Tim Lodge
September 16th, 2010, 08:26 AM
We have 18 definitions of the wrod STIG, only one of which is true.
Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this
one), before the deadline:
19:00 BST on Friday 17th September
18:30 GMT/UTC
20:00 CET
2:00 PM EDT
11:00 AM PDT all on the same day and
05:00 Melbourne time on Saturday 18th
New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
round. Don't look in a dictionary. Full rules, if you're curious, are
at http://tinyurl.com/ktw5pq
-- Tim L
*** STIG ***
1: dark.
2: a leather flask.
3: a sheet of mica.
4: _Obs._ to start in alarm.
5: [Scots] prepared, ready.
6: a sharp blow to the head.
7: a small brad without a head.
8: a tumultuous, confused rush.
9: non-communicative; resolutely silent.
10: a wooden dowel used to stabilize wood joints.
11: a sterile worker male in a social insect colony.
12: a small mug or cup; a measure of about one gill.
13: in architectural drafting, a point of alignment.
14: mountaineering clip that grips rope when weight is applied.
15: _Colloq._ a burr, esp. one that catches in an animal's fur.
16: a bracket on which a shield was mounted on a Viking longboat.
17: [Real estate] an extra sales bonus paid for the rental of
commercial property at a figure higher than projected.
18: a wart on the face with red hairs growing on it [ON from Stiggatr,
the name of bow-warrior in Thorkildson's boat who was afflicted]
Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this
one), before the deadline:
19:00 BST on Friday 17th September
18:30 GMT/UTC
20:00 CET
2:00 PM EDT
11:00 AM PDT all on the same day and
05:00 Melbourne time on Saturday 18th
New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
round. Don't look in a dictionary. Full rules, if you're curious, are
at http://tinyurl.com/ktw5pq
-- Tim L
*** STIG ***
1: dark.
2: a leather flask.
3: a sheet of mica.
4: _Obs._ to start in alarm.
5: [Scots] prepared, ready.
6: a sharp blow to the head.
7: a small brad without a head.
8: a tumultuous, confused rush.
9: non-communicative; resolutely silent.
10: a wooden dowel used to stabilize wood joints.
11: a sterile worker male in a social insect colony.
12: a small mug or cup; a measure of about one gill.
13: in architectural drafting, a point of alignment.
14: mountaineering clip that grips rope when weight is applied.
15: _Colloq._ a burr, esp. one that catches in an animal's fur.
16: a bracket on which a shield was mounted on a Viking longboat.
17: [Real estate] an extra sales bonus paid for the rental of
commercial property at a figure higher than projected.
18: a wart on the face with red hairs growing on it [ON from Stiggatr,
the name of bow-warrior in Thorkildson's boat who was afflicted]