sceat -- polls are open - 07/07/01 05:23 AM
Cast your votes please for:
1. A hunter's call to the hounds to heel and return to the bugler.
2. An Anglo-Saxon silver coin of the 7th and 8th centuries AD.
3. In archaeology, the area where the bones of extinct, often gigantic reptiles of the Mesozoic era are suspected to be buried.
4. One who masquerades as a monster at night to intentionally frighten people.
5. Northern English dialect term, appropriately meaning dialect (from an Anglo-Saxon root).
6. The word you use to say "Shoo" to an elephant.
7. Dung. Old Norse, whence Sc[e]atalogical and Sc[h]eat.
8. Signs used to track game such as deer or elk, specifically excrement or spoor.
9. The peak of a trajectory; apex.
10. A nautical term for the fitting that seals and lubricates the propeller shaft where it passes through the hull.
11. A type of large needle used for making tapestries.
12. A medium's inaugural incantation for summoning spirits at the beginning of a seance.
13. A perfumed chair.
14. Decorative metal inlay on the hilt of a sword.
15. A form of pre-Columbian carving done in animal bone and affixed to temple walls.
Contributors for this round were:
Avy; Bingley; Brandon; caradea; Flatlander; Jazzoctopus; jimthedog; maverick; RhubarbCommando; rodward; Sparteye; squid; Whitman O’Neill; wordcrazy.
Polls close at Tuesday noon WIB (Tuesday 5:00 GMT, midnight Monday/Tuesday board time).
Bingley
1. A hunter's call to the hounds to heel and return to the bugler.
2. An Anglo-Saxon silver coin of the 7th and 8th centuries AD.
3. In archaeology, the area where the bones of extinct, often gigantic reptiles of the Mesozoic era are suspected to be buried.
4. One who masquerades as a monster at night to intentionally frighten people.
5. Northern English dialect term, appropriately meaning dialect (from an Anglo-Saxon root).
6. The word you use to say "Shoo" to an elephant.
7. Dung. Old Norse, whence Sc[e]atalogical and Sc[h]eat.
8. Signs used to track game such as deer or elk, specifically excrement or spoor.
9. The peak of a trajectory; apex.
10. A nautical term for the fitting that seals and lubricates the propeller shaft where it passes through the hull.
11. A type of large needle used for making tapestries.
12. A medium's inaugural incantation for summoning spirits at the beginning of a seance.
13. A perfumed chair.
14. Decorative metal inlay on the hilt of a sword.
15. A form of pre-Columbian carving done in animal bone and affixed to temple walls.
Contributors for this round were:
Avy; Bingley; Brandon; caradea; Flatlander; Jazzoctopus; jimthedog; maverick; RhubarbCommando; rodward; Sparteye; squid; Whitman O’Neill; wordcrazy.
Polls close at Tuesday noon WIB (Tuesday 5:00 GMT, midnight Monday/Tuesday board time).
Bingley
