[Dixonary] FYKE -- Defs Up; Please Vote

[EnDash@aol.com]

Here are 19 very varied definitions for your consideration, one of which is
direct from a dictionary. Please vote for two and post your vote to the
group.

Deadline for voting will be Wednesday, April 14, at 10:00 AM EDT, or the
equivalent in your time zone. For those Americans among us, get your vote in
before your income tax to make the deadline. Good luck to all.



1: [Scot.] a fish trap, esp. for salmon.

2: [OE] a fig (Chaucer)

3: a ghoul or ghost

4: ancient bridged, stringed instrument

5: obs. fire; flame; put in ~, set alight

6: [Colloq.] a young lad,esp. a red-head

7: a long, bag-shaped fishing net held open by hoops

8: a by-product of the malting process of whiskey making

9: a small North African passerine with an orange crest and wing bars

10: a clumsy person; oaf

11: an over-excessive attention to detail when carrying out a mundane task

12: a short connecting spur between two navigable river

13: a narrow band or braid used as trimming and commonly made of lace,
metallic thread, or embroidery

14: (also fyk) a piercing weapon

15: [sl.] a homosexual woman, pretending to be heterosexual

16: a metal fencepost having holes for the attachment of wires

17: a dense thicket

18: a special tool for removing stones from a horse's hoof

19: a surveyor's benchmark bearing USNG coordinates

-- Dick


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[Hugo Kornelis]

Hi Dick,

My votes are for the fishing devices: 1 and 7:

> 1: [Scot.] a fish trap, esp. for salmon.

> 7: a long, bag-shaped fishing net held open by hoops

Best, Hugo

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[Matthew]

I will try

10: a clumsy person; oaf

and

11: an over-excessive attention to detail when carrying out a mundane
task

Matthew Grieco


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[Judy Madnick]

Tough one. Well, I'll give the following a point each:

<< 9: a small North African passerine with an orange crest and
<< wing bars
<<
<< 18: a special tool for removing stones from a horse's hoof

Judy Madnick


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[Toni Savage]

These are GREAT!!* Mine won't get any votes at all... I'll go for 1 and 6, tho.

-- Toni Savage

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From: EnDash (AT) aol (DOT) com <EnDash (AT) aol (DOT) com>
Subject: [Dixonary] FYKE -- Defs Up; Please Vote
To: Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 6:53 AM



Here are 19 very varied definitions for your consideration, one of which is direct from a dictionary. Please vote for two and post your vote to the group.
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Deadline for voting will be Wednesday, April 14, at 10:00 AM EDT, or the equivalent in your time zone. For those Americans among us, get your vote in before your income tax to make the deadline. Good luck to all.
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*1: [Scot.] a fish trap, esp. for salmon.
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*2: [OE] a fig (Chaucer)
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*3: a ghoul or ghost
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*4: ancient bridged, stringed instrument
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*5: obs. fire; flame; put in ~, set alight
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*6: [Colloq.] a young lad,esp. a red-head
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*7: a long, bag-shaped fishing net held open by hoops
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*8: a by-product of the malting process of whiskey making
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*9: a small North African passerine with an orange crest and wing bars
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10: a clumsy person; oaf
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11: an over-excessive attention to detail when carrying out a mundane task
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12: a short connecting spur between two navigable river
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13: a narrow band or braid used as trimming and commonly made of lace, metallic** thread, or embroidery
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14: (also fyk) a piercing weapon
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15: [sl.] a homosexual woman, pretending to be heterosexual
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16: a metal fencepost having holes for the attachment of wires
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17: a dense thicket
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18: a special tool for removing stones from a horse's hoof
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19: a surveyor's benchmark bearing USNG coordinates
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-- Dick

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[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 1 and 7.

Guerri

EnDash (AT) aol (DOT) com wrote:
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> 1: [Scot.] a fish trap, esp. for salmon.
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> 7: a long, bag-shaped fishing net held open by hoops




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[Tim Lodge]

Dick

I used to have an 18 when I was a Boy Scout, and despite being a 10
I'll vote for:

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> *2: [OE] a fig (Chaucer)
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> 17: a dense thicket

-- Tim L



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[JohnnyB]

I like the idea of .... 1 to 19 (including my own of course) - they are all
far too believable, but as I have to make a choice I'll go #7 and #8 please


How did you manage to post without the 'unsubscribe' line?

JohnnyB

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> 7: a long, bag-shaped fishing net held open by hoops
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> 8: a by-product of the malting process of whiskey making
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[Dodi Schultz]

Not a single strange character there, but totally baffling nonetheless! I'll take a stab at these two:

2: [OE] a fig (Chaucer)

5: obs. fire; flame; put in ~, set alight

--Dodi






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[Dave Cunningham]

Joining the crowd for 1 and 7 which are almost the same -- I will bet one is from Johnny ...


Dave

[France International]

I'll go fishing (7) and a good spot looks like (12).

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[Paul Keating]

Since there are two runaway favourites, neither of which is mine, I can vote
as I please without having to worry about catching the deal: 2 and 17.

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Paul Keating
The Hague



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[Tim B]

10 and 17, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.


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[Daniel B. Widdis]

Despite my hunch that the “entrant” could be a dictionary, I’ve got to join the crowd looking at 1 and 7, which ought to have been combined unless the less complex one was the real one. Which leads to a guess on which one’s less complex. 1 specifies salmon, but 7 specifies hoops.

Ah, heck. Does it matter? Both 1 and 7.

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Dan



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[Chris]

Hmm ... I haven't seen the definition list show up in my mail box yet
but all the activity was a clue that I should look at the Google
Group.

I'll fall for 1 and 18 this time.

Chris

[Millie Morgan]

2 and 17 for me thanks Dick

2: [OE] a fig (Chaucer)
17: a dense thicket


Millie

[Russ Heimerson]

I'll join the crowd loafing by the stream, and toss my votes at #1 and #7


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[Tony Abell]

I'll take 9 and the marvellous 15 (too good not to vote for):

> 9: a small North African passerine with an orange crest and wing bars

> 15: [sl.] a homosexual woman, pretending to be heterosexual



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