[Fictionary] turbary stats

[Josh Burdick]

The results are sauntering in (sorry for the slowness). I'm interested 
that both a definition
mentioned peat, and someone guessed something peat-related.

I believe Jean-Joseph and JimM are tied for this round, with three 
points apiece.

Josh

> turbary - adj. - A body ornament worn like a bracelet around the leg, 
> just above the knee.
>
Jean-Joseph's. Nick (1), Linda (2)

> turbary - n. - an ecclesiastical official charged with insuring 
> consistency of decisions by all
> the courts spiritual within an archdiocese.
>
JimM's. Nick (2), David (1)

> turbary - n. - a stew of mixed songbirds
David's.

> turbary - noun(plural turbaries).1.land, or a piece of land, where 
> turf or peat may be dug or cut.
> 2.(Law) the right to cut turf or peat on a common land or on another 
> person's land.
>
The correct definition, guessed by David (for two points).

>
> turbary -- (adj.)  Of cheese, filled with bubbles of pressurized gas 
> which
> burst audibly when bitten into.
Elliot's.

> turbary, n. a small shrub with waxy gray berries, similar to bayberry
> and used in the same way to make candles.
Linda's.

>
> turbary - adj. 1. disturbing 2. abhorrent
Fran's.

>
> turbary, n. A cage or habitat for flightless birds.
Nick's.

> turbary, n. A building used to dry peat in the Outer Hebrides. The 
> peat is
> used as fuel in the blackhouse; once the thatch of the blackhouse is
> thoroughly saturated with peat smoke, it is removed and used as 
> fertilizer,
> and the blackhouse is rethatched.
>
Pierre's. Linda (1)