Here's an interesting URL I just came across, not particularly foreign in spirit from these pages of ours:

Word watching

Arnie? RE? You been holdin' out on us?!

Well heck, wouldn't this makes a good quiz? From their archives:

1. BOTTOMRY: a. Foolish actions b. A mortgage on a ship c. Illegal posterior-pinching
2. KLEWANG: a. Single-edged sword b. A type of life drawing c. To slap someone
3. HONDA: a. A bulky shield b. Part of a lasso c. A royal investiture
4. ANETHATED: a. Given as a votive offering b. Marked in the margin c. Prepared with dill
5. MENOLOGY: a. Analysis of queues b. Greek Church calendar c. Study of the male mind
6. LIPE: a. A sudden movement b. A fatty residue c. A lime-grape hybrid
7. SUSURROUS: a. Having a sharp edge b. Relating to a scandal c. Sounding like a whisper
8. SHAURI: a. Of wet weather b. A Maori clan c. Debate
9. SUISEKI: a. Litigation b. Following one’s own advice c. Japanese stone arranging
10. TRISTUBH: a. A line of Vedic metre b. Grief-stricken c. Asian artform
11. LISK: a. The crotch b. An African snake c. A moisturising balm
12. MOULDWARP: a. To consume with bacteria b. Mole (the animal) c. A dance of the 1920s

I'll post the answers late Saturday or early Sunday.
Edited to delete items 13-16, which were duplicates of items 9-12.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Hic et ubique,

Well, I know # 7 because of "sursurration" and maybe # 9 because there is a Go position referred to as "seki" but the rest are all Greek to me. And several other languages too, I fear...

What a great site, Hab. I wonder if there is somewhere where all their past words are posted.

Well, I know 1. and 7. but not the rest...

Odd coincidence, arnie, for I too know 1 (I think) and 7 only. But lisk and lipe sound Scottish to me, so I'd speculate that eacth of them is choice a.

The only one I know is honda.

Tinman