Round 2151 - vote for aceldama

[mshefler]

Here are 17 wonderful, but mostly fake, definitions of aceldama. See if you
can guess the correct one. Submit your votes no later than 7 PM EDT, Tuesday,
November 26.

1. felicitous; delightful.

2. a scalelike structure,

3. a rare tumor affecting fish, notably farmed salmon and trout.

4. a circle dance for men, popular in Bulgaria. The first time a youth
is invited to join in is regarded as his coming of age.

5. the common Norway maple.

6. a chaperone or bodyguard.

7. _Romanian_ a nanny.

8. a Macedonian felt hat with broad brim.

9. flakes or thin, crisp fragments.

10. a dedication on or relating to a book or work of art.

11. any of a number of richly hued timbers from trees of the genus
_Dalbergia_, often brownish with darker veining, but found in many
different hues.

12. a clay furnace used for heating metals for forging.

13. a nonsense word appearing in Schikaneder's libretto to Mozart's
_Magic Flute_, variously interpreted to mean "I love you" or "kiss
me", etc.

14. a three-dimensional projection of historical chronography.

15. a lithographic image created by printing on an aluminized substrate
to produce vivid colors.

16. the potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased
with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and
therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed.

17. _Med._ a spreading subcutaneous contusion in the soft tissue near a
joint; caused by damage to the joint itself - most usually behind the
knee or inside the elbow.


[Judy Madnick]

No point in agonizing over this. I'm usually wrong anyhow. <sigh>

<< 12. a clay furnace used for heating metals for forging.

<< 16. the potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem,
<< purchased
<< with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and
<< therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed.

Judy Madnick

[Tim Lodge]

Wouldn't it be lovely to believe you've picked the right one.
Unfortunately, these two don't fill me with that confidence:

> 11. *any of a number of richly hued timbers from trees of the genus
> _Dalbergia_, often brownish with darker veining, but found in many
> different hues.
>

> 17. *_Med._ a spreading subcutaneous contusion in the soft tissue near
> a
> joint; caused by damage to the joint itself - most usually behind the
> knee or inside the elbow.

-- Tim L

[Tim B]

6 and 8, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[Matthew]

My votes go to:

10. *a dedication on or relating to a book or work of art.

and

13. *a nonsense word appearing in Schikaneder's libretto to Mozart's
_Magic Flute_, variously interpreted to mean "I love you" or "kiss
me", etc.

--Matthew Grieco

[EnDash@aol.com]

I'll vote for numbers 6 and 16.



6. a chaperone or bodyguard.


16. the potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem,
purchased
with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and
therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed.


-- Dick Weltz

[Paul Keating]

7 and 13.

[Dodi Schultz]

I'll try the short

> 2. a scalelike structure,
>

and the lengthy, learned-sounding

> 16. the potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem,
> purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed.
>

although I don't actually believe either of them.

--Dodi

[Daniel B. Widdis]

13 because I like nonce words, and 14 because I'd like to see that
illustrated

--
Dan

[Millie Morgan]

9 and 10 for me thanks

> 9. flakes or thin, crisp fragments.
> 10. a dedication on or relating to a book or work of art.


Good wishes,
Millie

[Dave Cunningham]

1 and 6 without reason, as usual.

Dave

On Oct 25, 12:36*pm, mshefler <sta... (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com> wrote:
> Here are 17 wonderful, but mostly fake, definitions of aceldama. See if
> you
> can guess the correct one. Submit your votes no later than 7 PM EDT,
> Tuesday,
> November 26.
>
> 1. *felicitous; delightful.
>
> 2. *a scalelike structure,
>
> 3. *a rare tumor affecting fish, notably farmed salmon and trout.
>
> 4. *a circle dance for men, popular in Bulgaria. The first time a youth
> is invited to join in is regarded as his coming of age.
>
> 5. *the common Norway maple.
>
> 6. *a chaperone or bodyguard.
>
> 7. *_Romanian_ * a nanny.
>
> 8. *a Macedonian felt hat with broad brim.
>
> 9. *flakes or thin, crisp fragments.
>
> 10. *a dedication on or relating to a book or work of art.
>
> 11. *any of a number of richly hued timbers from trees of the genus
> _Dalbergia_, often brownish with darker veining, but found in many
> different hues.
>
> 12. *a clay furnace used for heating metals for forging.
>
> 13. *a nonsense word appearing in Schikaneder's libretto to Mozart's
> _Magic Flute_, variously interpreted to mean "I love you" or "kiss
> me", etc.
>
> 14. *a three-dimensional projection of historical chronography.
>
> 15. *a lithographic image created by printing on an aluminized
> substrate
> to produce vivid colors.
>
> 16. *the potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem,
> purchased
> with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and
> therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed.
>
> 17. *_Med._ a spreading subcutaneous contusion in the soft tissue near
> a
> joint; caused by damage to the joint itself - most usually behind the
> knee or inside the elbow.
>
> --
> mshefler

[Chuck]

Mike -

From your excellent selection I'll try -

8. a Macedonian felt hat with broad brim.

and

13. a nonsense word appearing in Schikaneder's libretto to Mozart's
_Magic Flute_, variously interpreted to mean "I love you" or "kiss me", etc.

Thanks,

Chuck

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 12 and 17.

Guerri

mshefler wrote:
>
> 12. a clay furnace used for heating metals for forging.
>
>
> 17. _Med._ a spreading subcutaneous contusion in the soft tissue near
> a joint; caused by damage to the joint itself - most usually behind the
> knee or inside the elbow.

[Christopher Carson]

I'll go for 1 and 6.

Chris