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EnDash@aol.com
May 1st, 2010, 09:25 AM
Here they are folks, a bumper crop of 20 definitions, ranging in length
from very short to very long (length is of no significance). Nineteen are the
products of the very fertile and creative minds of our players, but only
one is actually taken from a dictionary.

Please vote for and two of your choosing by message to the group before the
deadline, which is:

2:00 PM, Sunday, May 2, EDT -- or the equivalent in your time zone. Good
luck, and happy voting.


1: a martinet

2: [Algonq.] tobacco

3: a circular knitted wool lap rug

4: a braided jacket worn by hussars

5: a kind of triple-ply terry cloth

6: an irresponsible idler; a sluggard

7: a light pony-cart made of woven liana

8: a traditional hotpot made with venison

9: band by which a yard is fastened to a mast

10: a thin, stiffly starched muslin in open plain weave

11: a monk in charge of the library and scriptorium in a monastery

12: a dry dusty wind that blows along the northwest coast of Africa.

13: a being which appears human but is devoid of conscious experience

14: a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the New England forests

15: [Passamaquoddy] a heavily salted fish cake, usually of cod or haddock
and often preserved in oil

16: a swirling, multicolored pottery glaze produced by a series of
firings at successively lower temperatures

17: a clown, usu. in pied costume and whiteface, who entertained adults
with double-entendre obscene material (18th C. Fr.)

18: a stringed percussion instrument traditionally held against the
shoulder and struck with a short leather bat (the pondur)

19: in Moslem countries, a screened balcony allowing the women of a
household to watch activity outside the house while remaining concealed

20: among some North American Indians: a deity or spirit (of good or evil)
which is an object of religious awe or reverence [< Munsee (Delaware)]

-- Dick Weltz

Judy Madnick
May 1st, 2010, 09:56 AM
Great definitions -- and I have no clue, so I would be happy to provide the following with my votes:

<< 1: a martinet
<<
<< 6: an irresponsible idler; a sluggard
<<
Judy Madnick

Dodi Schultz
May 1st, 2010, 11:24 AM
This crowd gets more and more creative--and dealers get shrewder and sneakier.
Very difficult picking out possibilities from this batch.

After elimination based on nothing but wild guesses, I've come down to:

10: a thin, stiffly starched muslin in open plain weave
and

15: [Passamaquoddy] a heavily salted fish cake, usually of cod or haddock and often&nbsp;&nbsp; preserved in oil
--Dodi

France International
May 1st, 2010, 11:33 AM
I'll vote for 17 and 19 which seem to go together.

Toni Savage
May 1st, 2010, 12:29 PM
2 and 6
*-- Toni Savage




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From: "EnDash (AT) aol (DOT) com" <EnDash (AT) aol (DOT) com>
To: Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
Sent: Sat, May 1, 2010 10:25:52 AM
Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2101 - HARMATTAN - Defs Up, Please Vote

Here they are folks, a bumper crop of 20 definitions, ranging in length from very short to very long (length is of no significance). Nineteen are the products of the very fertile and creative minds of our players, but only one is actually taken from a dictionary.

Please vote for and two of your choosing by message to the group before the deadline, which is:

2:00 PM, Sunday, May 2, EDT -- or the equivalent in your time zone. Good luck, and happy voting.


*1: a martinet

*2: [Algonq.]* tobacco

*3: a circular knitted wool lap rug

*4: a braided jacket worn by hussars

*5: a kind of triple-ply terry cloth

*6: an irresponsible idler; a sluggard

*7: a light pony-cart made of woven liana

*8: a traditional hotpot made with venison

*9: band by which a yard is fastened to a mast

10: a thin, stiffly starched muslin in open plain weave

11: a monk in charge of the library and scriptorium in a monastery

12: a dry dusty wind that blows along the northwest coast of Africa.

13: a being which appears human but is devoid of conscious experience

14: a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the New England forests

15: [Passamaquoddy] a heavily salted fish cake, usually of cod or haddock and often** preserved in oil

16: a swirling, multicolored* pottery glaze produced by a series of*** firings at successively lower temperatures

17: a clown, usu. in pied costume and whiteface, who entertained adults with double-entendre obscene material (18th C. Fr.)

18: a stringed percussion instrument traditionally held against the shoulder and struck** with a short leather bat (the pondur)

19: in Moslem countries, a screened balcony allowing the women of a household to watch activity outside the house while remaining concealed

20: among some North American Indians: a deity or spirit (of good or evil) which is an** object of religious awe or reverence [< Munsee (Delaware)]

-- Dick Weltz

Hugo Kornelis
May 1st, 2010, 01:53 PM
Hi Dick,,

I'll fall for 14 and 17, because they both sound remarkably like me.

> 14: a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the New England forests

> 17: a clown, usu. in pied costume and whiteface, who entertained adults with double-entendre obscene material (18th C. Fr.)

Best, Hugo

Dave Cunningham
May 1st, 2010, 01:54 PM
15 for someone spelling "Passamaquoddy" in a def, and 20 for the Munsee indians ...

Dave

Paul Keating
May 1st, 2010, 03:37 PM
I'll go for two of the Amerind defs: 15 and 20. It looks the wrong shape to
be Latin (11) or French (2?, 17) or Arabic (12, 19).

--
Paul Keating
The Hague

Daniel B. Widdis
May 1st, 2010, 04:09 PM
I'll go with the swirling, multicolored ponies. 16 and 7.

And Dublin in the Derby.

--
Dan

JohnnyB
May 1st, 2010, 05:13 PM
Dick

I reckon it might be Africa so I'll go for the dusty maidens

That's #12 and #19 please


JohnnyB

>
> 12: a dry dusty wind that blows along the northwest coast of Africa.
>
>
> 19: in Moslem countries, a screened balcony allowing the
> women of a household to watch activity outside the house
> while remaining concealed
>

Nancy Shepherdson
May 1st, 2010, 05:28 PM
I hope it's 13. That needs to be a word. Also 19.

Nancy

Guerri Stevens
May 1st, 2010, 06:46 PM
I vote for 2 and 6.

Guerri

EnDash (AT) aol (DOT) com wrote:
>
> 2: [Algonq.] tobacco
>
> 6: an irresponsible idler; a sluggard

Millie Morgan
May 1st, 2010, 07:11 PM
11 and 18 thanks Dick

> 11: a monk in charge of the library and scriptorium in a monastery
> 18: a stringed percussion instrument traditionally held against the shoulder and struck with a short leather bat (the pondur)


Millie

Tony Abell
May 1st, 2010, 11:34 PM
I'll take 12 and 20, please:


> 12: a dry dusty wind that blows along the northwest coast of Africa.

> 20: among some North American Indians: a deity or spirit (of good or evil)
> which is an object of religious awe or reverence [< Munsee (Delaware)]

Chuck
May 2nd, 2010, 10:51 AM
Dick -

An interesting selection, from which I'd like -

8: a traditional hotpot made with venison

and

10: a thin, stiffly starched muslin in open plain weave

Thanks,

Chuck

JohnnyB
May 4th, 2010, 04:21 AM
Paul was correct

>
> I'll go for two of the Amerind defs: 15 and 20. It looks the
> wrong shape to be Latin (11) or French (2?, 17) or Arabic (12, 19).
>

I looked it up after the event and apparently it is the only word (according
to Wiki) to come into English from the Twi (OED Fanti or Tshî) language of
the area - It was used in a report by Charles Darwin -- and, of course, that
maybe is from where the recesses of my mind may have hauled it out, but even
now, with the link to "Darwin: Voyages" I can't remember that I have seen it
before

JohnnyB

Dodi Schultz
May 4th, 2010, 08:58 AM
JohnnyB wrote:

> I looked it up after the event and apparently it is the only word (according
> to Wiki) to come into English from the Twi (OED Fanti or Tshî) language of
> the area - It was used in a report by Charles Darwin -- and, of course, that
> maybe is from where the recesses of my mind may have hauled it out, but even
> now, with the link to "Darwin: Voyages" I can't remember that I have seen it
> before
>

Thanks for sharing, Johnny. That kind of elliminates several
possibilities from consideration by those who haven't yet voted, doesn't it?

--Dodi

> JohnnyB
>
>
>

Toni Savage
May 4th, 2010, 09:04 AM
it would if the voting*had not CLOSED for harmattan*** current word is iggri<?>
*-- Toni Savage



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Subject: Re: [Dixonary] Round 2101 - HARMATTAN - Defs Up, Please Vote

JohnnyB wrote:

> I looked it up after the event and apparently it is the only word (according
> to Wiki) to come into English from the Twi (OED Fanti or Tshî) language of
> the area - It was used in a report by Charles Darwin -- and, of course, that
> maybe is from where the recesses of my mind may have hauled it out, but even
> now, with the link to "Darwin: Voyages" I can't remember that I have seen it
> before*

Thanks for sharing, Johnny. That kind of elliminates several possibilities from consideration by those who haven't yet voted, doesn't it?

--Dodi

> JohnnyB
>
>
>*

JohnnyB
May 4th, 2010, 10:25 AM
Dodi

I carefully waited until the next round - that was for harmattan

JohnnyB

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 2:58 PM
> To: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
> Subject: Re: [Dixonary] Round 2101 - HARMATTAN - Defs Up, Please Vote
>
> JohnnyB wrote:
>
> > I looked it up after the event and apparently it is the only word
> > (according to Wiki) to come into English from the Twi (OED Fanti or
> > Tshî) language of the area - It was used in a report by
> Charles Darwin
> > -- and, of course, that maybe is from where the recesses of my mind
> > may have hauled it out, but even now, with the link to "Darwin:
> > Voyages" I can't remember that I have seen it before
> >
>
> Thanks for sharing, Johnny. That kind of elliminates several
> possibilities from consideration by those who haven't yet
> voted, doesn't it?
>
> --Dodi
>
> > JohnnyB
> >
> >
> >
>

Dodi Schultz
May 4th, 2010, 12:20 PM
Toni Savage wrote:



it would if the voting&nbsp;had not CLOSED for harmattan&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; current word is iggri&lt;?&gt;


OOPS! I'd just voted for IGGRI and stupidly failed to note the subject line of Johnny's message. Looks like it's going to be one of those days .. . .

Johnny, my abject apologies.

--Dodi






&nbsp;-- Toni Savage ----- Original Message ---- From: Dodi Schultz &lt;DodiSchultz (AT) nasw (DOT) org&gt; (mailto:DodiSchultz (AT) nasw (DOT) org) To: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com (mailto:dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com) Sent: Tue, May 4, 2010 9:58:09 AM Subject: Re: [Dixonary] Round 2101 - HARMATTAN - Defs Up, Please Vote JohnnyB wrote:



I looked it up after the event and apparently it is the only word (according to Wiki) to come into English from the Twi (OED Fanti or Tsh&icirc;) language of the area - It was used in a report by Charles Darwin -- and, of course, that maybe is from where the recesses of my mind may have hauled it out, but even now, with the link to "Darwin: Voyages" I can't remember that I have seen it before&nbsp;



Thanks for sharing, Johnny. That kind of elliminates several possibilities from consideration by those who haven't yet voted, doesn't it? --Dodi



JohnnyB &nbsp;

Dodi Schultz
May 4th, 2010, 12:21 PM
JohnnyB wrote:

> Dodi
>
> I carefully waited until the next round - that was for harmattan
>


Yes, so I realized when I saw Toni's message.

Stupid of me. Again: Apologies!

--Dodi

Toni Savage
May 4th, 2010, 11:02 PM
I've been having a lot of "those days" lately... must be something in the air.* Yeah!* That's the ticket!!
*-- Toni Savage




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From: Dodi Schultz <DodiSchultz (AT) nasw (DOT) org>
To: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
Sent: Tue, May 4, 2010 1:20:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixonary] Round 2101 - HARMATTAN - Defs Up, Please Vote


Toni Savage wrote:


it would if the voting*had not CLOSED for harmattan*** current word is iggri<?>
>
OOPS! I'd just voted for IGGRI and stupidly failed to note the subject line of Johnny's message. Looks like it's going to be one of those days . . .

Johnny, my abject apologies..

--Dodi





*-- Toni Savage
>
>
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: Dodi Schultz <DodiSchultz (AT) nasw (DOT) org>
>To: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
>Sent: Tue, May 4, 2010 9:58:09 AM
>Subject: Re: [Dixonary] Round 2101 - HARMATTAN - Defs Up, Please Vote
>
>JohnnyB wrote:
>
>
>I looked it up after the event and apparently it is the only word (according
>>to Wiki) to come into English from the Twi (OED Fanti or Tshî) language of
>>the area - It was used in a report by Charles Darwin -- and, of course, that
>>maybe is from where the recesses of my mind may have hauled it out, but even
>>now, with the link to "Darwin: Voyages" I can't remember that I have seen it
>>before*
>>
>Thanks for sharing, Johnny. That kind of elliminates several possibilities from consideration by those who haven't yet voted, doesn't it?
>
>--Dodi
>
>
>JohnnyB
>>
>>
>>*
>>

JohnnyB
May 5th, 2010, 07:35 AM
Dodi

(appologies for delay - my machine is in and out of terminal sickness)

"abject" is not enough I want my pound of flesh and I don't care about the
blood!

Gosh, if we kept account of errors, who could stand? Most cetainly not me, I
don't even know if I would recognise a "good" day if one happened

So, no problem! - have a good day

JohnnyB


> -----Original Message-----
> From: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
> [mailto:dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com] On Behalf Of Dodi Schultz
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 6:20 PM
> To: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
> Subject: Re: [Dixonary] Round 2101 - HARMATTAN - Defs Up, Please Vote
>
>
> Toni Savage wrote:
>
>
>
> it would if the voting had not CLOSED for harmattan
> current word is iggri<?>
>
>
>
> OOPS! I'd just voted for IGGRI and stupidly failed to note
> the subject line of Johnny's message. Looks like it's going
> to be one of those days . . .
>
> Johnny, my abject apologies.
>
> --Dodi
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -- Toni Savage
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Dodi Schultz <DodiSchultz (AT) nasw (DOT) org>
> <mailto:DodiSchultz (AT) nasw (DOT) org>
> To: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
> Sent: Tue, May 4, 2010 9:58:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dixonary] Round 2101 - HARMATTAN - Defs
> Up, Please Vote
>
> JohnnyB wrote:
>
>
>
> I looked it up after the event and apparently
> it is the only word (according
> to Wiki) to come into English from the Twi (OED
> Fanti or Tshî) language of
> the area - It was used in a report by Charles
> Darwin -- and, of course, that
> maybe is from where the recesses of my mind may
> have hauled it out, but even
> now, with the link to "Darwin: Voyages" I can't
> remember that I have seen it
> before
>
>
>
> Thanks for sharing, Johnny. That kind of elliminates
> several possibilities from consideration by those who haven't
> yet voted, doesn't it?
>
> --Dodi
>
>
>
> JohnnyB
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>