Christmas Hogwash definitions - 12/26/03 08:01 AM
Not many definitions submitted for this round.
a. the practice of removing spikes, as from garden plants.
b. the act of removing a deacon or sexton from office
c. marriage custom found in certain African and Pacific tribes where the preferred wife for a man is his mother's brother's daughter
d. the practice of divining the future by examining the entrails of sacrificed animals.
e. n. in time of war, leadership by a government-in-exile
f. the altered mental condition induced by hallucinogens.
Definitions were submitted by AnnaS, bingley, flatlander, maahey, sjmaxq, wofahulicodoc. The sharp-eyed amongst you will have noticed that there are six definitions and six entrants. One definition was so close to the true definition that I have amalgamated the two.
Bingley
a. the practice of removing spikes, as from garden plants.
b. the act of removing a deacon or sexton from office
c. marriage custom found in certain African and Pacific tribes where the preferred wife for a man is his mother's brother's daughter
d. the practice of divining the future by examining the entrails of sacrificed animals.
e. n. in time of war, leadership by a government-in-exile
f. the altered mental condition induced by hallucinogens.
Definitions were submitted by AnnaS, bingley, flatlander, maahey, sjmaxq, wofahulicodoc. The sharp-eyed amongst you will have noticed that there are six definitions and six entrants. One definition was so close to the true definition that I have amalgamated the two.
Bingley
