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nancyshepherdson
August 23rd, 2005, 03:41 PM
Well, here they are...19 clever or jokish (or both) definitions of
GNEEVE, one really from my trusty, standard dictionary. Please vote
by responding to this email for the two you like best -- for
whatever reason -- by 11:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday August 24,
approximately 38 hours from now, wherever you are.

Nancy

1. a sheriff.

2. a female gnu

3. juniper _obs. (Milton)_.

4. underground water-channel.

5. [Scot.] enough; sufficient.

6. a type of boat used on the rivers of Eastern Europe.

7. the twelfth part of a ploughland.

8. loyal; steadfast.

9. lustful; foolish

10. to impale, as with a sword.

11. a metal rim sometimes used on a gauntlet.

12. a solitary hill in an otherwise flat area.

13. [Afrikaans] a young boy.

14. snow, either in drifts or heavy accumulations.

15. to sit silently, pondering the world.

16. _Scots_ a kind of flatbottom rowboat.

17. what happens when a gnu or a gnat is annoyed; frequently found
in the forms gneevish or gneeved.

18. a technique of decorating metal in which areas that have been
hollowed out, as by incising, are filled with colored enamel and
fired.

19. ['jen-iv-er'] derogatory term for Luther's hymns, which he set
to contemporary folk tunes; derived from 'Geneva jigs'.






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Daniel B. Widdis
August 23rd, 2005, 03:47 PM
I think I'll 15 atop a 12.

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Chuck Emery
August 23rd, 2005, 03:50 PM
Nancy -

I'll try:

5. [Scot.] enough; sufficient.

and

8. loyal; steadfast.

Thanks,

Chuck


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Hugo Kornelis
August 23rd, 2005, 03:57 PM
Hi Nancy,

> Well, here they are...19 clever or jokish (or both) definitions of
> GNEEVE, one really from my trusty, standard dictionary.

And now it's up to us to guess if your dictionary has a clever or a jokish
definition?

> 4. underground water-channel.

> 14. snow, either in drifts or heavy accumulations.

These two are my favorites this round.

Best, Hugo




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John Barrs
August 23rd, 2005, 03:57 PM
Nancy

They are all impossible but 7 is so unreasonable that it has to have a vote; but 11 sounds plausible to me

So #7 and #11 for me please


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Barbara Kryvko
August 23rd, 2005, 04:29 PM
1 and 2



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chm
August 23rd, 2005, 04:37 PM
My votes - @ tapcis.com:

#12 & #15

Carolyn
Tim Bourne
August 23rd, 2005, 04:51 PM
11 and 13, please.

Tim B





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Daniel B. Widdis
August 23rd, 2005, 06:14 PM
chm wrote:
>
> My votes - @ tapcis.com:
Made it through this time! :)

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Guerri Stevens
August 23rd, 2005, 07:56 PM
I vote for 5 and 18.
Guerri



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Dave Cunningham
August 24th, 2005, 07:16 AM
5 and 7 -- and just how big is a "ploughland"?

Dave
Christopher Carson
August 24th, 2005, 07:45 AM
Nancy,

I'll go snowy hill - 12 and 14.

Chris




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chm
August 24th, 2005, 02:47 PM
Good, must have been a one-time glitch.

I thought it might be a good idea to let people know where I was coming from.

chm
Paul Keating
August 24th, 2005, 03:14 PM
I vote for the popular 5 and the unpopular 9.

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Tony Abell
August 24th, 2005, 03:56 PM
I'll take 2 and 12, the first for its cleverness, the second for
its being almost plausible.




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