[Fictionary] ORRA: The Results

[lindafowens at netzero.com]

HI, I went with the acronym, as when the word ORRA was proposed it was all in capital letters.  Didn't fool anyone, though. Linda

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From: Fran Poodry <fpoodry at gmail.com>
To: "fictionary at swarpa.net" <fictionary at swarpa.net>
Subject: [Fictionary] ORRA: The Results
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 12:24:22 -0800


Andrew won, with 7 points.I may or may not give everyone's comments later.Here is the tally: 5 points:
orra - det., pron., adj., adv. - (Ireland) much, many; (Scotland) few; rare, rarely
(Ranjit)
2 points from David Randall
1 point from Andrew
1 point from Matt
1 point from Jean-Joseph

4 points:
orra - n. - Territory submerged in the rest of the world when seawater is displaced for land reclamation.
(Elliott)
1 point from Ranjit 
2 points from Amelia
1 point for correct guess

2 points:
orra - adj. -  A brownish, dark yellow color. 
(Amelia)
1 point from Nick
1 point from Hutch

0 points:
orra - n. - A large water container used by ancient Illyrian people.
(Pierre)

0 points:
orra - interj. - "By all the gods!" [(fr. Ugr.) orale rea: lit. on the heads of the gods be it]
(Hutch)

0 points:
ORRA - n. - acronym for Our Righteous Ritual Acts, a pseudo-religious organization based in Portland, OR.   Some detractors call it ORegon's RAdicals.  Tenets are not as important as eating food together, mostly fresh produce, and circle and spiral dancing.
(Linda)

9 points and the actual definition:
orra - adj. - not matched; odd 
(The Oxford English Reference Dictionary)
2 points from Andrew
2 points from Matt
2 points from Nick
2 points from Jean-Joseph
1 point from Elliott

7 points:
orra - n. -  A member of the Osteoglossidae family of freshwater fish native to Indonesia and Indochina. See SCLEROPAGES AUREUS.
(Andrew)
2 points for correct guess
1 point from Jim
2 points from Pierre
2 points from Linda

4 points:
orra - n. - The orbital cloud of dust around a star that eventually forms into planets.
(Matt)
2 points for correct guess
2 points from Jim

4 points:
orra - n. - A foul in curling which occurs when the thrower releases the stone after passing the hog line.
(Nick)
2 points from Ranjit
2 points for correct guess

5 points:
orra - n. - A device for stripping thorns from rose stems.
(Jean-Joseph)
1 point from Linda
2 points for correct guess
2 points from Elliott


5 points:
orra - n. - A cold east or northeast Moroccan wind that blows down from the Anti-Atlas Mountains in spring and early summer.
(Jim)
1 point from David
1 point from Amelia
1 point from Pierre
2 points from Hutch
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