
>
> 20. _obs._ To become accustomed (to a thing); to
> tolerate.
>
>
>
>

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[Dodi Schultz]

Ooh, a very tough one.

I like #10 and #20.

I think.

--Dodi

[Christopher Carson]

I'll go for 7 and 16.

Chris

[France International]

I'll go for 19 and 20.


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[Tim Lodge]

Tony

I love the idea of Concorde having a woon, but I don't really believe
it, nor many of the others! I'll go for a couple of _obs._ defs:

3 and 16, please.

-- Tim L

[nancyshepherdson@gmail.com]

I'll take 12 and 13.

Nancy

On Jun 4, 11:50*pm, Tony Abell <he... (AT) isanybodyhome (DOT) com> wrote:
> Find below 20 definitions of woon, one of which comes from a dictionary.
> Vote for two by way of a public response to this message before the deadline below.
> You may vote even if you did not submit a definition, but you may NOT vote if you
> are disqualified (see the rules in the file area of Dixonary at google.groups.com
> or the sticky messages at tapcis.com in The Parlor). *The voting deadline shall be:
>
> Saturday, 02:00pm EDT 06-Jun-2009
> Saturday, 11:00am PDT 06-Jun-2009
> Saturday, 07:00pm BST 06-Jun-2009
> Sunday, 04:00am AEST 07-Jun-2009
> Saturday 2009-06-06 1800Z
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> * 1. The first day of the Thai festival of Songkran.
>
> * 2. _Scot._ A person who is the object of ridicule.
>
> * 3. [Obs.] married; (rare) a married man or woman.
>
> * 4. _obs._ (_woo_ q.v.) Courted, usu. in passive voice "Juliet was woon by
> * * *Romeo."
>
> * 5. _Archaic_ Favorable.
>
> * 6. A type of waterfowl indigenous to Southwest Canada.
>
> * 7. A sudden light blow or stroke.
>
> * 8. An aircraft nose section that can be inclined downward to increase runway
> * * *visibility on takeoff and landing.
>
> * 9. to own [obs. a spelling of _own_ found in Caxton associated with
> * * *West-Country pronunciation it was acceptable during the next two
> * * *centuries].
>
> *10. Fledge; leave the nest.
>
> *11. Small excrescence or protuberance.
>
> *12. A Chinese burial mound.
>
> *13. A learned man in ancient Ireland.
>
> *14. [Scot.] An old mistress.
>
> *15. A rotten or blackened tooth (obs.).
>
> *16. Dwelling. See _Wone_. [Obs.]
>
> *17. [Scot] Dust, esp. sawdust or dust from a gristmill.
>
> *18. A newly discovered sub-atomic particle formed through the collision of two
> * * *leptons, an electron and its anti-particle, the positron.
>
> *19. (_Scot._) Lively; spirited; cocky.
>
> *20. _obs._ To become accustomed (to a thing); to tolerate.

[Daniel B. Widdis]

I'll go with the nines: 9 and 19 please.

Dan

[Russ Heimerson]

I'll go for #16 and #20, please.

Russ

[Chuck]

Tony -

I'm quite a bit late, but I like -

9. to own [obs. a spelling of _own_ found in Caxton associated with
West-Country pronunciation it was acceptable during the next two centuries].

and

19. (_Scot._) Lively; spirited; cocky.

Thanks,

Chuck

[Hugo Kornelis]

Hi Tony,

Hopefully still in time, here are my votes:

> 1. The first day of the Thai festival of Songkran.

> 4. _obs._ (_woo_ q.v.) Courted, usu. in passive voice "Juliet was woon by
> Romeo."

Best, Hugo