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mshefler
July 29th, 2010, 11:55 AM
Here are 18 fascinating definitions of rottock, only one of which is correct,
of course. Do your best to pick the right one. You get 2 choices. No fair
peeking in a dictionary! Respond with your votes no later than 10 AM EDT,
Saturday, July 30.

1. a dressed and split chicken for roasting or broiling on a spit.

2. a Cornish mine.

3. a person engaged in the selling of baled fodder. (orig. obscure)

4. a clam native to the Pacific Northwest.

5. a method of water impoundment that effectively prevents flash
flooding.

6. a small tuft of grass (M.E.)

7. an offset pawl used in mechanical watches and clocks.

8. an obstreperous dog.

9. a footless stocking worn as a gaiter; a short connecting pipe.

10. An old, rotten or stuffy thing. [Scot. and Engl. Dial.]

11. a wild, garlic-like European plant of the lily family.

12. an Austrian red grape variety, a hybrid of Blaufränkisch and Blauer
Portugieser. [place name]

13. [N. Eng. dial.] a person with red hair.

14. an imaginary monster inhabiting swamps and lagoons.

15. a circular footstool.

16. a bug or roach.

17. a rock-dwelling desert marsupial, noted for having the smallest known
mammalian Y chromosome with just four genes.

18. moldy or otherwise unpalatable hardtack.

Dodi Schultz
July 29th, 2010, 01:27 PM
Mike, you said the deadline for voting is "Saturday, July 30."

I assume you did mean Saturday (the 31st), not the 30th (which is Friday).

My completely-at-random guesses on this stumper:

> 7. an offset pawl used in mechanical watches and clocks.
>

and

> 11. a wild, garlic-like European plant of the lily family.
>

--Dodi

EnDash@aol.com
July 29th, 2010, 01:30 PM
I will guess blindly at numbers 9 and 11:




9. a footless stocking worn as a gaiter; a short connecting pipe.


11. a wild, garlic-like European plant of the lily family.

-- Dick Weltz

Dave Cunningham
July 29th, 2010, 01:39 PM
2 and 12 as still being quite non-believable at all

Dave

Matthew
July 29th, 2010, 02:06 PM
My votes go to:


> 1. *a dressed and split chicken for roasting or broiling on a spit.

and

> 10. *An old, rotten or stuffy thing. [Scot. and Engl. Dial.]

Matthew Grieco

Daniel B. Widdis
July 29th, 2010, 09:22 PM
We're still taking care of a stray dog that ran away from fireworks on July
4. I think she might be obstreperous but won't know until after the round
when I look _that_ word up. And I'll toss in a redhead for good measure.

That's 8 and 13.

--
Dan

Toni Savage
July 29th, 2010, 10:07 PM
10 and 13
*-- Toni Savage



----- Original Message ----
From: mshefler <stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com>
To: Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
Sent: Thu, July 29, 2010 12:55:41 PM
Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2126 the defs - vote now for rottock!


Here are 18 fascinating definitions of rottock, only one of which is
correct,
of course. Do your best to pick the right one. You get 2 choices. No
fair
peeking in a dictionary! Respond with your votes no later than 10 AM
EDT,
Saturday, July 30.

1.* a dressed and split chicken for roasting or broiling on a spit.

2.* a Cornish mine.

3.* a person engaged in the selling of baled fodder. (orig. obscure)

4.* a clam native to the Pacific Northwest.

5.* a method of water impoundment that effectively prevents flash
flooding.

6.* a small tuft of grass (M.E.)

7.* an offset pawl used in mechanical watches and clocks.

8.* an obstreperous dog.

9.* a footless stocking worn as a gaiter; a short connecting pipe.

10.* An old, rotten or stuffy thing. [Scot. and Engl. Dial.]

11.* a wild, garlic-like European plant of the lily family.

12.* an Austrian red grape variety, a hybrid of Blaufränkisch and
Blauer
Portugieser. [place name]

13.* [N. Eng. dial.] a person with red hair.

14.* an imaginary monster inhabiting swamps and lagoons.

15.* a circular footstool.

16.* a bug or roach.

17.* a rock-dwelling desert marsupial, noted for having the smallest
known
mammalian Y chromosome with just four genes.

18.* moldy or otherwise unpalatable hardtack.


--
mshefler

Judy Madnick
July 29th, 2010, 10:15 PM
I'll go with the yucky stuff:

<< 10. An old, rotten or stuffy thing. [Scot. and Engl. Dial.]

<< 18. moldy or otherwise unpalatable hardtack.

Judy Madnick

Guerri Stevens
July 30th, 2010, 06:36 AM
I vote for 9 and 18.

Guerri

mshefler wrote:
>
> 9. a footless stocking worn as a gaiter; a short connecting pipe.
>
> 18. moldy or otherwise unpalatable hardtack.

Jim Hart
July 30th, 2010, 08:04 AM
I'll try the botanical #6
and the zoological #17

Chromosomes are effectively an animal's operating system and four
genes seems plenty for a Y chromosome which is in effect just a 4-bit
switch set to Beer=Yes Food=Yes Fight=Yes Sex=Yes. The fact that other
mammals have thousands of genes for the same basic purpose is simply
because their chromosomes were designed by Microsoft.

Jim

Dodi Schultz
July 30th, 2010, 09:03 AM
> I'll try the botanical #6
> and the zoological #17
>
> Chromosomes are effectively an animal's operating system and four
> genes seems plenty for a Y chromosome which is in effect just a 4-bit
> switch set to Beer=Yes Food=Yes Fight=Yes Sex=Yes. The fact that other
> mammals have thousands of genes for the same basic purpose is simply
> because their chromosomes were designed by Microsoft.
>

*LOL!*

--Dodi

> Jim
>
>

Tim Lodge
July 30th, 2010, 11:00 AM
Mike

I'll go for the old, rotten footstool:

>
> 10. *An old, rotten or stuffy thing. [Scot. and Engl. Dial.]
>
> 15. *a circular footstool.
>

-- Tim L

Toni Savage
July 30th, 2010, 03:55 PM
Welcome back!!
*-- Toni Savage



----- Original Message ----
From: Jim Hart <jfshart (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
To: Dixonary <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
Sent: Fri, July 30, 2010 9:04:47 AM
Subject: [Dixonary] Re: Round 2126 the defs - vote now for rottock!

I'll try the botanical #6
and the zoological #17

Chromosomes are effectively an animal's operating system and four
genes seems plenty for a Y chromosome which is in effect just a 4-bit
switch set to Beer=Yes Food=Yes Fight=Yes Sex=Yes. The fact that other
mammals have thousands of genes for the same basic purpose is simply
because their chromosomes were designed by Microsoft.

Jim

Nancy Shepherdson
July 30th, 2010, 04:49 PM
Hi all!

I'll take 9 and 12 as being sufficient weird to be true.

Nancy

Tony Abell
July 30th, 2010, 11:09 PM
I'll take an obstreperous gaiter:

> 8. an obstreperous dog.

> 9. a footless stocking worn as a gaiter; a short connecting pipe

Millie Morgan
July 30th, 2010, 11:16 PM
9 and 13 thanks Mike

> 9. a footless stocking worn as a gaiter; a short connecting pipe.
> 13. [N. Eng. dial.] a person with red hair.

Best wishes
Millie

Chris Carson
July 31st, 2010, 12:01 AM
9 and 10 for me.

Chris


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On Jul 29, 2010, at 12:55 PM, mshefler <stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com> wrote:

>
> Here are 18 fascinating definitions of rottock, only one of which is
> correct,
> of course. Do your best to pick the right one. You get 2 choices. No
> fair
> peeking in a dictionary! Respond with your votes no later than 10 AM
> EDT,
> Saturday, July 30.
>
> 1. a dressed and split chicken for roasting or broiling on a spit.
>
> 2. a Cornish mine.
>
> 3. a person engaged in the selling of baled fodder. (orig. obscure)
>
> 4. a clam native to the Pacific Northwest.
>
> 5. a method of water impoundment that effectively prevents flash
> flooding.
>
> 6. a small tuft of grass (M.E.)
>
> 7. an offset pawl used in mechanical watches and clocks.
>
> 8. an obstreperous dog.
>
> 9. a footless stocking worn as a gaiter; a short connecting pipe.
>
> 10. An old, rotten or stuffy thing. [Scot. and Engl. Dial.]
>
> 11. a wild, garlic-like European plant of the lily family.
>
> 12. an Austrian red grape variety, a hybrid of Blaufränkisch and
> Blauer
> Portugieser. [place name]
>
> 13. [N. Eng. dial.] a person with red hair.
>
> 14. an imaginary monster inhabiting swamps and lagoons.
>
> 15. a circular footstool.
>
> 16. a bug or roach.
>
> 17. a rock-dwelling desert marsupial, noted for having the smallest
> known
> mammalian Y chromosome with just four genes.
>
> 18. moldy or otherwise unpalatable hardtack.
>
>
> --
> mshefler
>

Paul Keating
July 31st, 2010, 04:30 AM
I'll follow vox pop and take 9 and 10.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague