[Dixonary] TROGON defs

[Dave Cunningham]

A nice even seventeen defs to choose from - pick two even. Do it
before 6 a.m. Monday, and you will be richly rewarded. As always, all
errors are the fault of the dealer.

1. A large, round hat.

2. a Corinthian magistrate overseeing the selection of juries in
capital cases.

3. A lighter, or vessel for inland navigation.

4. a bird of tropical American forests, with a long tail and
brilliantly colored plumage.

5. a small shield used by the ancient Greeks.

6. a polynomial consisting of three terms.

7. In the TV cartoon show "Transformers", an animated skyscaper that
can morph into a flying battleship.

8. in equestrian events, a failure to negotiate an obstacle.

9. a luffing crane tank locomotive.

10. A troglodyte.

11. a ventilation shaft esp. for cave dwellings; an auxiliary shaft
in an
opal mine.

12. Asia, N Africa: bearded vulture [Gr, _tragus_ = goat]

13. a scraper used by early hominids.

14. In ancient Rome, the senior servant of a household, often a freed
slave.

15. a many-sided polygon [Gk trókhos 'wheel' + -gon f. polygon]

16. _Nautical_ A light tackle having double or treble blocks, used to
hoist or tighten rigging.

17. a proposed but never observed inert element heavier than Radon.


Dave
DQ, DF

[Judy Madnick]

Let's get this over with since I have no idea!

<< 2. a Corinthian magistrate overseeing the selection of juries
<< in
<< capital cases.

<< 5. a small shield used by the ancient Greeks.

Judy Madnick

[Matthew]

My votes go to:

8. in equestrian events, a failure to negotiate an obstacle.

and

13. a scraper used by early hominids.

--Matthew Grieco

[Daniel B. Widdis]

I think it's 12 and I hope it's 15.

--
Dan

[Dodi Schultz]

> A nice even seventeen defs to choose from . . .

I'm sorry to report that it should have been 18; mine was sent at least
three hours before your deadline. All of the other e-mails I sent today
seem to have reached their destinations, so I don't think the fault was
at this end.

I'll try the birds:

> 4. a bird of tropical American forests, with a long tail and
> brilliantly colored plumage.
>

and

> 12. Asia, N Africa: bearded vulture [Gr, _tragus_ = goat]
>

—Dodi

[Millie Morgan]

I'll go for a light and a lighter ...

> 3. A lighter, or vessel for inland navigation.
> 16. _Nautical_ A light tackle having double or treble blocks, used to
hoist or tighten rigging.


Best wishes,
Millie

[Tim B]

10 and 14, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 5 and 14.

Guerri

Dave Cunningham wrote:
>
> 5. a small shield used by the ancient Greeks.
>
> 14. In ancient Rome, the senior servant of a household, often a freed
> slave.

[EnDash@aol.com]

Numbers 14 and 17, please.



14. In ancient Rome, the senior servant of a household, often a freed
slave.


17. a proposed but never observed inert element heavier than Radon.

-- Dick Weltz

[John Barrs]

The birds are tempting, so I'll have one of them and the hominid scraper to
go with it

#4 and #13 please

JohnnyB

4. a bird of tropical American forests, with a long tail and
> brilliantly colored plumage.
>
>
> 13. a scraper used by early hominids.
>
>

[France International]

I'll take the 2 birds, 4 and 12.

[Chuck]

Dave,

An interesting collection. I'll try -

4. a bird of tropical American forests, with a long tail and brilliantly
colored plumage.

and

5. a small shield used by the ancient Greeks.

Thanks,

Chuck

[Tony Abell]

The only two that seem plausible to me are 13 and 15:

> 13. a scraper used by early hominids.

> 15. a many-sided polygon [Gk trókhos 'wheel' + -gon f. polygon]

[Chris Carson]

I'll go for 1 and 6.

Chris

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On Jan 8, 2011, at 8:26 PM, Dave Cunningham <cunn5393 (AT) bellsouth (DOT) net> wrote:

> A nice even seventeen defs to choose from - pick two even. Do it
> before 6 a.m. Monday, and you will be richly rewarded. As always, all
> errors are the fault of the dealer.
>
> 1. A large, round hat.
>
> 2. a Corinthian magistrate overseeing the selection of juries in
> capital cases.
>
> 3. A lighter, or vessel for inland navigation.
>
> 4. a bird of tropical American forests, with a long tail and
> brilliantly colored plumage.
>
> 5. a small shield used by the ancient Greeks.
>
> 6. a polynomial consisting of three terms.
>
> 7. In the TV cartoon show "Transformers", an animated skyscaper that
> can morph into a flying battleship.
>
> 8. in equestrian events, a failure to negotiate an obstacle.
>
> 9. a luffing crane tank locomotive.
>
> 10. A troglodyte.
>
> 11. a ventilation shaft esp. for cave dwellings; an auxiliary shaft
> in an
> opal mine.
>
> 12. Asia, N Africa: bearded vulture [Gr, _tragus_ = goat]
>
> 13. a scraper used by early hominids.
>
> 14. In ancient Rome, the senior servant of a household, often a freed
> slave.
>
> 15. a many-sided polygon [Gk trókhos 'wheel' + -gon f. polygon]
>
> 16. _Nautical_ A light tackle having double or treble blocks, used to
> hoist or tighten rigging.
>
> 17. a proposed but never observed inert element heavier than Radon.
>
>
> Dave
> DQ, DF
>