[Dixonary] Round 2047: fary - Definition List

[Christopher Carson]

There are a total of 19 definitions for FARY, 18 the products of the fertile imaginations of the players and one from an actual dictionary. Please vote
for two, by public reply to this message, before deadline, which is 9:00 AM EDT on Thursday, October 15, 2009, or 6:00 AM PDT.

1. Any of several species of _Chenopodium_, a grain-like
crop grown primarily for its edible seeds.

2. A blacksmith's anvil.

3. [Irish] A person of foreign or unconventional
appearance.

4. Nimble; light-footed.

5. A marmoset (_Callithrix flaviceps_) endemic to the
rainforests of south-eastern Brazil.

6. An inventory adjustment.

7. _Scot._ Cunning.

8. _N. dial., obs._ Feverish [OE fær 'fever'].

9. A state of tumult or consternation.

10. A silicate of magnesium and iron.

11. [Obs.] A grain-storage facility.

12. A lighthouse.

13. Like a hedgehog; prickly.

14. Mass of coal ready for final removal.

15. [Scot] Frightened.

16. To wander without purpose or destination.

17. A Pathan unleavened bread, served with olive oil and
herbs.

18. Bright (as of a lighthouse).

19. A spare rudder for a sailing ship, that can be fitted
in place if the original rudder breaks.

[Dodi Schultz]

I've rarely seen a collection of such believable defs; every one
of them seems to me perfectly sensible (including my own, which
is the only one I'm sure ISN'T real). Sheer wild guesses:

> 12. A lighthouse.

and

> 17. A Pathan unleavened bread, served with olive oil and herbs.

--Dodi

[EnDash@aol.com]

I'll guess at numbers 7 and 19.

-- Dick Weltz

[France International]

I'm tempted to go with a cunning marmoset, but a nimble hedgehog sounds more
likely to me (that's 4 & 13).

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From: "Christopher Carson" <clcarson (AT) live (DOT) com>
To: <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 10:02 AM
Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2047: fary - Definition List


>
> There are a total of 19 definitions for FARY, 18 the products of the
> fertile imaginations of the players and one from an actual dictionary.
> Please vote
> for two, by public reply to this message, before deadline, which is 9:00
> AM EDT on Thursday, October 15, 2009, or 6:00 AM PDT.
>
> 1. Any of several species of _Chenopodium_, a grain-like
> crop grown primarily for its edible seeds.
>
> 2. A blacksmith's anvil.
>
> 3. [Irish] A person of foreign or unconventional
> appearance.
>
> 4. Nimble; light-footed.
>
> 5. A marmoset (_Callithrix flaviceps_) endemic to the
> rainforests of south-eastern Brazil.
>
> 6. An inventory adjustment.
>
> 7. _Scot._ Cunning.
>
> 8. _N. dial., obs._ Feverish [OE fær 'fever'].
>
> 9. A state of tumult or consternation.
>
> 10. A silicate of magnesium and iron.
>
> 11. [Obs.] A grain-storage facility.
>
> 12. A lighthouse.
>
> 13. Like a hedgehog; prickly.
>
> 14. Mass of coal ready for final removal.
>
> 15. [Scot] Frightened.
>
> 16. To wander without purpose or destination.
>
> 17. A Pathan unleavened bread, served with olive oil and
> herbs.
>
> 18. Bright (as of a lighthouse).
>
> 19. A spare rudder for a sailing ship, that can be fitted
> in place if the original rudder breaks.
>
>


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[Tim Lodge]

Chris

I'll try the cereal crop and one of the Scots:

1 and 15 please.

-- Tim L

[Nancy Shepherdson]

I'll take 8 and 18, please.

Nancy

[collect]

8 and 19 lest I be correct.

Dave

On Oct 13, 10:02*am, "Christopher Carson" <clcar... (AT) live (DOT) com> wrote:
> There are a total of 19 definitions for FARY, 18 the products of the fertile imaginations of the players and one from an actual dictionary. *Please vote
> for two, by public reply to this message, before deadline, which is 9:00 AM EDT on Thursday, October 15, 2009, or 6:00 AM PDT.
>
> *1. Any of several species of _Chenopodium_, a grain-like
> * * crop grown primarily for its edible seeds.
>
> *2. A blacksmith's anvil.
>
> *3. [Irish] A person of foreign or unconventional
> * * appearance.
>
> *4. Nimble; light-footed.
>
> *5. A marmoset (_Callithrix flaviceps_) endemic to the
> * * rainforests of south-eastern Brazil.
>
> *6. An inventory adjustment.
>
> *7. _Scot._ Cunning.
>
> *8. _N. dial., obs._ Feverish [OE fær 'fever'].
>
> *9. A state of tumult or consternation.
>
> 10. A silicate of magnesium and iron.
>
> 11. [Obs.] A grain-storage facility.
>
> 12. A lighthouse.
>
> 13. Like a hedgehog; prickly.
>
> 14. Mass of coal ready for final removal.
>
> 15. [Scot] Frightened.
>
> 16. To wander without purpose or destination.
>
> 17. A Pathan unleavened bread, served with olive oil and
> * * herbs.
>
> 18. Bright (as of a lighthouse).
>
> 19. A spare rudder for a sailing ship, that can be fitted
> * * in place if the original rudder breaks.

[Tim B]

5 and 11, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[JohnnyB]

#3 and #19 please

JohnnyB

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
> [mailto:dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com] On Behalf Of Christopher Carson
> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 3:02 PM
> To: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
> Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2047: fary - Definition List
>
>
> There are a total of 19 definitions for FARY, 18 the products
> of the fertile imaginations of the players and one from an
> actual dictionary. Please vote for two, by public reply to
> this message, before deadline, which is 9:00 AM EDT on
> Thursday, October 15, 2009, or 6:00 AM PDT.
>
> 1. Any of several species of _Chenopodium_, a grain-like
> crop grown primarily for its edible seeds.
>
> 2. A blacksmith's anvil.
>
> 3. [Irish] A person of foreign or unconventional
> appearance.
>
> 4. Nimble; light-footed.
>
> 5. A marmoset (_Callithrix flaviceps_) endemic to the
> rainforests of south-eastern Brazil.
>
> 6. An inventory adjustment.
>
> 7. _Scot._ Cunning.
>
> 8. _N. dial., obs._ Feverish [OE fær 'fever'].
>
> 9. A state of tumult or consternation.
>
> 10. A silicate of magnesium and iron.
>
> 11. [Obs.] A grain-storage facility.
>
> 12. A lighthouse.
>
> 13. Like a hedgehog; prickly.
>
> 14. Mass of coal ready for final removal.
>
> 15. [Scot] Frightened.
>
> 16. To wander without purpose or destination.
>
> 17. A Pathan unleavened bread, served with olive oil and
> herbs.
>
> 18. Bright (as of a lighthouse).
>
> 19. A spare rudder for a sailing ship, that can be fitted
> in place if the original rudder breaks.
>
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[Judy Madnick]

<< 1. Any of several species of _Chenopodium_, a grain-like
<< crop grown primarily for its edible seeds.

<< 5. A marmoset (_Callithrix flaviceps_) endemic to the
<< rainforests of south-eastern Brazil.

Judy Madnick

[Millie Morgan]

Thanks Chris.
I'll go for:

14. Mass of coal ready for final removal.
16. To wander without purpose or destination.


Millie

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 2 and 6.

Guerri

Christopher Carson wrote:
>
> 2. A blacksmith's anvil.
>
> 6. An inventory adjustment.

[Daniel B. Widdis]

6 and 12 please

--
Dan Widdis

[Jim Hart]

I think a frightened Scot might look foreign to the Irish so I'll take
3 and 15.

Jim

[Chuck]

Chris -

You have put out an interesting collection, from which I'll choose -

7. _Scot._ Cunning.

and

12. A lighthouse.

Thanks,

Chuck

[Paul Keating]

Good word: almost every def has a vote. I'll go for two that nobody else
likes: 9 and 10. That makes a full set.

[Tony Abell]

No idea at all, so vox pop: 12 and 19:

> 12. A lighthouse.

> 19. A spare rudder for a sailing ship, that can be fitted
> in place if the original rudder breaks.