[Dixonary] Round 2201: abrin - Definition List

[Christopher Carson]

The list turned out to be a little short, but it is of very high quality.
We have a total of 16 definitions for ABRIN, one of which comes from an
actual dictionary. Please vote for your two favorites, by public reply to
this message, before deadline, which is 9:00 AM EDT on Sunday, May 01,
2011, or 6:00 AM PDT .

1. Chaotic; jumbled up.

2. A securities or bond trade placed after market
closing, but credited to an account prior to closing.

3. A tool for applying wax to fabric for batik dyeing.

4. Broken stone used in roadways.

5. In sanctuary; sheltered.

6. Old name for decomposed basalt.

7. Inability to hear sounds in the lower portion of the
normal hearing range.

8. A tailless pig.

9. A natural enzyme produced in the liver that inhibits
blood coagulation.

10. Saliva of social wasps (paper wasps) used to bind
chewed-up wood fiber to form nests.

11. Somewhat pink; pinkish.

12. A poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary
pea.

13. A natural remedy for headaches and fevers, derived
from the bark of trees of the willow family.

14. A warm moist wind that precedes harvest in Kerry [also
eirebrin. Gall]

15. Highly flammable. Also: on fire, aflame.

16. Green [Arab.].

[France International]

I'll go for 5 and 12.

[Steve Graham]

I'll take 13 and 14 if you please.

Steve Graham

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too
dark to read. Groucho Marx

13. A natural remedy for headaches and fevers, derived
from the bark of trees of the willow family.

14. A warm moist wind that precedes harvest in Kerry [also
eirebrin. Gall]

[Daniel Widdis]

Chris, did you forget to include the real definition?

Flipping eight coins and converting from binary: 5 and 14 please.

--
Dan

[France International]

Seems to me 4 coins would suffice.

--Mike

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> Chris, did you forget to include the real definition?
>
> Flipping eight coins and converting from binary: 5 and 14 please.
>
> --
> Dan
>
>
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[Dodi Schultz]

Interesting group. I'll try:

> 3. A tool for applying wax to fabric for batik dyeing.
>

and

> 5. In sanctuary; sheltered.
>

—Dodi

[Daniel Widdis]

4 coins per vote. Two votes.

I actually used one coin, flipping 8 times.

--
Dan




On 4/29/11 9:21 AM, France International wrote:

>Seems to me 4 coins would suffice.
>
>--Mike
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Daniel Widdis" <widdis (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
>To: "Dixonary" <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
>Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 12:03 PM
>Subject: Re: [Dixonary] Round 2201: abrin - Definition List
>
>
>> Chris, did you forget to include the real definition?
>>
>> Flipping eight coins and converting from binary: 5 and 14 please.
>>
>> --
>> Dan
>>
>>
>>
>> -----
>> No virus found in this message.
>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
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>> Internal Virus Database is out of date.
>>

[Tim B]

10 and 11, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[EnDash@aol.com]

I'll go for numbers 1 and 15.




1. Chaotic; jumbled up.


15. Highly flammable. Also: on fire, aflame.


-- Dick Weltz

[Matthew]

My votes go to:

14. A warm moist wind that precedes harvest in Kerry [also
eirebrin. Gall]

and

15. Highly flammable. Also: on fire, aflame.

--Matthew Grieco

[Tim Lodge]

Chris

I'm voting for the least likely:

> *6. Old name for decomposed basalt.
>
> *8. A tailless pig.

-- Tim L

[Judy Madnick]

<< 10. Saliva of social wasps (paper wasps) used to bind
<< chewed-up wood fiber to form nests.

<< 12. A poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary
<< pea.

Judy Madnick

[—Keith Hale—]

Ah. Well. OK then. And the like.

Well, i shall cast my votes for 4 & 6.


4. Broken stone used in roadways.
> 6. Old name for decomposed basalt.
>

[Jim Hart]

Having determined that my task is picking two out of 16, and that 16/2
= 8 = 2^3, so I flipped 3 coins in a fountain and came up with 2^2 and
2^3, ie 4 and 8 please.

[Millie Morgan]

5 and 15 for me thanks

5. In sanctuary; sheltered.
15. Highly flammable. Also: on fire, aflame.


-- Millie

[Dave Cunningham]

9 and 12 because I used a three-sided coin


Dave

On Apr 29, 11:22*am, Christopher Carson <clcar... (AT) live (DOT) com> wrote:
> The list turned out to be a little short, but it is of very high quality.
> We have a total of 16 definitions for ABRIN, one of which comes from an
> actual dictionary. Please vote for your two favorites, by public reply to
> this message, before deadline, which is 9:00 AM EDT on Sunday, May 01,
> 2011, or 6:00 AM PDT .
>
> *1. Chaotic; jumbled up.
>
> *2. A securities or bond trade placed after market
> * * closing, but credited to an account prior to closing.
>
> *3. A tool for applying wax to fabric for batik dyeing.
>
> *4. Broken stone used in roadways.
>
> *5. In sanctuary; sheltered.
>
> *6. Old name for decomposed basalt.
>
> *7. Inability to hear sounds in the lower portion of the
> * * normal hearing range.
>
> *8. A tailless pig.
>
> *9. A natural enzyme produced in the liver that inhibits
> * * blood coagulation.
>
> 10. Saliva of social wasps (paper wasps) used to bind
> * * chewed-up wood fiber to form nests.
>
> 11. Somewhat pink; pinkish.
>
> 12. A poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary
> * * pea.
>
> 13. A natural remedy for headaches and fevers, derived
> * * from the bark of trees of the willow family.
>
> 14. A warm moist wind that precedes harvest in Kerry [also
> * * eirebrin. Gall]
>
> 15. Highly flammable. Also: on fire, aflame.
>
> 16. Green [Arab.].

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 5 and 10.

Guerri

Christopher Carson wrote:
>
> 5. In sanctuary; sheltered.
>
> 10. Saliva of social wasps (paper wasps) used to bind
> chewed-up wood fiber to form nests.

[Tony Abell]

This is indeed a word for random choosing methods. I'll throw votes at 4 and
its square, 16:

> 4. Broken stone used in roadways.

> 16. Green [Arab.].