Toni Savage
July 21st, 2010, 10:29 AM
Ok-- here's what we got (managed to squeeze one more def out with the delay):
Please vote for TWO by tomorrow (Wednesday here in EDT land) at 6pm.*
That deadline is 3pm Wednesday in the US Pacific time zone, and 'round midnight
GMT.
Newcomers welcome, but no peeking at a dictionary!!
1.* granular snow pellets.
2.* [naut] a rope ladder used to climb masts
3.* A quick stamp of the foot used in fencing as a feint to produce an opening.
4.* medieval-war engine for throwing stones.
5.* a type of hook used in commercial fishing
6.* a device that is screwed into a crack in a rock, or a gap between rocks, to
provide a belay point.
7.* a particular technique of rappelling developed by Swiss climber Wilhelm Grau
8.* cheap; shoddy
9.* a jet engine operated by the injection of fuel into a stream of air
compressed by the forward speed of the aircraft.
10.* a device for removing a gorged and embedded hook from the mouth or throat
of a fish
11.* a benevolent ghost in German folklore.
12.* a cement or mortar used to bind tiles or mosaics to a wall.
13.* _Mus._* an operatic recitative exaggeratedly low in pitch.
14.* A blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow that makes vertical cuts in
the soil in advance of the plowshare.
15.* A corrugated metal fastener for joining two flush pieces.
*-- Toni Savage
Please vote for TWO by tomorrow (Wednesday here in EDT land) at 6pm.*
That deadline is 3pm Wednesday in the US Pacific time zone, and 'round midnight
GMT.
Newcomers welcome, but no peeking at a dictionary!!
1.* granular snow pellets.
2.* [naut] a rope ladder used to climb masts
3.* A quick stamp of the foot used in fencing as a feint to produce an opening.
4.* medieval-war engine for throwing stones.
5.* a type of hook used in commercial fishing
6.* a device that is screwed into a crack in a rock, or a gap between rocks, to
provide a belay point.
7.* a particular technique of rappelling developed by Swiss climber Wilhelm Grau
8.* cheap; shoddy
9.* a jet engine operated by the injection of fuel into a stream of air
compressed by the forward speed of the aircraft.
10.* a device for removing a gorged and embedded hook from the mouth or throat
of a fish
11.* a benevolent ghost in German folklore.
12.* a cement or mortar used to bind tiles or mosaics to a wall.
13.* _Mus._* an operatic recitative exaggeratedly low in pitch.
14.* A blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow that makes vertical cuts in
the soil in advance of the plowshare.
15.* A corrugated metal fastener for joining two flush pieces.
*-- Toni Savage