[Dixonary] Round 2073: ABACOT [Definitions]

[Paul Keating]

Our inventive players have concocted all but one of the 20
definitions for ABACOT presented below for your edification
and entertainment. The remaining definition is, believe it
or not, real.

Please vote for the two you think the best, for some value
(or values) of "good" that seems appropriate to you (such as
plausible, politically correct, embarrassing, witty,
implausible, long, or as chosen by a random number
generator). You can do this whether or not you have not
submitted a definition, and whether or not you have played
before. You're not allowed to vote if you know the right
answer.

Vote by public reply to this message, by the deadline,
which is on 18 January 2010 at

23:30 PST

and on 19 January 2010 at

00:30 MST
01:30 CST
02:30 EST
07:30 GMT/UTC
and 08:30 CET for me.

1. a ring of keys

2. a kind of bean

3. apricot [Shakes. Richard II Act 3 Sc 4 "Go, bind thou
up yon dangling abacots"]

4. a mercenary employed by the Ottoman empire

5. a roofed passage between two parts of a structure

6. [Fr.] (Arachis leucaia) a type of white legume closely
related to the peanut

7. white cover for a military cap

8. a trademarked protective finger covering for medical
use

9. a pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue
carbonate of copper, or from smalt; -- called also blue
abacot

10. species of long-eared bat

11. a young shrike

12. a semiprecious gemstone similar to, but of a lighter
hue than tourmaline

13. _Botany_ the rudimentary terminal bud of a plant embryo
situated at the end of the hypocotyl, consisting of the
epicotyl and often of immature leaves

14. a variety of European perch

15. a tricotyledonous seedling in which the middle leaf is
larger than the other two

16. a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and
usually colorful abstract designs

17. any of several grasses showing hypogeal emergence and
scattered vascular tissue

18. to carry out useless or boring tasks

19. a spurious word found in many dictionaries, originating
in a misprint of bycocket

20. _Haitian Creole._ attorney; barrister [F avocat]

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 15 and 20.

Guerri

Paul Keating wrote:
>
> 15. a tricotyledonous seedling in which the middle leaf is
> larger than the other two
>
> 20. _Haitian Creole._ attorney; barrister [F avocat]

[Dodi Schultz]

So many of these defs are so very convincing . . . nearly impossible to choose.

I guess I'll go for

> 6. [Fr.] (Arachis leucaia) a type of white legume closely related to
> the peanut

and

> 9. a pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of
> copper, or from smalt; -- called also blue abacot

--Dodi

[France International]

I'll go for 13 and 19.

[Dave Cunningham]

15 and 17. Hypogeal will always get my vote. And tricotwhatever.


Dave

[Judy Madnick]

As usual, I don't think I even have a good guess!!

These seem to go well together:

<< 13. _Botany_ the rudimentary terminal bud of a plant embryo
<< situated at the end of the hypocotyl, consisting of the
<< epicotyl and often of immature leaves

<< 15. a tricotyledonous seedling in which the middle leaf is
<< larger than the other two

Judy Madnick

[Tim B]

13 and 15, please.

We start on an extended holiday on Tuesday, via California to New
Zealand and eventually back to England via Hong Kong. This means that my
appearance here for the next 6 weeks or so will be irregular, depending
on what internet connections I can find. Though the issue isn't likely
to arise, it's very unlikely that I could deal!

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[Dodi Schultz]

Tim B wrote:

&gt; We start on an extended holiday on Tuesday, via California to New
&gt; Zealand and eventually back to England via Hong Kong. This means that
&gt; my appearance here for the next 6 weeks or so will be irregular,
&gt; depending on what internet connections I can find. Though the issue
&gt; isn't likely to arise, it's very unlikely that I could deal!

You're going all the way to New&nbsp; Zealand and not planning to stop and meet our players in Melbourne?

[endash@aol.com]

I'll take two completely wild guesses: numbers 9 and 15.



9. a pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue
carbonate of copper, or from smalt; -- called also blue
abacot


15. a tricotyledonous seedling in which the middle leaf is
larger than the other two

-- Dick Weltz

[Nancy Shepherdson]

I'll take 5 and 9, please.

Nancy

On Jan 17, 11:07*am, Paul Keating <keat... (AT) acm (DOT) org> wrote:
> Our inventive players have concocted all but one of the 20
> definitions for ABACOT presented below for your edification
> and entertainment. The remaining definition is, believe it
> or not, real.
>
> Please vote for the two you think the best, for some value
> (or values) of "good" that seems appropriate to you (such as
> plausible, politically correct, embarrassing, witty,
> implausible, long, or as chosen by a random number
> generator). You can do this whether or not you have not
> submitted a definition, and whether or not you have played
> before. You're not allowed to vote if you know the right
> answer.
>
> Vote by public reply to this message, by the deadline,
> which is on 18 January 2010 at
>
> * * 23:30 PST
>
> and on 19 January 2010 at
>
> * * 00:30 MST
> * * 01:30 CST
> * * 02:30 EST
> * * 07:30 GMT/UTC
> and 08:30 CET for me.
>
> *1. a ring of keys
>
> *2. a kind of bean
>
> *3. apricot [Shakes. Richard II Act 3 Sc 4 "Go, bind thou
> * * up yon dangling abacots"]
>
> *4. a mercenary employed by the Ottoman empire
>
> *5. a roofed passage between two parts of a structure
>
> *6. [Fr.] (Arachis leucaia) a type of white legume closely
> * * related to the peanut
>
> *7. white cover for a military cap
>
> *8. a trademarked protective finger covering for medical
> use
>
> *9. a pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue
> * * carbonate of copper, or from smalt; -- called also blue
> * * abacot
>
> 10. species of long-eared bat
>
> 11. a young shrike
>
> 12. a semiprecious gemstone similar to, but of a lighter
> * * hue than tourmaline
>
> 13. _Botany_ the rudimentary terminal bud of a plant embryo
> * * situated at the end of the hypocotyl, consisting of the
> * * epicotyl and often of immature leaves
>
> 14. a variety of European perch
>
> 15. a tricotyledonous seedling in which the middle leaf is
> * * larger than the other two
>
> 16. a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and
> * * usually colorful abstract designs
>
> 17. any of several grasses showing hypogeal emergence and
> * * scattered vascular tissue
>
> 18. to carry out useless or boring tasks
>
> 19. a spurious word found in many dictionaries, originating
> * * in a misprint of bycocket
>
> 20. _Haitian Creole._ attorney; barrister [F avocat]

[Tim Bourne]

> You're going all the way to New Zealand and not planning to stop and meet our
> players in Melbourne?

'fraid not!

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[Jim Hart]

Eschewing the several botanicals, I'll take the architectural and the
whimsical - 5 and 19

Jim

[Daniel B. Widdis]

9 because I believe it, and 19 because I don't

--
Dan

[Millie Morgan]

I'll vote for 3 (because I think it deserves a vote)
and 7 because it sounds unlikely enough to be correct.

> 3. apricot [Shakes. Richard II Act 3 Sc 4 "Go, bind thou up yon dangling
> abacots"]
> 7. white cover for a military cap

Millie

[Tony Abell]

I'll try 9 and 15:

> 9. a pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue
> carbonate of copper, or from smalt; -- called also blue
> abacot

> 15. a tricotyledonous seedling in which the middle leaf is
> larger than the other two

[Chuck]

Paul -

This is a good variety of choices. I'll go for -

7. white cover for a military cap

and

13. _Botany_ the rudimentary terminal bud of a plant embryo situated at
the end of the hypocotyl, consisting of the epicotyl and often of
immature leaves

Thanks,

Chuck

[Russ Heimerson]

I'll go for two ot the primes...#13 and #19, please.

Russ

[Toni Savage]

I find 3 and 19 pretty clever... they should be rewarded.

-- Toni Savage


--- On Sun, 1/17/10, Paul Keating <keating (AT) acm (DOT) org> wrote:

> From: Paul Keating <keating (AT) acm (DOT) org>
> Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2073: ABACOT [Definitions]
> To: "Dixonary" <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
> Date: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 12:07 PM
> Our inventive players have concocted
> all but one of the 20
> definitions for ABACOT presented below for your
> edification
> and entertainment. The remaining definition is, believe it
> or not, real.
>
> Please vote for the two you think the best, for some value
> (or values) of "good" that seems appropriate to you (such
> as
> plausible, politically correct, embarrassing, witty,
> implausible, long, or as chosen by a random number
> generator). You can do this whether or not you have not
> submitted a definition, and whether or not you have played
> before. You're not allowed to vote if you know the right
> answer.
>
> Vote by public reply to this message, by the deadline,
> which is on 18 January 2010 at
>
> * * 23:30 PST
>
> and on 19 January 2010 at
>
> * * 00:30 MST
> * * 01:30 CST
> * * 02:30 EST
> * * 07:30 GMT/UTC
> and 08:30 CET for me.
>
> 1. a ring of keys
>
> 2. a kind of bean
>
> 3. apricot [Shakes. Richard II Act 3 Sc 4 "Go, bind thou
> * * up yon dangling abacots"]
>
> 4. a mercenary employed by the Ottoman empire
>
> 5. a roofed passage between two parts of a structure
>
> 6. [Fr.] (Arachis leucaia) a type of white legume closely
> * * related to the peanut
>
> 7. white cover for a military cap
>
> 8. a trademarked protective finger covering for medical
> use
>
> 9. a pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue
> * * carbonate of copper, or from smalt; -- called
> also blue
> * * abacot
>
> 10. species of long-eared bat
>
> 11. a young shrike
>
> 12. a semiprecious gemstone similar to, but of a lighter
> * * hue than tourmaline
>
> 13. _Botany_ the rudimentary terminal bud of a plant
> embryo
> * * situated at the end of the hypocotyl,
> consisting of the
> * * epicotyl and often of immature leaves
>
> 14. a variety of European perch
>
> 15. a tricotyledonous seedling in which the middle leaf is
> * * larger than the other two
>
> 16. a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and
> * * usually colorful abstract designs
>
> 17. any of several grasses showing hypogeal emergence and
> * * scattered vascular tissue
>
> 18. to carry out useless or boring tasks
>
> 19. a spurious word found in many dictionaries,
> originating
> * * in a misprint of bycocket
>
> 20. _Haitian Creole._ attorney; barrister [F avocat]
>

[Scott Crom]

I'll have 2 and 20, please.

Scott