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John Barrs
February 2nd, 2012, 02:25 PM
Here are 20 definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and wisdom
by our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide which is the
definition that was submitted by a dictionary

Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to
this one), before the deadline..

3:00 pm on Saturday, 04 Feb 2012 in the UK
10:00 am East Coast USA 7:00 am West Coast USA
00:30 am the next day in parts of Oz

New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may
vote.

JohnnyB

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1. the action or fact of occupying something; the condition of being an
occupant; actual possession, esp. of land; the taking possession of
something having no owner, as constituting a title to it

2. a carnivorous African mammal related to the weasel but resembling the
skunk in appearance and in its method of defense

3. innocence, guilessness [obs. Gk _a _ without + _kakos_ bad, evil]

4. a dark hardwood formerly used in cabinet making and as a veneer

5. the state of being angered by excessive noise

6. an enlargement of the spleen

7. a rattle made from a gourd

8. smooth; without points

9. inclination [towards]

10. thorn

11. sharply focused

12. a flat-topped hill

13. [obs] an exception

14. brightness; lustrousness

15. lacking essential resources

16. having an understanding of accounting (cf. numeracy)

17. argument based on false information, superstition or prejudice

18. wide-ranging light-brown frog of moist North American woodlands
especially spruce

19. a rash resulting from an allergy to the bark of the whistling thorn
(acacia) tree

20. support, especially of infirm and elderly persons or structures [from
Nahuatl (Aztec) _aca(tl)_ cane (plant)]

France International/Mike Shefler
February 2nd, 2012, 02:50 PM
I'll vote for 6 in honor of WInky from the comic strip Brewster Rockit
and take 19 to go with it.

Judy Madnick
February 2nd, 2012, 03:18 PM
Two very different definitions:

<< 18. wide-ranging light-brown frog of moist North American
<< woodlands
<< especially spruce

<< 19. a rash resulting from an allergy to the bark of the whistling
<< thorn
<< (acacia) tree

Judy Madnick

Dave Cunningham
February 2nd, 2012, 04:08 PM
3 for the odd spelling of guilelessness, and 4 for not pointing out
the "acacia tree" explicitly

Dave


On Feb 2, 3:25*pm, John Barrs <johnnyba... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
> Here are 20 definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and wisdom
> by our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide which is the
> definition that was submitted by a dictionary
>
> Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to
> this one), before the deadline..
>
> *3:00 pm on Saturday, 04 Feb 2012 in the UK
> 10:00 am East Coast USA 7:00 am West Coast USA
> 00:30 am the next day in parts of Oz
>
> New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may
> vote.
>
> JohnnyB
>
> =======
>
> 1. the action or fact of occupying something; the condition of being an
> occupant; actual possession, esp. of land; *the taking possession of
> something having no owner, as constituting a title to it
>
> *2. a carnivorous African mammal related to the weasel but resembling the
> skunk in appearance and in its method of defense
>
> *3. innocence, guilessness [obs. Gk _a _ without *+ _kakos_ *bad, evil]
>
> *4. a dark hardwood formerly used in cabinet making and as a veneer
>
> *5. the state of being angered by excessive noise
>
> *6. an enlargement of the spleen
>
> *7. a rattle made from a gourd
>
> *8. smooth; without points
>
> *9. inclination [towards]
>
> 10. thorn
>
> 11. sharply focused
>
> 12. a flat-topped hill
>
> 13. [obs] an exception
>
> 14. brightness; lustrousness
>
> 15. lacking essential resources
>
> 16. having an understanding of accounting (cf. numeracy)
>
> 17. argument based on false information, superstition or prejudice
>
> 18. wide-ranging light-brown frog of moist North American woodlands
> especially spruce
>
> 19. a rash resulting from an allergy to the bark of the whistling thorn
> (acacia) tree
>
> 20. support, especially of infirm and elderly persons or structures [from
> Nahuatl (Aztec) _aca(tl)_ cane (plant)]
>
>

—Keith Hale—
February 2nd, 2012, 04:14 PM
I will flip a vote each to the concocters (?) of numbers 1 & 18.

On 2 Feb 2012 14:25, "John Barrs" <johnnybarrs (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Here are 20 definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and wisdom
by our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide which is the
definition that was submitted by a dictionary

Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to
this one), before the deadline..

3:00 pm on Saturday, 04 Feb 2012 in the UK
10:00 am East Coast USA 7:00 am West Coast USA
00:30 am the next day in parts of Oz

New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may
vote.

JohnnyB

=======

1. the action or fact of occupying something; the condition of being an
occupant; actual possession, esp. of land; the taking possession of
something having no owner, as constituting a title to it

2. a carnivorous African mammal related to the weasel but resembling the
skunk in appearance and in its method of defense

3. innocence, guilessness [obs. Gk _a _ without + _kakos_ bad, evil]

4. a dark hardwood formerly used in cabinet making and as a veneer

5. the state of being angered by excessive noise

6. an enlargement of the spleen

7. a rattle made from a gourd

8. smooth; without points

9. inclination [towards]

10. thorn

11. sharply focused

12. a flat-topped hill

13. [obs] an exception

14. brightness; lustrousness

15. lacking essential resources

16. having an understanding of accounting (cf. numeracy)

17. argument based on false information, superstition or prejudice

18. wide-ranging light-brown frog of moist North American woodlands
especially spruce

19. a rash resulting from an allergy to the bark of the whistling thorn
(acacia) tree

20. support, especially of infirm and elderly persons or structures [from
Nahuatl (Aztec) _aca(tl)_ cane (plant)]

Tim Lodge
February 2nd, 2012, 04:19 PM
I'll try:

> 1. the action or fact of occupying something; the condition of being an
> occupant; actual possession, esp. of land; *the taking possession of
> something having no owner, as constituting a title to it
>
> 13. [obs] an exception

-- Tim L

Dodi Schultz
February 2nd, 2012, 04:28 PM
Haven't a clue. At random:

2. a carnivorous African mammal related to the weasel but resembling the
skunk in appearance and in its method of defense

and

13. [obs] an exception

—Dodi

Stephen Dixon
February 2nd, 2012, 05:45 PM
I'll take:

#1 - occupying

#5 - noise anger

steve d

Daniel Widdis
February 2nd, 2012, 10:22 PM
Having spent the evening writing computer code to handle exceptions for a
lack of recoursesŠ.

13 and 15 please

--
Dan

Frances Wetzstein
February 2nd, 2012, 10:32 PM
8 and 17, please

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Here are 20 definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and wisdom by
our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide which is the
definition that was submitted by a dictionary

Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to
this one), before the deadline..

3:00 pm on Saturday, 04 Feb 2012 in the UK
10:00 am East Coast USA 7:00 am West Coast USA
00:30 am the next day in parts of Oz

New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may
vote.

JohnnyB

=======

1. the action or fact of occupying something; the condition of being an
occupant; actual possession, esp. of land; the taking possession of
something having no owner, as constituting a title to it

2. a carnivorous African mammal related to the weasel but resembling the
skunk in appearance and in its method of defense

3. innocence, guilessness [obs. Gk _a _ without + _kakos_ bad, evil]

4. a dark hardwood formerly used in cabinet making and as a veneer

5. the state of being angered by excessive noise

6. an enlargement of the spleen

7. a rattle made from a gourd

8. smooth; without points

9. inclination [towards]

10. thorn

11. sharply focused

12. a flat-topped hill

13. [obs] an exception

14. brightness; lustrousness

15. lacking essential resources

16. having an understanding of accounting (cf. numeracy)

17. argument based on false information, superstition or prejudice

18. wide-ranging light-brown frog of moist North American woodlands
especially spruce

19. a rash resulting from an allergy to the bark of the whistling thorn
(acacia) tree

20. support, especially of infirm and elderly persons or structures [from
Nahuatl (Aztec) _aca(tl)_ cane (plant)]

Bill Bensburg
February 2nd, 2012, 11:44 PM
9 and 13, please!

Steve Graham
February 3rd, 2012, 12:17 AM
I'll take 1 and 2 ... but I did read them all

Steve Graham


> 1. the action or fact of occupying something; the condition of being an
> occupant; actual possession, esp. of land; the taking possession of
> something having no owner, as constituting a title to it
>
> 2. a carnivorous African mammal related to the weasel but resembling the
> skunk in appearance and in its method of defense
>
>

Guerri Stevens
February 3rd, 2012, 05:51 AM
I vote for 1 and 16.

Guerri

John Barrs wrote:
>
> 1. the action or fact of occupying something; the condition of being an
> occupant; actual possession, esp. of land; the taking possession of
> something having no owner, as constituting a title to it
>
> 16. having an understanding of accounting (cf. numeracy)

Millie Morgan
February 3rd, 2012, 06:02 AM
I'll go for 9 and 14 thanks JohnnyB

> 9. inclination [towards]
> 14. brightness; lustrousness


Best wishes
Millie

Matthew
February 3rd, 2012, 07:44 AM
My votes go to:

10. thorn

and

14. brightness; lustrousness

--Matthew Grieco

Tim B
February 3rd, 2012, 07:59 AM
1 and 3, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

Chris Carson
February 3rd, 2012, 08:20 AM
18 and 19.

Chris

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 2, 2012, at 3:25 PM, John Barrs <johnnybarrs (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

> Here are 20 definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and wisdom by our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide which is the definition that was submitted by a dictionary
>
> Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to this one), before the deadline..
>
> 3:00 pm on Saturday, 04 Feb 2012 in the UK
> 10:00 am East Coast USA 7:00 am West Coast USA
> 00:30 am the next day in parts of Oz
>
> New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may vote.
>
> JohnnyB
>
> =======
>
> 1. the action or fact of occupying something; the condition of being an occupant; actual possession, esp. of land; the taking possession of something having no owner, as constituting a title to it
>
> 2. a carnivorous African mammal related to the weasel but resembling the skunk in appearance and in its method of defense
>
> 3. innocence, guilessness [obs. Gk _a _ without + _kakos_ bad, evil]
>
> 4. a dark hardwood formerly used in cabinet making and as a veneer
>
> 5. the state of being angered by excessive noise
>
> 6. an enlargement of the spleen
>
> 7. a rattle made from a gourd
>
> 8. smooth; without points
>
> 9. inclination [towards]
>
> 10. thorn
>
> 11. sharply focused
>
> 12. a flat-topped hill
>
> 13. [obs] an exception
>
> 14. brightness; lustrousness
>
> 15. lacking essential resources
>
> 16. having an understanding of accounting (cf. numeracy)
>
> 17. argument based on false information, superstition or prejudice
>
> 18. wide-ranging light-brown frog of moist North American woodlands especially spruce
>
> 19. a rash resulting from an allergy to the bark of the whistling thorn (acacia) tree
>
> 20. support, especially of infirm and elderly persons or structures [from Nahuatl (Aztec) _aca(tl)_ cane (plant)]
>
>
>

EnDash@aol.com
February 3rd, 2012, 08:28 AM
My guesses are numbers 14 and 15.



14. brightness; lustrousness

15. lacking essential resources


-- Dick Weltz

Toni Savage
February 3rd, 2012, 02:16 PM
14 and 16, please
*
*

-- Toni Savage


>________________________________
>From: John Barrs <johnnybarrs (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
>To: Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
>Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2012 3:25 PM
>Subject: [Dixonary] Rnd 2278: ACACY Defs up
>
>
>Here are 20 definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and wisdom by our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide which is the definition that was submitted by a dictionary
>
>Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to this one), before the deadline..
>
>*3:00 pm on Saturday, 04 Feb 2012 in the UK
>10:00 am East Coast USA 7:00 am West Coast USA
>00:30 am the next day in parts of Oz
>
>New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may vote.
>
>JohnnyB
>
>=======
>
>1. the action or fact of occupying something; the condition of being an occupant; actual possession, esp. of land;* the taking possession of something having no owner, as constituting a title to it
>
>*2. a carnivorous African mammal related to the weasel but resembling the skunk in appearance and in its method of defense
>
>*3. innocence, guilessness [obs. Gk _a _ without* + _kakos_* bad, evil]
>
>*4. a dark hardwood formerly used in cabinet making and as a veneer
>
>*5. the state of being angered by excessive noise
>
>*6. an enlargement of the spleen
>
>*7. a rattle made from a gourd
>
>*8. smooth; without points
>
>*9. inclination [towards]
>
>10. thorn
>
>11. sharply focused
>
>12. a flat-topped hill
>
>13. [obs] an exception
>
>14. brightness; lustrousness
>
>15. lacking essential resources
>
>16. having an understanding of accounting (cf. numeracy)
>
>17. argument based on false information, superstition or prejudice
>
>18. wide-ranging light-brown frog of moist North American woodlands especially spruce
>
>19. a rash resulting from an allergy to the bark of the whistling thorn (acacia) tree
>
>20. support, especially of infirm and elderly persons or structures [from Nahuatl (Aztec) _aca(tl)_ cane (plant)]
>
>
>
>
>
>

Chuck
February 3rd, 2012, 03:54 PM
John -

I'll pass over the run-away leader and try -

2. a carnivorous African mammal related to the weasel but resembling the
skunk in appearance and in its method of defense

and also maybe -

4. a dark hardwood formerly used in cabinet making and as a veneer

Thanks,

Chuck

scott crom
February 3rd, 2012, 05:48 PM
I'll have 8 and 14, please.

Scott

Tony Abell
February 3rd, 2012, 06:46 PM
Not an easy choice. 1 and 10, for no reason:

> 1. the action or fact of occupying something; the condition of being an
> occupant; actual possession, esp. of land; the taking possession of
> something having no owner, as constituting a title to it

> 10. thorn