PDA

View Full Version : [Dixonary] Round 2075: COWAL definitions up!


Scott Crom
January 24th, 2010, 08:27 AM
Here are 18 definitions for COWAL--there's no #1 because of a
silly mistake on my part that I won't take time to correct because
I'm already behind schedule.

Please cast your votes for your two favorites by the deadline of:
2100 hours, or 9:00 pm, Eastern time, tomorrow evening, Monday,
January 25. I think that's about 35 hours from now.

I don't envy you the job of choosing from among these!

2. Having fear.

3. A reverse bevel, as on a gear.

4. Any fleshy growth on the body.

5. _Scot._ A larder or store cupboard.

6. Beauty that is more than skin deep.

7. Chewed, eaten [OE, fm _ceówan_ chew].

8. A fine-grained canvas used for painting.

9. The ceding of forested land by a debtor.

10. A musical composition to be performed on bells.

11. An opening in the transept wall for viewing the altar.

12. A kind of depression or channel, similar to a billabong.

13. A fast-rushing current; esp. after a heavy storm, a freshet.

14. A form of Sufi devotional music popular on the Indian
subcontinent.

15. A ring-shaped spacer used in the installation of limestone
facings.

16. A diseased or maimed sheep staked away from the flock to draw
off wolves or other predators.

17. Timber tree of central and southeastern United States having
hairy branchlets and a swollen trunk base.

18. [local] A knacker--one who buys old cattle and horses to
slaughter for their hooves and hides [ME _cull_, to kill].

19. Light-weight relocatable fencing, esp. for temporary stalls
at cattle yards; originally referred to pens made from
recycled aluminum siding, now applied to any kind of light
metal structure.

Enjoy!

Scott

Judy Madnick
January 24th, 2010, 08:45 AM
As usual, no clue:

<< 3. A reverse bevel, as on a gear.

<< 15. A ring-shaped spacer used in the installation of limestone
<< facings.

Judy Madnick

Dodi Schultz
January 24th, 2010, 08:52 AM
None of these seem&nbsp; to make much sense--which means, of course, that they're all excellent candidates. At total random, votes to:

&gt; 5. _Scot._ A larder or store cupboard.

and

&gt; 11. An opening in the transept wall for viewing the altar.

--Dodi

Guerri Stevens
January 24th, 2010, 09:41 AM
I vote for 13 and 16.

Guerri

Scott Crom wrote:
>
> 13. A fast-rushing current; esp. after a heavy storm, a freshet.
>
> 16. A diseased or maimed sheep staked away from the flock to draw
> off wolves or other predators.

endash@aol.com
January 24th, 2010, 09:57 AM
Totally baffled, but I'll take wild guesses on number 3 and 8.


In a message dated 1/24/2010 9:27:24 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
croms (AT) beloit (DOT) edu writes:


3. A reverse bevel, as on a gear.


8. A fine-grained canvas used for painting.

-- Dick Weltz

Tim Lodge
January 24th, 2010, 10:29 AM
What an impossible choice! With little hope, I'll vote for:

3 and 11 please.

-- Tim L

France International
January 24th, 2010, 10:29 AM
I'll try 7 and 18.

John Barrs
January 24th, 2010, 11:39 AM
Totally bemused I shall opt for #12 and #15 please

JohnnyB

>
> 12. A kind of depression or channel, similar to a billabong.
>
>
> 15. A ring-shaped spacer used in the installation of limestone
> facings.
>
>

Dave Cunningham
January 24th, 2010, 01:15 PM
8 and 9 for no discernible reasons.


Dave

Toni Savage
January 24th, 2010, 01:26 PM
14 and 19 (at the risk of encouraging long ones)


-- Toni Savage


--- On Sun, 1/24/10, Scott Crom <croms (AT) beloit (DOT) edu> wrote:

> From: Scott Crom <croms (AT) beloit (DOT) edu>
> Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2075: COWAL definitions up!
> To: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com, croms (AT) beloit (DOT) edu
> Date: Sunday, January 24, 2010, 9:27 AM
> Here are 18 definitions for
> COWAL--there's no #1 because of a
> silly mistake on my part that I won't take time to correct
> because
> I'm already behind schedule.
>
> Please cast your votes for your two favorites by the
> deadline of:
> 2100 hours, or 9:00 pm, Eastern time, tomorrow evening,
> Monday,
> January 25. I think that's about 35 hours from now.
>
> I don't envy you the job of choosing from among these!
>
> * 2. Having fear.
>
> * 3. A reverse bevel, as on a gear.
>
> * 4. Any fleshy growth on the body.
>
> * 5. _Scot._ A larder or store cupboard.
>
> * 6. Beauty that is more than skin deep.
>
> * 7. Chewed, eaten [OE, fm _ceówan_ chew].
>
> * 8. A fine-grained canvas used for painting.
>
> * 9. The ceding of forested land by a debtor.
>
> 10. A musical composition to be performed on bells.
>
> 11. An opening in the transept wall for viewing the
> altar.
>
> 12. A kind of depression or channel, similar to a
> billabong.
>
> 13. A fast-rushing current; esp. after a heavy storm, a
> freshet.
>
> 14. A form of Sufi devotional music popular on the Indian
> * ***subcontinent.
>
> 15. A ring-shaped spacer used in the installation of
> limestone
> * ***facings.
>
> 16. A diseased or maimed sheep staked away from the flock
> to draw
> * ***off wolves or other predators.
>
> 17. Timber tree of central and southeastern United States
> having
> * ***hairy branchlets and a swollen
> trunk base.
>
> 18. [local] A knacker--one who buys old cattle and horses
> to
> * ***slaughter for their hooves and
> hides [ME _cull_, to kill].
>
> 19. Light-weight relocatable fencing, esp. for temporary
> stalls
> * ***at cattle yards; originally
> referred to pens made from
> * ***recycled aluminum siding, now
> applied to any kind of light
> * ***metal structure.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Scott
>
>

Jim Hart
January 25th, 2010, 05:52 AM
I really wanted to vote for #1 but I'll settle for its evil twins at
11 and um 13

- Jim

Paul Keating
January 25th, 2010, 03:26 PM
Well, the correct answer is obviously "bovine", but I don't see it ...

I vote for 15 because it might be true, and 2 because it is awful enough to
be one of Murray's lapses.

Chris Carson
January 25th, 2010, 03:42 PM
3 and 5 look likely enough.

Chris

Sent from my iPhone

Millie Morgan
January 25th, 2010, 07:08 PM
Well, it's a mystery to me, but I'll go with the livestock: 16 and 18,
thanks Scott

> 16. A diseased or maimed sheep staked away from the flock to draw off
> wolves or other predators.
> 18. [local] A knacker--one who buys old cattle and horses to slaughter
> for their hooves and hides [ME _cull_, to kill].


Millie

Russ Heimerson
January 25th, 2010, 07:39 PM
Randomly, #3 and #12.

Russ

Tony Abell
January 25th, 2010, 08:22 PM
I would have voted for 6 and 16, I think, had I made it before the deadline:

> 6. Beauty that is more than skin deep.

> 16. A diseased or maimed sheep staked away from the flock to draw
> off wolves or other predators.