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Tim B
March 21st, 2011, 04:49 AM
Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before the deadline,
which is 9 pm GMT (2100 UTC) on Tuesday 22 March. That might well be 5 pm in New York, 2 pm in LA,
and so on.

New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this round. Don't look in a dictionary.

1: a purple dye.

2: a sword cane.

3: _colloq._ a parasol.

4: rain which appears to fall upward.

5: partially shaded; within a penumbra.

6: a groom, the husband-to-be, the male fiancée.

7: flowering herb growing in moist areas; milfoil.

8: a raised stone or brick border around a garden.

9: an area of a church in which reliquaries are kept.

10: a small recess or cupboard in the wall of a church.

11: gold-coloured Britannia metal used in souvenirware.

12: highly decorated with precious stones, gold leaf, etc.

13: generally the food of the Gods; more specifically the host in Mass [ME *ambrosia*].

14: a wire grating or screen affixed to the top of a chimney to prevent birds from entering.

15: a thick pitch drawn from under the bark of the eucalyptus tree used by Australian aboriginals to
cure lesions.

16: a poor-house; an institution that distributes food, etc. to the poor [< ME almonry < OF
au(l)mosnerie, a place where alms were distributed]

Best wishes,
Tim B.

Dave Cunningham
March 21st, 2011, 07:47 AM
2 and 12 to keep my score as low as possible

Dave

On Mar 21, 5:49*am, Tim B <timbourn... (AT) virginmedia (DOT) com> wrote:
> Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before the deadline,
> which is 9 pm GMT (2100 UTC) on Tuesday 22 March. That might well be 5 pm in New York, 2 pm in LA,
> and so on.
>
> New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this round. Don't look in a dictionary.
>
> * 1: a purple dye.
>
> * 2: a sword cane.
>
> * 3: _colloq._ *a parasol.
>
> * 4: rain which appears to fall upward.
>
> * 5: partially shaded; within a penumbra.
>
> * 6: a groom, the husband-to-be, the male fianc e.
>
> * 7: flowering herb growing in moist areas; milfoil.
>
> * 8: a raised stone or brick border around a garden.
>
> * 9: an area of a church in which reliquaries are kept.
>
> 10: a small recess or cupboard in the wall of a church.
>
> 11: gold-coloured Britannia metal used in souvenirware.
>
> 12: highly decorated with precious stones, gold leaf, etc.
>
> 13: generally the food of the Gods; more specifically the host in Mass [ME *ambrosia*].
>
> 14: a wire grating or screen affixed to the top of a chimney to prevent birds from entering.
>
> 15: a thick pitch drawn from under the bark of the eucalyptus tree used by Australian aboriginals to
> cure lesions.
>
> 16: a poor-house; an institution that distributes food, etc. to the poor [< ME almonry < OF
> au(l)mosnerie, a place where alms were distributed]
>
> Best wishes,
> Tim B.

—Keith Hale—
March 21st, 2011, 07:56 AM
Well, for my votes, i'll have 8 & 14.

> *8: a raised stone or brick border around a garden.
> 14: a wire grating or screen affixed to the top of a chimney to prevent
> birds from entering.

Judy Madnick
March 21st, 2011, 08:21 AM
<< 9: an area of a church in which reliquaries are kept.

<< 10: a small recess or cupboard in the wall of a church.

Judy Madnick

France International
March 21st, 2011, 09:06 AM
I'll go for 11 and 16.

EnDash@aol.com
March 21st, 2011, 09:30 AM
I'll go for 7 and 10, although the gold-colored metal is sorely tempting.

-- Dick Weltz





7: flowering herb growing in moist areas; milfoil.


10: a small recess or cupboard in the wall of a church.

Dodi Schultz
March 21st, 2011, 10:37 AM
I'll try

> 4: rain which appears to fall upward.

because it sounds so much more interesting than the dull, downward kind
that's falling here this morning, and

> 10: a small recess or cupboard in the wall of a church.

for no particular reason, really.

—Dodi

Paul Keating
March 21st, 2011, 12:32 PM
Vox pop says 10. And 9 is similar.

Michael Harrington
March 21st, 2011, 04:33 PM
I will vote for:
1: a purple dye.
and
5: partially shaded; within a penumbra.[?]

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 2:49 AM, Tim B <timbourne43 (AT) virginmedia (DOT) com> wrote:

> Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one),
> before the deadline, which is 9 pm GMT (2100 UTC) on Tuesday 22 March. That
> might well be 5 pm in New York, 2 pm in LA, and so on.
>
> New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this round..
> Don't look in a dictionary.
>
> 1: a purple dye.
>
> 2: a sword cane.
>
> 3: _colloq._ a parasol.
>
> 4: rain which appears to fall upward.
>
> 5: partially shaded; within a penumbra.
>
> 6: a groom, the husband-to-be, the male fiancée.
>
> 7: flowering herb growing in moist areas; milfoil.
>
> 8: a raised stone or brick border around a garden.
>
> 9: an area of a church in which reliquaries are kept.
>
> 10: a small recess or cupboard in the wall of a church.
>
> 11: gold-coloured Britannia metal used in souvenirware.
>
> 12: highly decorated with precious stones, gold leaf, etc.
>
> 13: generally the food of the Gods; more specifically the host in Mass [ME
> *ambrosia*].
>
> 14: a wire grating or screen affixed to the top of a chimney to prevent
> birds from entering.
>
> 15: a thick pitch drawn from under the bark of the eucalyptus tree used by
> Australian aboriginals to cure lesions.
>
> 16: a poor-house; an institution that distributes food, etc. to the poor [<
> ME almonry < OF au(l)mosnerie, a place where alms were distributed]
>
> Best wishes,
> Tim B.
>

Tim Lodge
March 21st, 2011, 05:59 PM
I'll take the food of the Gods and dye it purple:

> 1: a purple dye.
>
> 13: generally the food of the Gods; more specifically the host in Mass [ME *ambrosia*].

-- Tim L

Matthew
March 21st, 2011, 10:38 PM
My votes go to:

14: a wire grating or screen affixed to the top of a chimney to
prevent birds from entering.

and


16: a poor-house; an institution that distributes food, etc. to the
poor [< ME almonry < OF
au(l)mosnerie, a place where alms were distributed]

--Matthew Grieco

Daniel B. Widdis
March 22nd, 2011, 12:12 AM
I'd like a sword umbrella that I can use as a cane.

2 and 3 please.

--
Dan Widdis

Guerri Stevens
March 22nd, 2011, 05:01 AM
I vote for 12 and 16.

Guerri

Tim B wrote:
>
> 12: highly decorated with precious stones, gold leaf, etc.
>
> 16: a poor-house; an institution that distributes food, etc. to the poor
> [< ME almonry < OF au(l)mosnerie, a place where alms were distributed]

Chuck
March 22nd, 2011, 07:45 AM
Tim -

A nice collection, I'll try -

1: a purple dye.

and

14: a wire grating or screen affixed to the top of a chimney to
prevent birds from entering.

Thanks,

Chuck