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Eric wins!  With  a definition I can't even visualize!  Carry on! 
Melissa 
ruttlin - n - pl.  ruttlins,  a  pest, usually an insect such as a gnat or 
mosquito which  annoyingly circles one’s head - v - (also ruttle) to annoy as if 
by a gnat or  mosquito, perhaps by using a feather to tickle the face of  a 
napping  person 
FRAN -  1 
1 - Pierre “since I've sometimes  been surrounded by clouds of ruttlins” 
Nick - “I don't think  dictionary authors go into feather tickling, but then 
again, I don't know any  dictionary writers.” 
Fran - “Aw, Junior,  you just made Maw slap herself!  Maw, you g’wan back to 
sleep, that was  jest Junior ruttlin ya!” 
ruttlin - n.  (Dorset dial.) - the wooden  frame that supports the thatched 
roof of a cottage 
DAVID -  7 
2 -  Judith 
1 - Eric “I can't see why this wouldn't be just posts and  beams and whatnot, 
but a point for dull and not  implausible.” 
1 - Nick “Ah, weird  British words. I'll take it!” 
1 -  Jean-Joseph 
2 - Pierre 
David - ” ‘Ah,  Arabella, I be busy wit' fixin' the ruttlin, and needin' to 
study late o'  nights.’
’To owld Nick wi' ye and your ruttlin, Jude!  Tis wi' yer wife  ye should be 
passin' nights.’” 
ruttlin -  n. - a Civil War repeater rifle manufactured in Bridesburg, PA 
from 1862-1865.   It was fitted with a triangular bayonet and used 
"self-contained rim-fire  cartridges, which were fed from seven-shot magazine in butt 
stock." Source: The  Fireside Book of Guns by Larry Koller 
LINDA -  2 
2 - Fran “(ha.   butt stock.  hee hee hee)” 
Nick - “I really want  this to be the definition, if only because that sounds 
like a good fireside  read.” 
Linda - “I was  inspired by an old Civil War rifle my great grandfather had 
on his barn and  which we now own. It was made in Bridesburg, PA in 1863, had a 
 fixed bayonet, and was well preserved by the black paint in was slathered  
in.  There was a bullet still in the chamber--typical of my hap-hazard  family, 
but hard to detect in this model without digging deep in the  chamber.  I 
used a book on guns for the fake specs, which actually  described a gun called 
the Spencer.  Linda  PS Incidently, I had a  relative who was a general at the 
Battle of Gettysburg. he started the day as a  Lieutenant, and was promoted to 
general after all the officers above him were  killed.  He was the top dog for 
15 minutes and then was killed. Proves what  a terribly bloody war it was. 
His name was Elon John  Farnsworth.” 
ruttlin - adj. -  rotund 
JDMS -  2 
2 - Eric “especially  for being an adjective” 
Nick - “They sound too  similar.” 
ruttlin - n. - a  handgrip in the form of a ball or hemisphere as on a 
projecting  spoke 
ERIC -  10 
2 - Ranjit “for some  reason, this def makes me happy” 
2 -  Linda 
2 -  Amy 
1 -  Jim 
2 - Nick “Believable -  sounds like the sort of weird nautical term we pick 
so  often.” 
1 - Elliott “This  time, for a change, there are too many *plausible* 
options.   Sigh.” 
Eric - “Or, perhaps,  ‘You naughty girl!  I've never ruttled.’” 
ruttlin - n. - a  chewing gum made from pine sap and sawdust 
RANJIT -  0 
Nick - “Tasty! But  when I want my mouth to taste piney, I'll drink gin.” 
Jean-Joseph -  “I've had this, but not  by this name.  It wasn't really very 
good.  And I think it used  cornstarch instead of sawdust.” 
ruttlin - n. - a  personal anecdote used habitually to justify an opinion in 
the face of contrary  evidence 
ELLIOTT -  2 
1 - Ranjit “we need a  word for this!” 
1 -  JDMS 
Jim - “If there were a  word for this, I think I'd have heard it already -- 
because it would be quite  handy! Honorable mention.” 
Nick - “I think I've  done this...” 
ruttlin - n. - a comb  with widely-spaced teeth, used in the marbling process 
to create patterns in  floating paint 
JIM - 8   
1 -  Linda 
1 - Amy “Dang it, I've  *used* this object, and I can't remember if it had a 
name or  not.” 
1 - Fran “I know these  exist and I have no idea what they are called. Maybe  
ruttlin!” 
1 -  David 
2 -  Elliott 
2 -  Jean-Joseph 
Nick -  “Marbling?” 
ruttlin - n. (Cornish  dialect) - the sound of phlegm rattling in the 
bronchial  tubes 
THE MEANING OF TINGO,  BY ADAM JACOT DE BOINOD - 0 
Nick -  “Ew.” 
Jean-Joseph -  “Only two pages show up  on Google with the Cornish phlegm 
rattle (along with a bunch of matches for the  family name, and what appears to 
be a blues musician named Ruttlin' Orange  Peel).  By interesting coincidence, 
one of the pages is a list of Cornish  terms, and the one just before it is ‘
rusking-comb’, which is a large-toothed  comb.” 
ruttlin - n - 1. A  kind of rough canvas from northern England. 2. The 
cording used  for this canvas, also used for traction on bicycle tires in  winter 
PIERRE -  7 
1 -  Judith 
2 -  JDMS 
2 -  Jim 
2 -  David 
Jean-Joseph -  “I like this, but I  don't think it would really help much on 
the tires.” 
Nick - “Maybe the  first part... but I highly doubt the tire traction trick.”
 
ruttlin - n. - finely  stranded polyester or nylon used to provide tensile 
strength in cables that use  very light-gauge copper conductor wires 
JEAN-JOSEPH -  0 
Fran - “The definition  I wish I had written: (except I wouldn't say ‘copper 
conductor wires’ because it  is redundant.)” 
Nick - “Nylon (~45  MPa) is weaker than pure copper wire (~75 MPa). If you 
had said spider silk or  carbon nanotubes or something, I might believe it.  I 
would hope that, in general, you  aren't using thin conducting wires to 
pull/hold up  anything.” 
ruttlin - adv. - an  obscene adverb in Appalachian dialect 
JUDITH 
Nick - “It being a  swear would be too easy.” 
BONUS 
ruttlin - n. - a  medication for attention deficit disorder in  snakes
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