[Dixonary] Round 2160: wowf - Definition List

[Christopher Carson]

For your consideration, we have a bumper crop of defs after the holiday
weekend.
There are a total of 20 definitions for WOWF, one of which was extracted
from an actual dictionary. Please vote for your two favorites, by public
reply to this message, before deadline, which is 9:00 AM EST on Tuesday,
November 30, 2010, or 6:00 AM PST and yes, I'm stretching the deadline a
bit for convenience.

1. [Pol.] A type of bean soup.

2. A plow equipped with a double moldboard that turns up the soil on each
side of the furrow, often having an attached drill for seed planting.

3. Excessive amplification of the lower frequencies in an audio system.

4. A jug for wine.

5. The 27th letter of the Arabic alphabet, having a sound of "w" or "u."

6. A secret society.

7. Elaborate glazed Italian pottery.

8. A female drug trafficker.

9. [_Obs._] Forlorn.

10. Debris or waste material from metalworking operations.

11. The sixth letter of the Syriac alphabet.

12. A combination of regular and irregular frequency wobbles in a tape or
gramophone recording, caused by speed fluctuations in the recording or
reproduction process.

13. Diagonal fibers added to normal woven cloth.

14. The sediment in a drink; lees.

15. To wrinkle; to become wrinkled.

16. A large rectangular collar popular in the 17th century.

17. _Scots_ Crazed, daft, mad.

18. _Arab._ A right or privilege, esp. of a royal or judicial nature

19. Spelled bark of a talking dog [see any Terry Pratchett novel involving
Ankh-Morpork and Gaspode].

20. The short fiber left over from combing wool or spinning silk and used
as a decorative additive for rovings and yarns.

[Tim Lodge]

Chris

We're almost a secret society, and I live in the forlorn hope of
guessing the true def:

> *6. A secret society.
>
> *9. [_Obs._] Forlorn.


-- Tim L

[France International]

I'll vote alphabetically for 5 and 11.

[Judy Madnick]

I still think it's not a real word, but here are my guesses:

<< 13. Diagonal fibers added to normal woven cloth.

<< 20. The short fiber left over from combing wool or spinning silk
<< and used
<< as a decorative additive for rovings and yarns.

Judy Madnick

[John Barrs]

with a bumper crop of defs I can fall more fall on my face than usual - so,
fo no good reasons I'll choose #8, double it and add 1 so also #17 please
(giving a definition of one for the other)

JohnnyB





8. A female drug trafficker.
>
>
>
> 17. _Scots_ Crazed, daft, mad.
>
>

[Tim B]

9 and 16, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 12 and 20.

Guerri

Christopher Carson wrote:
>
> 12. A combination of regular and irregular frequency wobbles in a tape or
> gramophone recording, caused by speed fluctuations in the recording or
> reproduction process.
>
> 20. The short fiber left over from combing wool or spinning silk and used
> as a decorative additive for rovings and yarns.

[Daniel B. Widdis]

I'll go with the audio effects. 3 and 12.

--
Dan

[Dave Cunningham]

9 and 17 as being sorta the same

Dave

On Nov 28, 2:48*pm, Christopher Carson <clcar... (AT) live (DOT) com> wrote:
> For your consideration, we have a bumper crop of defs after the holiday
> weekend.
> There are a total of 20 definitions for WOWF, one of which was extracted
> from an actual dictionary. *Please vote for your two favorites, by public
> reply to this message, before deadline, which is 9:00 AM EST on Tuesday,
> November 30, 2010, or 6:00 AM PST *and yes, I'm stretching the deadline a
> bit for convenience.
>
> *1. [Pol.] A type of bean soup.
>
> *2. A plow equipped with a double moldboard that turns up the soil on each
> side of the furrow, often having an attached drill for seed planting.
>
> *3. Excessive amplification of the lower frequencies in an audio system.
>
> *4. A jug for wine.
>
> *5. The 27th letter of the Arabic alphabet, having a sound of "w" or "u."
>
> *6. A secret society.
>
> *7. Elaborate glazed Italian pottery.
>
> *8. A female drug trafficker.
>
> *9. [_Obs._] Forlorn.
>
> 10. *Debris or waste material from metalworking operations.
>
> 11. The sixth letter of the Syriac alphabet.
>
> 12. A combination of regular and irregular frequency wobbles in a tape or
> gramophone recording, caused by speed fluctuations in the recording or
> reproduction process.
>
> 13. Diagonal fibers added to normal woven cloth.
>
> 14. The sediment in a drink; lees.
>
> 15. To wrinkle; to become wrinkled.
>
> 16. A large rectangular collar popular in the 17th century.
>
> 17. _Scots_ Crazed, daft, mad.
>
> 18. _Arab._ A right or privilege, esp. of a royal or judicial nature
>
> 19. Spelled bark of a talking dog [see any Terry Pratchett novel involving
> Ankh-Morpork and Gaspode].
>
> 20. The short fiber left over from combing wool or spinning silk and used
> as a decorative additive for rovings and yarns.

[Dodi Schultz]

WOWF! Thatsa whole lotta exotic defs!

From which, I'll go wiff:

> 5. The 27th letter of the Arabic alphabet, having a sound of "w" or "u."
>

and

> 9. [_Obs._] Forlorn.
>

--Dodi

[Nancy Shepherdson]

I'll take the unpopular 12 and 14.

Nancy

On Nov 28, 1:48*pm, Christopher Carson <clcar... (AT) live (DOT) com> wrote:
> For your consideration, we have a bumper crop of defs after the holiday
> weekend.
> There are a total of 20 definitions for WOWF, one of which was extracted
> from an actual dictionary. *Please vote for your two favorites, by public
> reply to this message, before deadline, which is 9:00 AM EST on Tuesday,
> November 30, 2010, or 6:00 AM PST *and yes, I'm stretching the deadline a
> bit for convenience.
>
> *1. [Pol.] A type of bean soup.
>
> *2. A plow equipped with a double moldboard that turns up the soil on each
> side of the furrow, often having an attached drill for seed planting.
>
> *3. Excessive amplification of the lower frequencies in an audio system.
>
> *4. A jug for wine.
>
> *5. The 27th letter of the Arabic alphabet, having a sound of "w" or "u."
>
> *6. A secret society.
>
> *7. Elaborate glazed Italian pottery.
>
> *8. A female drug trafficker.
>
> *9. [_Obs._] Forlorn.
>
> 10. *Debris or waste material from metalworking operations.
>
> 11. The sixth letter of the Syriac alphabet.
>
> 12. A combination of regular and irregular frequency wobbles in a tape or
> gramophone recording, caused by speed fluctuations in the recording or
> reproduction process.
>
> 13. Diagonal fibers added to normal woven cloth.
>
> 14. The sediment in a drink; lees.
>
> 15. To wrinkle; to become wrinkled.
>
> 16. A large rectangular collar popular in the 17th century.
>
> 17. _Scots_ Crazed, daft, mad.
>
> 18. _Arab._ A right or privilege, esp. of a royal or judicial nature
>
> 19. Spelled bark of a talking dog [see any Terry Pratchett novel involving
> Ankh-Morpork and Gaspode].
>
> 20. The short fiber left over from combing wool or spinning silk and used
> as a decorative additive for rovings and yarns.

[Millie Morgan]

15 and 17, but haven't clue :)

> 15. To wrinkle; to become wrinkled.
> 17. _Scots_ Crazed, daft, mad.

All the best,
Millie

[Jim Hart]

They are all wrong but that never mattered before so I'll pretend that
the true def is either 2 or 20.


Jim

[Toni Savage]

I'm a sucker for short odd defs (9) and Scots (17)

9 and 17 please.
*-- Toni Savage



----- Original Message ----
From: Christopher Carson <clcarson (AT) live (DOT) com>
To: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
Sent: Sun, November 28, 2010 2:48:46 PM
Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2160: wowf - Definition List

For your consideration, we have a bumper crop of defs after the holiday
weekend.
There are a total of 20 definitions for WOWF, one of which was extracted
from an actual dictionary.* Please vote for your two favorites, by public
reply to this message, before deadline, which is 9:00 AM EST on Tuesday,
November 30, 2010, or 6:00 AM PST* and yes, I'm stretching the deadline a
bit for convenience.

1. [Pol.] A type of bean soup.

2. A plow equipped with a double moldboard that turns up the soil on each
side of the furrow, often having an attached drill for seed planting.

3. Excessive amplification of the lower frequencies in an audio system.

4. A jug for wine.

5. The 27th letter of the Arabic alphabet, having a sound of "w" or "u."

6. A secret society.

7. Elaborate glazed Italian pottery.

8. A female drug trafficker.

9. [_Obs._] Forlorn.

10.* Debris or waste material from metalworking operations.

11. The sixth letter of the Syriac alphabet.

12. A combination of regular and irregular frequency wobbles in a tape or
gramophone recording, caused by speed fluctuations in the recording or
reproduction process.

13. Diagonal fibers added to normal woven cloth.

14. The sediment in a drink; lees.

15. To wrinkle; to become wrinkled.

16. A large rectangular collar popular in the 17th century.

17. _Scots_ Crazed, daft, mad.

18. _Arab._ A right or privilege, esp. of a royal or judicial nature

19. Spelled bark of a talking dog [see any Terry Pratchett novel involving
Ankh-Morpork and Gaspode].

20. The short fiber left over from combing wool or spinning silk and used
as a decorative additive for rovings and yarns.

[EnDash@aol.com]

My guesses are numbers 18 and 20.




18. _Arab._ A right or privilege, esp. of a royal or judicial nature



20. The short fiber left over from combing wool or spinning silk and used
as a decorative additive for rovings and yarns.


-- Dick Weltz

[Matthew]

My votes go to:

3. Excessive amplification of the lower frequencies in an audio
system.

and

12. A combination of regular and irregular frequency wobbles in a tape
or gramophone recording, caused by speed fluctuations in the recording
or reproduction process.

--Matthew Grieco

[Paul Keating]

The popular 9 and the unpopular 15.

[Tony Abell]

The allusion to wow and flutter, those banes of cassettes and warped LPs, does
not convince me, as I think I would have heard of such a contraction.

I'm going to guess it's something completely unlikely, so I choose 4 and 8:

> 4. A jug for wine.

> 8. A female drug trafficker.