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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

Dodi Schultz
July 21st, 2010, 10:53 AM
I've read them all the way to the end of the list, twice, but I think
I'm going with two of the early ones:

> 1. granular snow pellets.
>

and

> 5. a type of hook used in commercial fishing
>

--Dodi

Dave Cunningham
July 21st, 2010, 11:29 AM
2 and 11 to keep my average down on guresses


Dave

Judy Madnick
July 21st, 2010, 11:46 AM
<< 5.* a type of hook used in commercial fishing

<< 10.* a device for removing a gorged and embedded hook from
<< the mouth or throat
<< of a fish

Judy Madnick

EnDash@aol.com
July 21st, 2010, 11:51 AM
I'll try numbers 3 and 11


3. A quick stamp of the foot used in fencing as a feint to produce an
opening.


11. a benevolent ghost in German folklore.


-- Dick Weltz

France International
July 21st, 2010, 11:53 AM
I'll try 3 and 14.

Tim Bourne
July 21st, 2010, 12:08 PM
5 and 10, please.

Best wishes,
Tim.

Tim Lodge
July 21st, 2010, 04:41 PM
Toni

I'll take some cheap and shoddy cement:

>
> 8.* cheap; shoddy
>

> 12.* a cement or mortar used to bind tiles or mosaics to a wall.
>

-- Tim L

Matthew
July 21st, 2010, 05:43 PM
My votes go to:

14.* A blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow that makes
vertical cuts in
the soil in advance of the plowshare.

and

15.* A corrugated metal fastener for joining two flush pieces.

Matthew Grieco

Guerri Stevens
July 21st, 2010, 08:24 PM
I vote for 3 and 6.

Guerri

Toni Savage wrote:
>
> 3. A quick stamp of the foot used in fencing as a feint to produce an opening.
>
> 6. a device that is screwed into a crack in a rock, or a gap between rocks, to
> provide a belay point.

Millie Morgan
July 22nd, 2010, 04:01 AM
Well, I've narrowed it down to three ... don't you hate that?
So I'll go for 6 and 15 (and I'm not telling what the other one was)

> 6. a device that is screwed into a crack in a rock, or a gap between
> rocks, to provide a belay point.
> 15. A corrugated metal fastener for joining two flush pieces.


Best wishes
Millie