View Full Version : [Dixonary] Round 2122: forhecche - Definition List
Christopher Carson
July 13th, 2010, 03:35 PM
We have a fairly respectable total of 17 definitions for FORHECCHE. Please
vote for two, by public reply to this message, before deadline, which is
11:00 AM EDT on Thursday, July 15, 2010, or 8:00 AM PDT .
1. A shaman woman skilled in trance inducing techniques; a
female necromancer.
2. [Equest.] A kind of snaffle bit.
3. Eyecatching; flamboyant.
4. A three-legged curio.
5. To despise.
6. One of the pioneer settlers in an area [S Afr].
7. (_It._) An appetizer.
8. A decorative wall panelling consisting of lozenges of
different woods or veneers.
9. An Italian hat with pantaloon ornamentation.
10. A brass wind musical instrument of relatively wide
conical bore.
11. A pruning hook with a telescoping handle.
12. A mild, firm cheese of Flanders.
13. _Obs._ (A place) provided with a hedge or fence; an
enclosure [EME, fm OE _hecge_ hedge, fence].
14. A threat.
15. [Herald.] The triangles forming a star on the faces of
a white pentagon; each triangle is usually of a
different hatched color.
16. Sesame and black bean cheese.
17. Ill-fated; condemned.
Dodi Schultz
July 13th, 2010, 04:42 PM
Based on total bafflement, my guesses are
> 5. To despise.
>
and
> 12. A mild, firm cheese of Flanders.
>
--Dodi
Judy Madnick
July 13th, 2010, 06:28 PM
<< 8. A decorative wall panelling consisting of lozenges of
<< different woods or veneers.
<< 12. A mild, firm cheese of Flanders.
Judy Madnick
Millie Morgan
July 13th, 2010, 06:53 PM
I'll guess 6 and 13 thanks Chris
> 6. One of the pioneer settlers in an area [S Afr].
> 13. _Obs._ (A place) provided with a hedge or fence; an enclosure [EME, fm
> OE _hecge_ hedge, fence].
Best wishes
Millie
Daniel B. Widdis
July 14th, 2010, 12:09 AM
1, because I spent quite a bit of my formative years on CIS as a
necromancer, and I want to see a picture of 15.
--
Dan Widdis
Tim Lodge
July 14th, 2010, 04:10 AM
I can't visualise a three-legged curio - are we talking Jake the Peg
here? - but "a threat" could possibly be true:
4 and 14 please.
-- Tim L
Jim Hart
July 14th, 2010, 04:11 AM
I'll take a cheese and a bit: 2 and 16
Jim
Tim B
July 14th, 2010, 06:18 AM
7 and 12, please.
Best wishes,
Tim B.
Matthew
July 14th, 2010, 07:51 AM
For Bastille Day I will have to take:
14. A threat.
and
17. Ill-fated; condemned.
Matthew Grieco
France International
July 14th, 2010, 09:36 AM
1 and 9 are odd enought to get my votes.
Toni Savage
July 14th, 2010, 10:29 AM
6 and 10.
*-- Toni Savage
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Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2122: forhecche - Definition List
We have a fairly respectable total of 17 definitions for FORHECCHE. Please
vote for two, by public reply to this message, before deadline, which is
11:00 AM EDT on Thursday, July 15, 2010, or 8:00 AM PDT .
1. A shaman woman skilled in trance inducing techniques; a
* * female necromancer.
2. [Equest.] A kind of snaffle bit.
3. Eyecatching; flamboyant.
4. A three-legged curio.
5. To despise.
6. One of the pioneer settlers in an area [S Afr].
7. (_It._) An appetizer.
8. A decorative wall panelling consisting of lozenges of
* * different woods or veneers.
9. An Italian hat with pantaloon ornamentation.
10. A brass wind musical instrument of relatively wide
* * conical bore.
11. A pruning hook with a telescoping handle.
12. A mild, firm cheese of Flanders.
13. _Obs._ (A place) provided with a hedge or fence; an
* * enclosure [EME, fm OE _hecge_ hedge, fence].
14. A threat.
15. [Herald.] The triangles forming a star on the faces of
* * a white pentagon; each triangle is usually of a
* * different hatched color.
16. Sesame and black bean cheese.
17. Ill-fated; condemned.
EnDash@aol.com
July 14th, 2010, 10:52 AM
Strictly wild guesses: numbers 1 and 2.
1. A shaman woman skilled in trance inducing techniques; a
female necromancer.
2. [Equest.] A kind of snaffle bit.
-- Dick Weltz
Dave Cunningham
July 14th, 2010, 12:41 PM
5 and 17 for no discernible reason ...
Dave
JohnnyB
July 14th, 2010, 01:10 PM
I'll grab a vote for 8 and 10 please
JohnnyB
>
> 8. A decorative wall panelling consisting of lozenges of
> different woods or veneers.
> 10. A brass wind musical instrument of relatively wide
> conical bore.
>
Paul Keating
July 14th, 2010, 02:21 PM
12 and 17 for me.
--
Paul Keating
The Hague
Guerri Stevens
July 14th, 2010, 07:50 PM
I vote for 3 and 17.
Guerri
Christopher Carson wrote:
>
> 3. Eyecatching; flamboyant.
>
> 17. Ill-fated; condemned.
Tony Abell
July 15th, 2010, 09:58 AM
No time to choose, so 1 and 17:
> 1. A shaman woman skilled in trance inducing techniques; a
> female necromancer.
> 17. Ill-fated; condemned.
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