<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>I'd never heard of <i>bannock </i>… J. J. and Eric both have 4 points for people guessing them, but Nicolas has 5 points, including guessing the right definition for 2 points. I do believe it's Nicolas!<blockquote type="cite"><div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>***********************************</div><div> </div><div>jannock - n. - A burglary tool comprising a small file mounted on an L-shaped handle. </div><div> </div><div>jannock - adj. - Untrustworthy as a conspiratorial partner.</div><div><br></div><div>J. J.: Linda (2) + Pierre (2) = 4</div><div><br></div><div>Hutch says: This one gets an "I don't have any more points to bestow, but if I did they'd go here" imaginary tie-breaker point. Presumably the L-shaped handle makes a poor tool.</div><div><br></div><div>Nicolas says: This is also very believable. Hmm.</div><div> </div><div>***********************************</div><div> </div><div>jannock - n. - A large block of quarried stone, weighing at least 200 stone.<br><br>jannock - adj. - Untrained in battle strategy.</div><div><br></div><div>NICOLAS: Hutch (2) + Pierre (1) + REAL (2) = 5</div><div><br></div><div>J. J. says: <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">At first I did the calculation wrong, reading that as 20 stone, which is really a pretty small piece of stone. When I realized my error, I redid the calculation, and it's 16-17 cubic feet. So, a roughly 2'x2'x4' block. Is that large? Seems kind of medium to me. Anyway, it's probably Hutch.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Hutch says: </span>A "blockhead" and a block of stone. I can see it!!! 2 points</div><p>***********************************</p><div> </div><div><div>jannock - n. - A shrub prized for hedgerows because of its tightly-woven growth habits.</div><div> </div><div>jannock - adj. - Fine and dandy, everything's apples, it's fine with me. </div><div><br></div><div>LINDA: Eric (2) = 2</div><div><br></div><div>Hutch says: A better adjective definition and this one would have been quite believable: the concept is very good! But no.</div><div><br></div><div>Nicolas says: Ni! Ni! Ni!</div><div> </div><div>***********************************</div><div> </div><span class="def-number" style="line-height: 22px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; padding-right: 5px; "><span class="ib-brac"><span style="line-height: normal; ">jannock - n. (Northern England) - A small oatmeal loaf.</span></span></span><span class="def-number" style="line-height: 22px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; float: left; padding-right: 5px; "><span class="ib-brac"><span style="line-height: normal; "><br></span></span></span><div> </div><div> </div><div>jannock - adj. (Northern England) - Pleasant; outspoken; honest; genuine; straightforward; generous.</div><div><br></div><div>REAL: Nicolas (2) = 2</div><div><br></div><div>J. J. says: Bread #1?</div><div><br></div><div>Pierre says: Bready or not, here I come!</div><div><br></div><div>Hutch says: Looks like someone else was thinking "bannock". Does anyone actually know what "bannock" is? Besides bread-like? :-D</div><div><br></div><div>Nicolas says: 2 points because I probably am misremembering "bannock"</div><div><br></div><div>Eric says: The least unlikely, but I am a priori ruling out any "bannock" definitions.</div><div><br></div><div> </div><div>***********************************</div></div><div> </div><div><div><div>jannock - n. - A traditional bun in Cornwall and southern Wales.</div><div> </div>jannock - adj. - Warm and soft.<br><div> </div><div>HUTCH: Nicolas (1) = 1</div><div><br></div><div>J. J. says: Bread #2? <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Or is it a hairstyle?</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></span></div><div>Pierre says: Bready or not, here I come!</div><div><br></div><div>Nicolas says: 1 point for Cornish.</div><div><br></div><div>Eric says: Also not implausible, also a bannock.</div><div><br></div><div>***********************************</div></div><div> </div><div> </div></div><div>jannock - n. (fr. OE <em>iacinan</em>, to swing or strike.) - Coarse rug of felted goat's hair or wool. </div><div><div> </div><div>jannock - adj. (fr. OE <em>iacinan</em>, to swing or strike.) - Seasick.</div><div><br></div><div>ERIC: J. J. (2) + Linda (1) + Hutch (1) = 4</div><div><br></div><div>J. J. says: <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Two points, if nothing else, at least for explaining the obscure connection a bit.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Hutch says: </span>"felted" for "strike" and "seasick" from "swing": I like: 1 points</div><div><br><div>***********************************</div><div> </div><div>jannock - n. (fr. Manx <em>jannoo</em>, doing + -ock.) - Someone who grew up on a plantation. </div><div> </div><div>jannock - adj. - In vogue, in fashion; being the latest thing.</div></div></div><div><br></div><div>PIERRE: J. J. (1) + Eric (1) = 2</div><div><br></div><div>J. J. says: <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Gotta give my other point to somebody. This is the one.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Hutch says: </span>"Manx" and plantations just don't seem to go together. Another good concept that simply didn't work in execution.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Editor's Note: Plantation originally referred to a planting of people, not of crops; there were plantations in Ireland, notably Ulster. A Manx word for plantation is not impossible.</b></div><div> </div><div>***********************************</div><div>GENERAL COMMENTS</div><div><br></div><div>Linda: Jannock--An unreliable yet genuine plantation worker, unfit for war, broke into a large barn, stole a huge block of stone, dropped it near a fashionable hedge, happily traded it for a boat, sat down to eat his soft and warm lunch of oatmeal loaf and buns, then got seasick all over a coarse rug. Am I right?</div><div><br></div><div>Hutch: Interesting set of definitions.</div></body></html>