[Dixonary] CORRECTION -- KIDDLE -- Vote Now

[EnDash@aol.com]

NOTE: Use THIS definition list. The one sent our previously omitted number
1 and had in its place a duplicate of number 8.

This round seemed to intrigue the players, possibly because the word,
KIDDLE, was so reminiscent (at least to the elders among us) of the faddish 1943
ditty whose lyrics were:

Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?


The deconstruction of the above is simply:

Mares eat oats, and does eat oats; and little lambs eat ivy.
A kid'll eat ivy too; wouldn't you?

Needless to say, our definition has nothing whatsoever to do with the above
ditty, as you can see from the highly creative and varied choices below
offered for your consideration.

Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one),
before the deadline...

New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this round.
Don't look in a dictionary.

1: the accumulation of shavings, chips, and sawdust around a cabinet
maker's workbench

2: [Maine] kindling

3: large curved brick or tile used to support a melting pot

4: [Scot] 1. to brush the ice in curling; 2. the brush used to kiddle the
ice

5: a clamping device to hold the work piece on a lathe

6: a child's riddle or puzzle (term first used in the Opies' classic work
"The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren")

7: [Brit archaic] a device, esp. a barrier constructed of nets and
stakes, for catching fish in a river or in the sea

8: an inclined trough in which crushed ore is washed with running water
to flush away impurities

9: to nag or browbeat [OE cidelan -- _more at_ chide]

10: a decorative cover for raised burners on a stove

11: a small flat piece of metal with slots which functions as an S-hook

12: to coax or cajole

13: a knit covering for insulating a teapot

14: a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands

15: a bag made of thin glazed muslin, used as a wrapper for dress goods

16: the hinge mechanism of the temple arm on eyeglasses

17: an old unit of capacity equal to one quarter of a barre

18: a certain quantity of produce, usually root vegetables

19: [Chiefly Scot.] to comfort or console, esp. a child

20: the accumulation of shavings, chips, and sawdust around a cabinet
maker's workbench

Deadline for receiving your votes is 10:00 AM, Saturday, November 7, EST
(UTC - 5) or whatever the equivalent is in your time zone.

-- Dick

[Jim Hart]

> NOTE: Use THIS definition list. The one sent our previously omitted *number
> 1 and had in its place a duplicate of number 8. *


Glad you warned me. I was going to vote for 1 and 8. Now I can't
choose between 1 and 20... no, maybe not...

OK for my real vote I'll take 7 and 18

- Jim

[Daniel B. Widdis]

DW> NOTE: Use THIS definition list. The one sent our previously
DW> omitted number 1 and had in its place a duplicate of number 8.*

So now #1 is identical to #20? Are there really only 19 defs?

--
Dan

[Dodi Schultz]

Daniel B. Widdis wrote:
> DW> NOTE: Use THIS definition list. The one sent our
> previously DW> omitted number 1 and had in its place a
> duplicate of number 8.
>
> So now #1 is identical to #20? Are there really only 19 defs?

Like Dan, I'm confused.

Want to try again, Dick?

[Tim B]

I can't decide between 1 and 20, so I'll have 8 and 12, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[Tim Lodge]

Dick

Assuming this is the list we're running with, I'll vote for:

8 and 17 please.

-- Tim L

[Millie Morgan]

Maybe 5 and 6?

> 5: a clamping device to hold the work piece on a lathe
> 6: a child's riddle or puzzle (term first used in the Opies' classic work "The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren")


Millie

[Dodi Schultz]

Well, I guess we're going ahead, despite the confusion.

The real def doesn't seem to be there, either.

My votes to the authors of #9 and #10.

--Dodi

[EnDash@aol.com]

The real def -- according to the dictionary source I have -- is there all
right, so take your best shot.

-- Dick


In a message dated 11/6/2009 8:48:15 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
schultz (AT) compuserve (DOT) com writes:



Well, I guess we're going ahead, despite the confusion.

The real def doesn't seem to be there, either.

My votes to the authors of #9 and #10.

--Dodi

[EnDash@aol.com]

There are only 19 different defs. All votes for either number 1 or its
duplicate, number 20, will be counted as votes for the same definition.

I am sorry for screwing up; and if I knew which knobs to turn in my head to
have avoided doing it, I would have done so. A very longstanding and dear
friend died day before yesterday, and I may have had my mind a bit
beclouded.

-- Dick


In a message dated 11/6/2009 1:11:02 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
schultz (AT) compuserve (DOT) com writes:

Daniel B. Widdis wrote:
> DW> NOTE: Use THIS definition list. The one sent our
> previously DW> omitted number 1 and had in its place a
> duplicate of number 8.
>
> So now #1 is identical to #20? Are there really only 19 defs?

Like Dan, I'm confused.

Want to try again, Dick?

[Judy Madnick]

From: EnDash (AT) aol (DOT) com

<< A very
<< longstanding and dear
<< friend died day before yesterday, and I may have had my mind
<< a bit
<< beclouded.

Sorry to hear that -- my condolences.

Judy

[EnDash@aol.com]

Yes, only 19 different. Votes for number 1 and number 20 will be
consolidated.

-- Dick


In a message dated 11/6/2009 12:47:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
widdis (AT) gmail (DOT) com writes:


DW> NOTE: Use THIS definition list. The one sent our previously
DW> omitted number 1 and had in its place a duplicate of number 8.

So now #1 is identical to #20? Are there really only 19 defs?

--
Dan

[Judy Madnick]

Okay, now I see what happened. I sent a message referring to the duplication...but never voted!! I guess I assumed that there would be a renumbering. So I'll waste my votes on the followings:

<< 4: [Scot] 1. to brush the ice in curling; 2. the brush used to
<< kiddle the
<< ice

<< 8: an inclined trough in which crushed ore is washed with
<< running water
<< to flush away impurities

[Dodi Schultz]

Judy Madnick wrote:

> From: EnDash (AT) aol (DOT) com
>
> << A very longstanding and dear friend died day before
> yesterday, and I may have had my mind a bit beclouded.
>
> Sorry to hear that -- my condolences.
>
> Judy

And mine as well, Dick. Any becloudedness is completely
understood and forgiven.

--Dodi

[France International]

I'll try 1 and 12.

[Chuck]

Dick -

My condolences for your loss. Please mark me down as favouring -

8: an inclined trough in which crushed ore is washed with running water
to flush away impurities

and

12: to coax or cajole

Thanks,

Chuck

[Daniel B. Widdis]

4 and 7 please, along with my condolences.

--
Dan Widdis

[Christopher Carson]

I'll go for 3 and 7.

Chris

[JohnnyB]

Dick

My condolences too and automatic forgiveness for becalmed mind


I'll go for #9 and because I appreciate the "Chiefly Scottish" (while
wondering what an unchiefly scottish would be) I'll follow it with #19

JohnnyB

>
> 9: to nag or browbeat [OE cidelan -- _more at_ chide]
>
>
> 19: [Chiefly Scot.] to comfort or console, esp. a child
>

[Daniel B. Widdis]

JB> wondering what an unchiefly scottish would be

Why, a Scottish peasant, of course!

--
Dan, descendant of a Scottish Chieftan. Maybe.

[Dave Cunningham]

1 due to its omnipresence and 7 for no reason.

Dave

On Nov 5, 9:42*pm, EnD... (AT) aol (DOT) com wrote:
> NOTE: Use THIS definition list. The one sent our previously omitted *number
> 1 and had in its place a duplicate of number 8. *
>
> This round seemed to intrigue the players, possibly because the word, *
> KIDDLE, was so reminiscent (at least to the elders among us) of the faddish 1943
> *ditty whose lyrics were:
>
> Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
> A kiddley *divey too, wouldn't you?
>
> The deconstruction of the above is simply:
>
> Mares eat oats, and does eat oats; and little lambs eat ivy.
> A kid'll eat ivy too; wouldn't you?
>
> Needless to say, our definition has nothing whatsoever to do with the above
> *ditty, as you can see from the highly creative and varied choices below
> offered *for your consideration.
>
> Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one),
> *before the deadline...
>
> New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this round. *
> Don't look in a dictionary.
>
> *1: the accumulation of shavings, chips, and sawdust around a cabinet *
> maker's workbench
>
> *2: [Maine] kindling
>
> *3: large curved brick or tile used to support a melting pot
>
> *4: [Scot] 1. to brush the ice in curling; 2. the brush used to kiddle *the
> ice
>
> *5: a clamping device to hold the work piece on a lathe
>
> *6: a child's riddle or puzzle (term first used in the Opies' classic *work
> "The Lore and * Language of Schoolchildren")
>
> *7: [Brit archaic] a device, esp. a barrier constructed of nets and *
> stakes, for catching fish in a river or in the sea
>
> *8: an inclined trough in which crushed ore is washed with running *water
> to flush away * impurities
>
> *9: to nag or browbeat [OE cidelan -- _more at_ chide]
>
> 10: a decorative cover for raised burners on a stove
>
> 11: a small flat piece of metal with slots which functions as an *S-hook
>
> 12: to coax or cajole
>
> 13: a knit covering for insulating a teapot
>
> 14: a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands
>
> 15: a bag made of thin glazed muslin, used as a wrapper for dress *goods
>
> 16: the hinge mechanism of the temple arm on eyeglasses
>
> 17: an old unit of capacity equal to one quarter of a barre
>
> 18: a certain quantity of produce, usually root vegetables
>
> 19: [Chiefly Scot.] to comfort or console, esp. a child
>
> 20: the accumulation of shavings, chips, and sawdust around a cabinet *
> maker's workbench
>
> Deadline for receiving your votes is 10:00 AM, Saturday, November 7, EST *
> (UTC - 5) or whatever the equivalent is in your time zone.
>
> -- Dick

[Tony Abell]

It's hard to tell, but I might be persuaded to brush, so I'll try 4 and 12:

> 4: [Scot] 1. to brush the ice in curling; 2. the brush used to kiddle the
> ice

> 12: to coax or cajole

[Paul Keating]

Vox pop is evenly divided among 4, 7, 8, and 12. Since I can't have them all
I'll go for 8 and 12.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague

[John Barrs]

Dan

> JB> wondering what an unchiefly scottish would be
>
> Why, a Scottish peasant, of course!
>
> --
> Dan, descendant of a Scottish Chieftan. Maybe.
>

Actually, I don't think the 'peasant' image fits the Scots mentality.
Crofters from the Highlands are the nearest concept and they are
definitively not "peasant" material!

I discovered fairly recently that our "most glorious and ancient scenery" -
the Scottish Highlands is in fact very recent. Up until about AD500-800 the
highlands show evidence of widespread bronze-age farms which then became
iron-age farms and they were pretty ubiquitous across the whole area. The
forced clearance of the Highlands through the 18th and early 19th centuries
then allowed the creation of an enormous Gothic Style theme-park dedicated
to deer stalking and hunting which we know today. So this "ancient habitat"
is not yet 200 years old.

JohnnyB

PS. I am not Scottish and to my knowledge have no Scottish forbears. The
nearest I get is that my step-father was one of the dreaded Campbells. (Mum
remarried after my father died when I was about 30, she is again a widow)