[Fictionary] If you didn't vote, it's too late!

Fran Poodry fpoodry at speakeasy.net
Sun Aug 29 12:27:29 EDT 2010


Jacob is the winner, with 8 points!  Jim and Pierre were the only people who
guessed the actual definition.  I did not include comments, sorry...I am
back to school and was trying to keep things simple for myself.
Take it, Jacob!
-Fran


David (0 points):
haslet   n.   a small hassle.

 
Judith (0 points):
haslet   n.   a man's undergarment, worn during battles in the 8th to 14th
centuries.
Judith
 
 
Actual definition:
haslet   n.   pieces of (esp. pig¹s) offal cooked together and usu.
compressed into a meat loaf.
The Oxford English Reference Dictionary 2nd Ed.,  Oxford University Press,
1996
1 (Jim), 2 (Pierre)
 
 
Linda (5 points):
haslet   n.   one of two handles or knobs on a scythe.
2 (Amy), 1 (Elliott), 2 (Nick)
 
 
Pierre (3 points):
haslet   n.   a Mediterranean fish, Gudusia adriatica, of the family
Clupeidae.
1 (Judith), 2 (correct guess)
 
 
Jean-Joseph (1 point):
haslet   n.   brandy made from a mixture of berries, usually lingonberries
and cloudberries.
1 (David)
 
 
Elliott (2 points):
haslet   n.   territory concealed by the legend or other apparatus on a map.
[< Haslett, in the Scilly Isles (now called the Isle of Flinders).]
1 (Amy), 1 (Linda)
 
 
Eric (2 points):
haslet   n.   a pivoting scoop attached to the rear section of the plank,
used in skiing on level surfaces.
2 (Jim)
 
 
Nick (5 points):
haslet   n.   A covering for an open-air market stall.
1 (Ranjit), 2 (David), 2(Elliott)
 
 
Ranjit (0 points):
haslet   n.   a third shoe.
 
 
Jacob (8 points):
haslet   n.   In tatting, a distinctive loop with a rollback cross, typical
of Devonshire lace.
2 (Ranjit), 2 (Judith), 2 (Linda), 1 (Nick), 1 (Pierre)
 
 
Jim (1 point):
haslet   n.   a heavy, typically stone disc with a flat bottom, used as a
nonfitting lid for pots of different sizes.
1 (correct guess)
 




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