Here you go guys, the word is:

brattice

You have 7 days from this moment 20:36 GMT Monday, 28th July

Thanks so much for jumping in, Karl! My daffynition will be in your private messages shortly!

...mine's in the Private Mailbox also...

I texted you mine

mine was sent a while ago. Did you get it?

Hi guys,

Yes I've received everyone's daffynitions but there's a slight delay due to my inability to use my brain to its full capacity.
I'm going to London today and not coming back until Monday so I thought I'd leave all the daffynitions on here this morning for everyone to ponder over while I was away.

Good plan, but... when I e-mailed them all to myself from work (where I have OED online) I forgot to include the real definition! So now I'm at home (where I don't have OED online)... I think you can see where I'm going...

I'm really sorry guys. I'll put everything up on Monday afternoon. You'll just have to select a better wordmaster next time because this one's useless!

Karl, I can't use my brain either, since all the capacitors within it either leak or are shorted, although all the resistors have increased in resistance. Ahhh, getting old...

Karl,

Although the OED individually contains the most words, there are lots of dictionaries available for free on the Web. Unless brattice is a very rare word, one or more will quite likely include it.

Try OneLook.com as a starting point.

You div. I very nearly forgot to include the real definition on mine, so it must be a mistake only really intelligent people make.

Well, I am glad about the forgetting because I almost forgot to send my daffynition. Did that today!

Karl-Put down that pint and give us some daffynitions!

Brattice Daffynitions

At last, you chorus, here are the options from which you may select an answer:

A - Rye unfit for human consumption but usuable for animals. Also refers to the alcohol made from the grain which frequently leads to blindness

B - A partition for the purpose of ventilation in the shaft of a coal-pit

C - The assembly of keyed cards on a Jacquard loom

D - The top ornamental pattern of a chain link fence

E - The name commonly given to the cord or ribbon used to tie a corset

F - A kind of Italian sausage

G - Bronze lattice used as burglar-proof window covering

H - A rattle used on Scottish grouse moors to startle the birds

I - A device used by the inquisition consisting of a series of iron hoops that were strapped around the torso and gradually tightened by a set of screw fastenings at the rear.

J - An apparatus used for drying clothes that are hand washed

Fools rush in.

Congratulations to the Crew for an outstanding set of lures. I haven't the foggiest notion!

I particularly like J and C, but for its sheer audacity I'll have to choose H !

I'll choose B

I'll give G a go.

C


~~~ jerry

I'll dismiss "A" due to the typo "usuable" but, aside from that, I have to say that I don't think we've ever had such a selection of legitimate-sounding choices.

I'll go with D only because I knew a beautiful young woman in high school named Dee and since I didn't go with Dee then, I'll go with D now.


(Can't argue with logic like that!)

Since Karl is from the West Midlands I'll go with B.

D. No reason - no idea!

I vote for E!

I'll guess D.

Tinman

No, CJ, the "D" was on her brassiere - and her report card. Since I'm inclined towards less ostentationsness and more intellect, I'll opt for "B," since it appears to be two of CJ's "Ds" side-by-side, which is their normal arrangement, but half size.

I'll vote for H.

Karl.. Christmas is coming.. Can we hear an answer?

KHC, I suspect that Karl has experienced some computer problems, so what say we hold Brattice in abeyance for now and pick a new word? When Karl gets back on-line we can finish Brattice.

Would you pick a new word?

Asa, I can only post one line at a time...

I have my own computer problems.. I was just teasing

poor Karl.. I hope he gets a "fix" soon.

It's impossible for me to handle the Bluffing Game..

Why don't you be the next Wordmaster?

I'll text him.

I'll text him.

Ten years ago no one would have known what that meant. Now we all do.

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Originally posted by Kalleh:
I'll text him.

Ten years ago no one would have known what that meant. Now we all do.

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Be careful about the word all, Kalleh. We're not all as hip as you.

I assumed "text" was short for "text message," but I wasn't sure what that meant. I thought it was some type of instant messaging (I did know that one) through the internet. I looked it up and found out it's instant messaging through a cell phone.

Tinman

I guess I'm not included in Kallehs "all," since I still don't know what it is even after Tinman's explanation!

Asa in Oregon where it's still 1974

I'll go ahead an post a new word in Karl's absence. See the new heading.

We're not all as hip as you.

Well, Tinman, that's not saying much! I am about as hip as my dog, or at least my kids think that!

Greetings all

Please accept my apologies for the delay in publishing the results
A series of technical hitches means that I can't give you the results until Monday - sorry.

However, as a little teaser, I can tell you that the correct answer has been guessed. Now who could it be that managed that I wonder...?

arnie, of course!

I'm most pleased you've gotten back to us, Karl! As you've no doubt observed, I've posted another word in your absence. Please PM or directly e-mail me (see address above) with you own definition of "dorp!" I'll hold off publishing the daffynitions until Monday pm US west coast time, which should give you plenty of time to not only preside over your word, but participate in mine! Oh, Cat, where's your daffynition? Anyone else for a crack at "dorp?" I've got seven, including the right one so far.

Winging its way to you now, Asa.

Got it Cat, thanks! See PM response to your query. And thanks for getting in touch with Karl!

My correct daffynition on the way!

At last, here are the results of the Brattice Jury (does that actually mean anything to anyone outside Europe?):

The correct definition for Brattice was:

B - A partition for the purpose of ventilation in the shaft of a coal pit

This was correctly guessed by a whopping three people:
Asa Lovejoy
Arnie (how did you know Kalleh?)
and Jo

And as a result, the scores for this round are as follows:

• 4 Arnie
• 3 Asa Lovejoy
• 2 KHC
• 2 Cat
• 2 Jo
• 1 Jerry Thomas
• 0 Chris J Strollin
• 0 Karl Macnaughton
• 0 Haberdasher
• 0 Bob Hale
• 0 Kalleh
• 0 Tinman

how did you know Kalleh?

Because arnie always wins!

Thanks, Karl! But who supplied which daffynition?

Sorry I'll get round to this eventually (if anyone's still interested by then!) but I'm not checking this site as often as I'd like to be able to at the moment.

The 'who said what and who guessed who' of this round will appear here soon.