Okay...I will do the word this time.

The word is reest. I will take daffynitions via PMs until this weekend or so.

Good luck! [Not really...I want to win!]

mine has been sent via PM

I have Jo's, Asa's and Arnie's. Come on folks; I need more!

Here are the daffynitions, along with the one real definition. These are wonderful daffynitions! Choose your definition, and I will post the answer on Wednesday or so.

1. To smoke or cure either meat or fish.

2. The burrow of a hedgehog.

3. (Irish) small thread ends left hanging loose on the back of intricately-knitted garments, particulary the Aran sweater.

4. The smell of spoiled or rotting meat.

5. n, the platform that a gargoyle rests upon.


6. The accumulation of calcite crystals on the interior walls and ceiling of the chambers in caves.

7. From Dutch, a heavy woven mat used as an earth stabilizer on a wall or dike.

8. A mixture of barley flour, molasses, and yeast allowed to form a sponge and then used as a base for bread. Not unlike sourdough, the fermentation of the reest adds a distinctive tang.

9. A layer of slate mixed in with a seam of coal in a mine, making the coal harder to work.

Oh, I seem to be into geology words these days...I'll take 6.

I think 9 looks good.

My choice is number FIVE.

well heck... I was sure I knew this one, and the definition I know isn't here. So it's guesswork this time...

Hm....I'll take SEVEN

I'll pick 7.

Tinman

I'll go for No. 1.

I'll also take 1 please.

no-one likes eight? then i'll be a sucker and take it. a well-chosen word, Kalleh.

beans

I think it's smoke curing a rotten hedgehog that's wearing a sweater while sitting on a gargoyle's perch that's made of calcite. What? You say, "Nein!" OK, I'll pick 9.

I'll pick 7... a little Dutch ancestry, and absolutely no knowledge of the language.

Asa, I love yours! You will definitly keep Sunflower laughing when you two marry!

Last call, folks...Tomorrow I will post the real definition.

Here are the your daffynitions, and the one definition. I have found that we have such brilliant people on this site that, except for one or two times, we just aren't able to fool everyone with these words. Therefore, my goal always is to fool Arnie. As you can see, once again, I have lost!

1. To smoke or cure either meat or fish. Grandiloquent Dictionary -- guessed by Arnie and Bob

2. The burrow of a hedgehog. Posted by CW, and guessed by no one.

3. (Irish) small thread ends left hanging loose on the back of intricately-knitted garments, particulary the Aran sweater. Posted by Haberdasher, and guessed by no one.

4. The smell of spoiled or rotting meat. Posted by Bob, and guessed by no one.

5. n, the platform that a gargoyle rests upon. Posted by Beans, and guessed by Jerry.


6. The accumulation of calcite crystals on the interior walls and ceiling of the chambers in caves. Posted by Jerry, and guessed by no one.

7. From Dutch, a heavy woven mat used as an earth stabilizer on a wall or dike. Posted by Asa, and guessed by KHC, Tinman, and Jo.

8. A mixture of barley flour, molasses, and yeast allowed to form a sponge and then used as a base for bread. Not unlike sourdough, the fermentation of the reest adds a distinctive tang. Posted by Jo, and guessed by Beans.

9. A layer of slate mixed in with a seam of coal in a mine, making the coal harder to work. Posted by Arnie, and guessed by CW and Asa.

Beans, would you please be our next wordmeister? It is really easy. Just post the word, and people will send you daffynitions. Give everyone about 5 days or so. Then post the daffynitions with the real definition and let people start guessing. Again allow a few days and post the answers. We'd love to hear from a newbie! Thanks!

no wuckers; love to, kalleh.

"Great," she says, looking up the word "wuckers!"