Guerri Stevens
August 21st, 2009, 03:21 AM
Here are 19 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 Saturday, August 22 at:
4:30 p.m. EDT
1:30 p.m. PDT
9:30 p.m. BST
8:30 p.m. UCT
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: _Obs._ softness.
2: quickness; speed
3: youthful exuberance
4: state of being pug-nosed.
5: 1. Flexibility. 2. Satisfaction.
6: A winding channel, passage, or crevice.
7: seaworthiness, esp. of a sailing vessel.
8: free from obscurity and easy to understand.
9: [obs.] a condition of smoothness to the touch.
10: the state of acting or appearing like a young animal.
11: a wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action.
12: a sense of disconnect between oneself and one's surroundings
13: An act or gesture believed to ward off evil or bring good luck.
14: the sound of laughter echoing round a valley [Mary Shelley:
Frankenstein]
15: the act of resigning from political office before the term of office
is completed.
16: in yacht racing, a standard of power potential based on sail measure
and windspeed.
17: a measure of the quality of parchment, based on thickness, color and
ability to absorb and hold ink.
18: That portion of the purchase price of a business enterprise which
represents its so-called good will or a ontinuing customer base.
19: suppleness, flexibility, elasticity; _spec._ (of an artist's model)
litheness, lissomeness, plasticity [fm _vellum_ 'calfskin parchment';
more at _veal_]
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Guerri
definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before
the deadline which is Saturday, August 22 at:
4:30 p.m. EDT
1:30 p.m. PDT
9:30 p.m. BST
8:30 p.m. UCT
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: _Obs._ softness.
2: quickness; speed
3: youthful exuberance
4: state of being pug-nosed.
5: 1. Flexibility. 2. Satisfaction.
6: A winding channel, passage, or crevice.
7: seaworthiness, esp. of a sailing vessel.
8: free from obscurity and easy to understand.
9: [obs.] a condition of smoothness to the touch.
10: the state of acting or appearing like a young animal.
11: a wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action.
12: a sense of disconnect between oneself and one's surroundings
13: An act or gesture believed to ward off evil or bring good luck.
14: the sound of laughter echoing round a valley [Mary Shelley:
Frankenstein]
15: the act of resigning from political office before the term of office
is completed.
16: in yacht racing, a standard of power potential based on sail measure
and windspeed.
17: a measure of the quality of parchment, based on thickness, color and
ability to absorb and hold ink.
18: That portion of the purchase price of a business enterprise which
represents its so-called good will or a ontinuing customer base.
19: suppleness, flexibility, elasticity; _spec._ (of an artist's model)
litheness, lissomeness, plasticity [fm _vellum_ 'calfskin parchment';
more at _veal_]
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Guerri