[Dixonary] Round 2033, part II: Vote!

[Dodi Schultz]

Sorry for the delay; an earlier commitment took a bit longer than we
figured.

The word is THRAWN. Below, 18 definitions. One is from a dictionary;
the other 17 are not. Your task: to find that genuine one. You have
two votes--two chances--which should be cast publicly, by reply to
this posting.

You may vote even if you didn't submit a definition and/or just jumped
into the game.

Make your choices before the deadline: Tuesday 25 August for North
American players, 11:30 p.m. EDT, and folks to the west can figure it
out; Wednesday 26 August for the others: 4:30 a.m. in England, 5:30
a.m. in the Netherlands, 1:30 p.m. in Melbourne.

--Dodi


1. wastage that falls aside when grain is being bound into sheaves;
chaff or leavings after threshing.

2. a soft, thin cloth woven from Chinese or Indian raw silk or an
imitation thereof.

3. a horizontal frame with wires stretched across it for drying
paper.

4. the three-awned oat (_Avena triglemma_).

5. placed under a spell; bewitched.

6. throne, q.v. [OE or Scot]

7. disconcerted; upset.

8. [OE] exhausted.

9. sieved.

10. to harden.

11. [OE] a young serf.

12. a pitiful horse; a nag.

13. _Yorkshire dial._ pig swill.

14. _Scot._ twisted, crooked; distorted.

15. a grand assembly; a religious festival.

16. to spread malicious or untrue gossip; to defame.

17. a chapped or inflamed area on the skin, resulting from exposure
to cold.

18. overshooting the target in competitive parachuting due to
failure to spill air soon enough.

[collect]

5 and 8 today ...


Dave


On Aug 24, 6:38*pm, Dodi Schultz <schu... (AT) compuserve (DOT) com> wrote:
> Sorry for the delay; an earlier commitment took a bit longer than we
> figured.
>
> The word is THRAWN. Below, 18 definitions. One is from a dictionary;
> the other 17 are not. Your task: to find that genuine one. You have
> two votes--two chances--which should be cast publicly, by reply to
> this posting.
>
> You may vote even if you didn't submit a definition and/or just jumped
> into the game.
>
> Make your choices before the deadline: Tuesday 25 August for North
> American players, 11:30 p.m. EDT, and folks to the west can figure it
> out; Wednesday 26 August for the others: 4:30 a.m. in England, 5:30
> a.m. in the Netherlands, 1:30 p.m. in Melbourne.
>
> --Dodi
>
> 1. wastage that falls aside when grain is being bound into sheaves;
> * * chaff or leavings after threshing.
>
> 2. a soft, thin cloth woven from Chinese or Indian raw silk or an
> * * imitation thereof.
>
> 3. a horizontal frame with wires stretched across it for drying
> * * paper.
>
> 4. the three-awned oat (_Avena triglemma_).
>
> 5. placed under a spell; bewitched.
>
> 6. throne, q.v. [OE or Scot]
>
> 7. disconcerted; upset.
>
> 8. [OE] exhausted.
>
> 9. sieved.
>
> 10. to harden.
>
> 11. [OE] a young serf.
>
> 12. a pitiful horse; a nag.
>
> 13. _Yorkshire dial._ *pig swill.
>
> 14. _Scot._ *twisted, crooked; distorted.
>
> 15. a grand assembly; a religious festival.
>
> 16. to spread malicious or untrue gossip; to defame.
>
> 17. a chapped or inflamed area on the skin, resulting from exposure
> * * *to cold.
>
> 18. overshooting the target in competitive parachuting due to
> * * *failure to spill air soon enough.

[France International]

I have an uncontrollable impulse to vote for #5; I can't imagine why. And by
the time I got to #8 I was too tired to read the rest.

Yawning in Yakutat.

--Mike

[EnDash@aol.com]

I'll chance 2 and 7

Dick Weltz


In a message dated 8/24/2009 6:35:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
schultz (AT) compuserve (DOT) com writes:



Sorry for the delay; an earlier commitment took a bit longer than we
figured.

The word is THRAWN. Below, 18 definitions. One is from a dictionary;
the other 17 are not. Your task: to find that genuine one. You have
two votes--two chances--which should be cast publicly, by reply to
this posting.






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[Judy Madnick]

As usual, I have no clue. Here are my guesses:

<< 2. a soft, thin cloth woven from Chinese or Indian raw silk or an
<< imitation thereof.

<< 13. _Yorkshire dial._ pig swill.

Judy Madnick

[Millie Morgan]

My votes go to:

#5. placed under a spell; bewitched.
#14. _Scot._ twisted, crooked; distorted.
.... they deserve to be right, even if they're not.

Millie
(I actually drafted this a while ago, before I read Mike's and Dave's votes,
but I think I'll still stay with No.5 ... it's great!)

[Hugo Kornelis]

Hi Dodi,

The following two defs managed to convince me:

> 1. wastage that falls aside when grain is being bound into sheaves;
> chaff or leavings after threshing.

> 3. a horizontal frame with wires stretched across it for drying
> paper.

And yes, I did read them all!

Best, Hugo

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 3 and 7.

Guerri

Dodi Schultz wrote:
>
> 3. a horizontal frame with wires stretched across it for drying
> paper.
>
> 7. disconcerted; upset.

[Daniel B. Widdis]

1 and 12 please

--
Dan Widdis

[Jim Hart]

Nice graphic effect Dodi - and no doubt even better if my browser
didn't wrap the lines. So I'll take a couple of past participles from
the valley - 8 and 9.

Jim

[Tim B]

5 and 8, please.

Best wishes,
Tim.

[Tim Lodge]

Dodi

I'll take the cereals:

1 and 4 please.

-- Tim L

[Paul Keating]

The popular 5 and the unpopular 16 please.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague

[Scott Crom]

I'll go for the popular 8 and the overlooked 18, please.

Scott

[Toni Savage]

8 and 9, please.

-- Toni Savage


--- On Mon, 8/24/09, Dodi Schultz <schultz (AT) compuserve (DOT) com> wrote:

> From: Dodi Schultz <schultz (AT) compuserve (DOT) com>
> Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2033, part II: Vote!
> To: Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
> Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 6:38 PM
>
>
> Sorry for the delay; an earlier commitment took a bit
> longer than we figured.
>
> The word is THRAWN. Below, 18 definitions. One is from a
> dictionary; the other 17 are not. Your task: to find that
> genuine one. You have two votes--two chances--which should
> be cast publicly, by reply to this posting.
>
> You may vote even if you didn't submit a definition and/or
> just jumped
> into the game.
>
> Make your choices before the deadline: Tuesday 25 August
> for North American players, 11:30 p.m. EDT, and folks to the
> west can figure it out; Wednesday 26 August for the others:
> 4:30 a.m. in England, 5:30 a.m. in the Netherlands, 1:30
> p.m. in Melbourne.
>
> --Dodi
>
>
> 1. wastage that falls aside when grain is being bound into
> sheaves;
> ***chaff or leavings after threshing.
>
> 2. a soft, thin cloth woven from Chinese or Indian raw silk
> or an
> ***imitation thereof.
>
> 3. a horizontal frame with wires stretched across it for
> drying
> ***paper.
>
> 4. the three-awned oat (_Avena triglemma_).
>
> 5. placed under a spell; bewitched.
>
> 6. throne, q.v. [OE or Scot]
>
> 7. disconcerted; upset.
>
> 8. [OE] exhausted.
>
> 9. sieved.
>
> 10. to harden.
>
> 11. [OE] a young serf.
>
> 12. a pitiful horse; a nag.
>
> 13. _Yorkshire dial._* pig swill.
>
> 14. _Scot._* twisted, crooked; distorted.
>
> 15. a grand assembly; a religious festival.
>
> 16. to spread malicious or untrue gossip; to defame.
>
> 17. a chapped or inflamed area on the skin, resulting from
> exposure
> * * to cold.
>
> 18. overshooting the target in competitive parachuting due
> to
> * * failure to spill air soon enough.
>
>

[Chuck]

Dodi -

What an interesting range of choices. I'll try -

1. wastage that falls aside when grain is being bound into sheaves;
chaff or leavings after threshing.

and

5. placed under a spell; bewitched.

Thanks,

Chuck

[Russ Heimerson]

Randomly, #13 and #18, please.

Russ

[Tony Abell]

I'll try 6 and 8, please.

> 6. throne, q.v. [OE or Scot]

> 8. [OE] exhausted.

[Nancy Shepherdson]

I'll take 13 and 14, please.

Nancy

[Dodi Schultz]

> I'll take 13 and 14, please.
>
> Nancy

I'm sorry, Nancy, but you missed the deadline by an hour! (I actually
waited half an hour beyond the announced deadline before I compiled the
final report.)

I'm REALLY sorry, in fact. As you've now seen, you lost two points; #14 was
the real def. :-(

--Dodi