John Barrs
October 17th, 2009, 06:23 AM
Here are 16 definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and wisdom by
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12:00 midnight Sunday, 18 Oct 2009 in the UK
more or less 9:30 am in parts of Australia on 19th Oct
7:00 pm on 18 Oct East Coast USA
4:00 pm on 18 Oct West Coast USA
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JohnnyB
(using DIXOBASE)
1: the larch
2: [OE] a tun
3: apple-nymph
4: to jeer or jeer at
5: to cry as an elephant
6: _Scot_ a young grouse
7: (Geol.) a vein of nearly pure mineral
8: Burmese public meeting-hall or house of worship
9: a hump placed in a road to help prevent speeding
10: timbering used as a form of stoping in hardrock mining
11: a traditional Apulian stone dwelling with a conical roof
12: a small European fresh water fish of the stickleback family
13: a type of spinnaker pole which is permanently attached to the mast by a
slider on a rail, developed by Reginald Barr
14: a drift of gravelly sand formed by streams under or in glacial ice,
persisting after the retaining ice walls have melted
15: (also _barre_) A waist-high bar attached to the walls of a dance
studio, for students to use in stretching and warm-up exercises
16: in the game of faro, the top row of the layout, consisting of the 8
through king of spades; a bet placed on a card in this row
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..
12:00 midnight Sunday, 18 Oct 2009 in the UK
more or less 9:30 am in parts of Australia on 19th Oct
7:00 pm on 18 Oct East Coast USA
4:00 pm on 18 Oct West Coast USA
New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may
vote.
JohnnyB
(using DIXOBASE)
1: the larch
2: [OE] a tun
3: apple-nymph
4: to jeer or jeer at
5: to cry as an elephant
6: _Scot_ a young grouse
7: (Geol.) a vein of nearly pure mineral
8: Burmese public meeting-hall or house of worship
9: a hump placed in a road to help prevent speeding
10: timbering used as a form of stoping in hardrock mining
11: a traditional Apulian stone dwelling with a conical roof
12: a small European fresh water fish of the stickleback family
13: a type of spinnaker pole which is permanently attached to the mast by a
slider on a rail, developed by Reginald Barr
14: a drift of gravelly sand formed by streams under or in glacial ice,
persisting after the retaining ice walls have melted
15: (also _barre_) A waist-high bar attached to the walls of a dance
studio, for students to use in stretching and warm-up exercises
16: in the game of faro, the top row of the layout, consisting of the 8
through king of spades; a bet placed on a card in this row