[Fictionary] SQUOYLE results

[eLLioTT morEton]

Dear Fictionary,

With all votes in, the winner, with six points, is Jim, he of the 
metal-axe and correct guess (and analytic geometry problem).  Haul it 
away, Jim!

This might be an opportune historical moment to recruit new players.

Regards,
Elliott

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General comments


Jim:  Apropos of very little, I once mused about how to calculate the 
shape of the path a squirrel would take if it were trying to climb a tree 
quickly while remaining out of sight of a pedestrian walking in a straight 
line past the tree. I called the shape a squiral, but didnt actually work 
out a formula for it...

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# Eric
squoyle, n. 1. A young squirrel. 2. One, esp. a courtier, who has lost the 
favor of the sovereign.

1 = Linda 1

Pierre:  SQUIRREL

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# Jean-Joseph
squoyle -- n. -- An unexplained high-frequency radio signal observed 
briefly every 59 days, detectable only within a few miles of the equator.

1 = Fran 1


Fran:  For some reason I like this. 1 pt.

Pierre:  SQUEAL. I'm aware of FRBs, but they can be detected anywhere on 
the side of
the Earth facing the source. There's also a terrestrial signal resembling 
an
FRB, but it is detectable only at the radio telescope nearest the source,
which turned out to be a microwave oven opened prematurely.

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# Pierre
squoyle, n. A network of triangles in which every point, except those on 
the
outside, is a corner of five, six, or seven triangles.

4 = Linda 2 + Jim 2

Jim:  2 points for being the sort of slightly silly name I could see a 
mathematician choosing for this.
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# Linda
squoyle -- an Oregon/Washington state/British Columbian wickiup made from 
evergreen boughs.

4 = Pierre 2 + Ranjit 2

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# OED
squoyle (v.)  To throw a loaded stick or similar missile (at some object).

1 = Jim 1

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# Ranjit
squoyle (v.) - to play a squeaky cork in a bottle neck as an instrument.

Fran:  Peter Shickele/P.D.Q. Bach award

Jim:  Im suspicious of all definitions that work in a word starting with 
squ.
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# Hutch
squoyle -- n. -- (Am. Plains states, especially south central Nebraska)
correct width of a quarter-section farm field, approx 2,550 to 2,600 feet.
(For unscrupulous surveyor: Berwyn M Squoyle, notorious for platting
approximately 600 square miles over a period of five years with short
measures in order to sell the "extra" sections for his own benefit;
murdered in July 1898 outside Ansley, Nebraska).

Pierre: I'm in a metes-and-bounds state, but I had to learn about division 
of public
lands, so I'm pretty sure I'd have heard of this.

Jim:  Well, it cant be by Elliott, so perhaps David crafted this one? 
Honorable mention.
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# Jim
squoyle -- n. -- A hand tool resembling a sledgehammer with a blade, used 
for cutting hot metal.

6 = Fran 2 + David 1 + Eric 2 + correct guess 1

Fran:  This one sounds very realistic. 2 pts.
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# David
squoyle - n. - contagious achondroplasia

1 = Eric 1

Pierre:  I'm pretty sure that's a contradiction in germs.
Eric:  One point, because I can't think which def to vote for and this one 
uses big words.
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# Nick
squoyle, n. An embroidery pattern consisting of multiple zig-zagging
over-under stitches.

3 = Ranjit 1 + David 2
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