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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>Hilding, n. A ceremony that is part of the Knight's journey to manhood. After his first good deed has been performed, this rite—part religious and part celebration—is held, with another purification and another dubbing by any high local official, preferably a royal. This is accompanied by much feasting and telling of old heroic deeds. <BR>
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LINDA: Pierre (2) = 2<BR>
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Hilding, n. Any of the Norwegians who fought in the Hebrides between 1098 and 1156.<BR>
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PIERRE: Judith (1) = 1<BR>
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Lawrence: Hee! I'm almost done with Guy Gavriel Kay's "Last Light of the Sun", so I believe these are actually called "Erlings". No points. <BR>
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Hilding, n. A pipe for oil to return to a tank after having been purged of air prior to entering a burner.<BR>
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JEAN-JOSEPH: Linda (1) = 1<BR>
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Judith: Invented and patented by Josep Hilding in 1883.<BR>
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Hilding, n. A stew of turnips, beets, etc. with barley.<BR>
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RANJIT: = 0<BR>
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Judith: Always including a piece of sausage or smoked meat.<BR>
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Linda: PS Judith, Making barley stew again, are we? <BR>
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Hilding, n. A weak or orphaned young domestic animal.<BR>
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ERIC: Jean-Joseph (2) + Correct Guess (2) = 4<BR>
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Pierre: Dogie.<BR>
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Hilding, n. <I>Buphagus ferropungens</I>, a European bird kin to the oxpecker, which lives by cleaning waffle irons.<BR>
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ELLIOTT: = 0<BR>
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Lawrence: "Pffbt! n. The sound of milk squirting out my nose when I got to the end of this definition." I can completely imagine this symbiotic relationship; my waffle iron never gets used because it is so hard to clean. No points, but easily the funniest definition in recent memory.<BR>
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Pierre: Before the invention of the waffle iron, did it eat flightless snails?<BR>
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Jean-Joseph: Ya gotta love these. This may not be right, but it's the best, and it's why we play this game. Up there with the fictional fish that pushes its prey out of the water to suffocate it.<BR>
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Hilding, n. Good-for-nothing, worthless individual.<BR>
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REAL DEFINITION, FROM “SHAKESPEARE’S WORDS”: Eric (2) = 2<BR>
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Judith: Who is frequently beaten...that is, "given a Hi(l)ding"!<BR>
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Pierre: Guaycabo dobucubi!<BR>
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Hilding, n. Ribbons, streamers and similar decorations depending (usu. from the bottom) from heraldic arms when displayed in motion, never when displayed stationary (e.g., on a wall).<BR>
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HUTCH: Judith (2) + Linda (2) + Eric (1) + Lawrence (1) + Pierre (1) + Jean-Joseph (1) = 8<BR>
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Lawrence: Ooh! Use of the word "depend" in the rarely-used "hang down" sense! 1 point. <BR>
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Jean-Joseph: Sounds like some kind of bunting, but what the heck, one point.<BR>
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Hilding, n. The act of committing nefarious acts for the purpose of self-aggrandizement.<BR>
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ELLEN: = 0<BR>
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Lawrence: Isn't this why all nefarious acts are committed? If it is for mere enrichment, I hardly think it rises to the level of nefarious. No points, do-gooder.<BR>
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Hilding, n. The calf belonging to the Crown when a cow delivers multiple calves.<BR>
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JIM: Lawrence (2) = 2<BR>
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Lawrence: I don't know why I like this definition, but I do. 2 points.<BR>
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Pierre: If a cow gives birth to freemartins, does any of them belong to the Crown?</SPAN></FONT>
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