View Full Version : [Dixonary] Round 2252 ... it's time to vote
Millie Morgan
October 31st, 2011, 03:48 PM
Here are 17 definitions for PARTON, only one of which is from a dictionary.
Please send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message
before the deadline:
7:00pm Wed 2/11 Melbourne EDT
1:00am Wed 2/11 PDT
3:00am Wed 2/11 CDT
4:00am Wed 2/11 EDT
8:00am Wed 2/11 BT
9:00am Wed 2/11 CET
New players are welcome, even if they didn't enter a definition this round.
Full rules are at http://rules.dixonary.net
Good luck,
Millie
** PARTON **
1: a maker of pewter
2: (sl.) a four-in-hand tie
3: a small, short-necked bittern inhabiting the Southeastern United States
4: shield against rain or spray on a ship's bridge
5: a particle (as a quark or gluon) that is held to be a constituent of
hadrons
6: A native or inhabitant of Parthia [a region of the Persian empire under
Cyrus and Darius, later a kingdom in what is now Iran]
7: half of a hogshead
8: A carpenter's rig for bending wood with steam and clamps
9: a part between rows of hair that have been done up in cornrows
10: a dividing strip or long thin element of a formal garden
11: _Nautical_ A light tackle having double or single blocks, used to hoist
or tighten rigging
12: a case for carrying croquet balls
13: a shipping cartel with one or more silent partners who hold a majority
of the shares
14: a narrow wooden member; slat; lath
15: A customer
16: A good-humored, slow-witted fellow; -- usually said of an elderly man.
[Colloq.]
17: railway telegraphic code for an out-of-gauge (wide) load
Dave Cunningham
October 31st, 2011, 04:04 PM
14 and 16 -- being possibly related.
Dave
On Oct 31, 4:48*pm, "Millie Morgan" <milliemmor... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
> Here are 17 definitions for PARTON, only one of which is from a dictionary.
>
> Please send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message
> before the deadline:
>
> * 7:00pm Wed 2/11 Melbourne EDT
> * 1:00am Wed 2/11 PDT
> * 3:00am Wed 2/11 CDT
> * 4:00am Wed 2/11 EDT
> * 8:00am Wed 2/11 BT
> * 9:00am Wed 2/11 CET
>
> New players are welcome, even if they didn't enter a definition this round.
> Full rules are athttp://rules.dixonary.net
>
> Good luck,
> Millie
>
> *** *PARTON **
>
> *1: a maker of pewter
>
> *2: (sl.) a four-in-hand tie
>
> *3: a small, short-necked bittern inhabiting the Southeastern United States
>
> *4: shield against rain or spray on a ship's bridge
>
> *5: a particle (as a quark or gluon) that is held to be a constituent of
> hadrons
>
> *6: A native or inhabitant of Parthia [a region of the Persian empire under
> Cyrus and Darius, later a kingdom in what is now Iran]
>
> *7: half of a hogshead
>
> *8: A carpenter's rig for bending wood with steam and clamps
>
> *9: a part between rows of hair that have been done up in cornrows
>
> 10: a dividing strip or long thin element of a formal garden
>
> 11: _Nautical_ A light tackle having double or single blocks, used to hoist
> or tighten *rigging
>
> 12: a case for carrying croquet balls
>
> 13: a shipping cartel with one or more silent partners who hold a majority
> of the shares
>
> 14: a narrow wooden member; slat; lath
>
> 15: A customer
>
> 16: A good-humored, slow-witted fellow; -- usually said of an elderly man.
> [Colloq.]
>
> 17: railway telegraphic code for an out-of-gauge (wide) load
Judy Madnick
October 31st, 2011, 04:06 PM
<< 3: a small, short-necked bittern inhabiting the Southeastern
<< United States
<< 17: railway telegraphic code for an out-of-gauge (wide) load
for absolutely no reason at all.
Judy
thejazzmonger
October 31st, 2011, 04:30 PM
I just don't know. Without any justification, whatsoever, I take:
#4 - shield against rain or spray
#14 - narrow wooden slat
sd
—Keith Hale—
October 31st, 2011, 05:24 PM
5 and 14, please.
Tim B
October 31st, 2011, 05:25 PM
10 and 14, please.
Best wishes,
Tim B.
Tim Lodge
October 31st, 2011, 05:51 PM
I really haven't got a clue this time. I'll try:
> 10: a dividing strip or long thin element of a formal garden
>
> 15: A customer
-- Tim L
Dodi Schultz
October 31st, 2011, 08:15 PM
> 7: half of a hogshead
and
> 10: a dividing strip or long thin element of a formal garden
—Dodi
Nancy Shepherdson
October 31st, 2011, 09:51 PM
The least likely: 15 and 16.
Nancy
Guerri Stevens
November 1st, 2011, 05:42 AM
I vote for 1 and 17.
Guerri
Millie Morgan wrote:
>
> 1: a maker of pewter
>
> 17: railway telegraphic code for an out-of-gauge (wide) load
>
France International
November 1st, 2011, 09:47 AM
I'll go for 4 and 15.
Daniel Widdis
November 1st, 2011, 11:31 AM
2 and 12 please
--
Dan
EnDash@aol.com
November 1st, 2011, 12:16 PM
Numbers 5 and 14 for me, please.
-- Dick Weltz
5: a particle (as a quark or gluon) that is held to be a constituent of
hadrons
14: a narrow wooden member; slat; lath
Steve Graham
November 1st, 2011, 12:57 PM
I'll go for 6 and 8
6: A native or inhabitant of Parthia [a region of the Persian empire under
Cyrus and Darius, later a kingdom in what is now Iran]
8: A carpenter's rig for bending wood with steam and clamps
.... and I hope I don't fit No. 16.
16: A good-humored, slow-witted fellow; -- usually said of an elderly man.
[Colloq.]
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
Chuck
November 1st, 2011, 07:04 PM
Millie -
A nice collection. I'll try -
14: a narrow wooden member; slat; lath
and
15: A customer
Thanks,
Chuck
scott crom
November 1st, 2011, 08:54 PM
I'll have 7 and 14, please.
Scott
Toni Savage
November 1st, 2011, 10:27 PM
12 and 14
-- Toni Savage
>________________________________
>From: Millie Morgan <milliemmorgan (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
>To: Dixonary (group) <Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
>Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 4:48 PM
>Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2252 ... it's time to vote
>
>Here are 17 definitions for PARTON, only one of which is from a dictionary.
>
>Please send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message before the deadline:
>
>7:00pm Wed 2/11 Melbourne EDT
>1:00am Wed 2/11 PDT
>3:00am Wed 2/11 CDT
>4:00am Wed 2/11 EDT
>8:00am Wed 2/11 BT
>9:00am Wed 2/11 CET
>
>
>New players are welcome, even if they didn't enter a definition this round.
>Full rules are at http://rules.dixonary.net
>
>
>Good luck,
>Millie
>
>
>
>*** PARTON **
>
>
>1: a maker of pewter
>
>2: (sl.) a four-in-hand tie
>
>3: a small, short-necked bittern inhabiting the Southeastern United States
>
>4: shield against rain or spray on a ship's bridge
>
>5: a particle (as a quark or gluon) that is held to be a constituent of hadrons
>
>6: A native or inhabitant of Parthia [a region of the Persian empire under Cyrus and Darius, later a kingdom in what is now Iran]
>
>7: half of a hogshead
>
>8: A carpenter's rig for bending wood with steam and clamps
>
>9: a part between rows of hair that have been done up in cornrows
>
>10: a dividing strip or long thin element of a formal garden
>
>11: _Nautical_ A light tackle having double or single blocks, used to hoist or tighten* rigging
>
>12: a case for carrying croquet balls
>
>13: a shipping cartel with one or more silent partners who hold a majority of the shares
>
>14: a narrow wooden member; slat; lath
>
>15: A customer
>
>16: A good-humored, slow-witted fellow; -- usually said of an elderly man. [Colloq.]
>
>17: railway telegraphic code for an out-of-gauge (wide) load
>
>
>
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