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Tim Lodge
November 2nd, 2009, 11:48 AM
Here are 16 mostly believable (to me anyway) defs of the word
STOPSEL. Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in
reply to this one), before the deadline::

09:00 UTC on Wednesday 4th November
4:00 Midday EST
1:00 AM PST, and
20:00 Melbourne time all on the same day

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/ktw5pq

-- Tim L


*** STOPSEL ***


1: [S Afr] coagulated blood.

2: a projecting part of a wall.

3: a mold used for cheese making.

4: a weedy plant of the pink family.

5: stringed instrument resembling a zither.

6: the final sale of the day by a peddler (see _handsel_)

7: a draft blocker placed at the bottom of a door or window.

8: an incendiary missile, consisting of tow, brimstone, etc.

9: a low-growing hedgelike shrub most often used in bordering flower
beds.

10: (Architecture) a projecting stone, often carved, at the end of a
molding.

11: water-proof and corrosion-proof roadside bin used to store de-
icing salt.

12: a woodland plant with low leaf clusters and small three-lobed
yellow flowers

13: a small triangular sail rigged between fore and mainmasts on a
full rigged ship.

14: a mat placed at an exterior door for wiping the shoes; a doormat,
esp of a farmhouse

15: a triangular block of wood nailed to the bottom of a stud to keep
it from slipping sideways.

16: the swallow-tailed gyrfalcon, _Falco hirundica_, of northern
Europe; it is valued for its appetite for rodents.

Tim Lodge
November 2nd, 2009, 11:50 AM
Oops! The deadline should of course read:

* * * * * * * * 09:00 UTC on Wednesday 4th November
* * * * * * * * *4:00 AM EST
* * * * * * * * *1:00 AM PST, and
* * * * * * * * 20:00 Melbourne time all on the same day

-- Tim L

EnDash@aol.com
November 2nd, 2009, 01:19 PM
I will guess numbers 7 and 15.

-- Dick Weltz


In a message dated 11/2/2009 12:48:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
5sfwiyj02 (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com writes:

Here are 16 mostly believable (to me anyway) defs of the word
STOPSEL. Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in
reply to this one), before the deadline::

Tim B
November 2nd, 2009, 01:25 PM
10 and 13, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

Judy Madnick
November 2nd, 2009, 01:39 PM
If you want to know where you should *not* waste your votes, here you are:

<< 10: (Architecture) a projecting stone, often carved, at the end
<< of a
<< molding.

<< 15: a triangular block of wood nailed to the bottom of a stud to
<< keep
<< it from slipping sideways.

Judy Madnick

Hugo Kornelis
November 2nd, 2009, 01:41 PM
Hi Tim,

Tough choice - there's not a single one I believe.

Anyway, my votes are for:

> 9: a low-growing hedgelike shrub most often used in bordering flower
> beds.

> 13: a small triangular sail rigged between fore and mainmasts on a
> full rigged ship.

Best, Hugo

Daniel B. Widdis
November 2nd, 2009, 02:05 PM
3 and 6 please

--
Dan

Guerri Stevens
November 2nd, 2009, 02:06 PM
I vote for 6 and 14.

Guerri

Tim Lodge wrote:
>
> 6: the final sale of the day by a peddler (see _handsel_)
>
> 14: a mat placed at an exterior door for wiping the shoes; a doormat,
> esp of a farmhouse

JohnnyB
November 2nd, 2009, 03:30 PM
Tim

#8 and #15 please

JohnnyB

>
> 8: an incendiary missile, consisting of tow, brimstone, etc.
>
>
> 15: a triangular block of wood nailed to the bottom of a stud
> to keep it from slipping sideways.
>
>

Dodi Schultz
November 2nd, 2009, 04:29 PM
I'll put both votes on plants--specifically, these two:

> 9: a low-growing hedgelike shrub most often used in bordering
> flower beds.

> 12: a woodland plant with low leaf clusters and small
> three-lobed yellow flowers

(I'm not sure how the deadline for voting is both 4 a.m. and
midday on Wednesday here in the eastern US. Are we having a runoff?)

--Dodi

Dodi Schultz
November 2nd, 2009, 04:30 PM
> Oops! The deadline should of course read:
>
> 09:00 UTC on Wednesday 4th November
> 4:00 AM EST
> 1:00 AM PST, and
> 20:00 Melbourne time all on the same day
>
> -- Tim L

Oh.

Millie Morgan
November 2nd, 2009, 04:49 PM
I'll try 7 and 16 thanks Tim

> 7: a draft blocker placed at the bottom of a door or window.
> 16: the swallow-tailed gyrfalcon, _Falco hirundica_, of northern Europe;
> it is valued for its appetite for rodents.


Millie

Dave Cunningham
November 2nd, 2009, 07:22 PM
8 and 16 today.

Dave

On Nov 2, 12:48*pm, Tim Lodge <5sfwiy... (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com> wrote:
> Here are 16 mostly believable (to me anyway) defs of the word
> STOPSEL. * Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in
> reply to this one), before the deadline::
>
> * * * * * * * * 09:00 UTC on Wednesday 4th November
> * * * * * * * * *4:00 Midday EST
> * * * * * * * * *1:00 AM PST, and
> * * * * * * * * 20:00 Melbourne time all on the same day
>
> 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
> athttp://tinyurl.com/ktw5pq
>
> -- *Tim L
>
> **** STOPSEL ***
>
> *1: [S Afr] coagulated blood.
>
> *2: a projecting part of a wall.
>
> *3: a mold used for cheese making.
>
> *4: a weedy plant of the pink family.
>
> *5: stringed instrument resembling a zither.
>
> *6: the final sale of the day by a peddler *(see _handsel_)
>
> *7: a draft blocker placed at the bottom of a door or window.
>
> *8: an incendiary missile, consisting of tow, brimstone, etc.
>
> *9: a low-growing hedgelike shrub most often used in bordering flower
> beds.
>
> 10: (Architecture) a projecting stone, often carved, at the end of a
> molding.
>
> 11: water-proof and corrosion-proof roadside bin used to store de-
> icing salt.
>
> 12: a woodland plant with low leaf clusters and small three-lobed
> yellow flowers
>
> 13: a small triangular sail rigged between fore and mainmasts on a
> full rigged ship.
>
> 14: a mat placed at an exterior door for wiping the shoes; a doormat,
> esp of a farmhouse
>
> 15: a triangular block of wood nailed to the bottom of a stud to keep
> it from slipping sideways.
>
> 16: the swallow-tailed gyrfalcon, _Falco hirundica_, of northern
> Europe; it is valued for its appetite for rodents.

Jim Hart
November 3rd, 2009, 07:21 AM
It might be botanical, so I'll go for 9 and 12.

(Then again it might not.)

Jim

France International
November 3rd, 2009, 12:33 PM
I'll go for 9 and 16.

Nancy Shepherdson
November 3rd, 2009, 04:13 PM
I'll take 10 and 15 this time. Will be back to actually playing
(submitting definitions) soon, I hope.

Nancy

Chuck
November 3rd, 2009, 07:33 PM
Tim -

What an assortment. I'm happy with -

9: a low-growing hedgelike shrub most often used in bordering flower beds.

and

15: a triangular block of wood nailed to the bottom of a stud to keep it
from slipping sideways.

Thanks,

Chuck

Toni Savage
November 3rd, 2009, 08:58 PM
1 and 16, please.

-- Toni Savage


--- On Mon, 11/2/09, Tim Lodge <5sfwiyj02 (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com> wrote:

> From: Tim Lodge <5sfwiyj02 (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com>
> Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2043 STOPSEL Defs - Vote now
> To: "Dixonary" <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
> Date: Monday, November 2, 2009, 12:48 PM
>
> Here are 16 mostly believable (to me anyway) defs of the
> word
> STOPSEL.***Vote for TWO definitions, as a
> public forum message (in
> reply to this one), before the deadline::
>
> * * * * * * * *
> 09:00 UTC on Wednesday 4th November
> * * * * * * *
> ***4:00 Midday EST
> * * * * * * *
> ***1:00 AM PST, and
> * * * * * * * *
> 20:00 Melbourne time all on the same day
>
> 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/ktw5pq
>
> --* Tim L
>
>
> *** STOPSEL ***
>
>
> 1: [S Afr] coagulated blood.
>
> 2: a projecting part of a wall.
>
> 3: a mold used for cheese making.
>
> 4: a weedy plant of the pink family.
>
> 5: stringed instrument resembling a zither.
>
> 6: the final sale of the day by a peddler* (see
> _handsel_)
>
> 7: a draft blocker placed at the bottom of a door or
> window.
>
> 8: an incendiary missile, consisting of tow, brimstone,
> etc.
>
> 9: a low-growing hedgelike shrub most often used in
> bordering flower
> beds.
>
> 10: (Architecture) a projecting stone, often carved, at the
> end of a
> molding.
>
> 11: water-proof and corrosion-proof roadside bin used to
> store de-
> icing salt.
>
> 12: a woodland plant with low leaf clusters and small
> three-lobed
> yellow flowers
>
> 13: a small triangular sail rigged between fore and
> mainmasts on a
> full rigged ship.
>
> 14: a mat placed at an exterior door for wiping the shoes;
> a doormat,
> esp of a farmhouse
>
> 15: a triangular block of wood nailed to the bottom of a
> stud to keep
> it from slipping sideways.
>
> 16: the swallow-tailed gyrfalcon, _Falco hirundica_, of
> northern
> Europe; it is valued for its appetite for rodents.
>

Russ Heimerson
November 3rd, 2009, 10:08 PM
I'll toss my votes at #8 and #9, please.

Russ