Avy's entry was pretty near the real meaning, so she gets 3 points before we start.

1.Greenlandic term for that part of an iceberg which lies below the waterline.

2. The sound a pair of dice makes when knocked together.

3. Threads of wool fragments that ball into clusters on mechanical looms, causing blockages on the feed of new yarn.

4. Unit of weight for precious stones, equal to 100 karats.

5. A castrated feline.

6. A method of weaving where the pattern is dyed onto the thread before it is woven into cloth.

7. A particular mask found among certain tribes of coastal British Columbia.

8. A list (in IT) of ready made functions to add on to a base system. A contraction of "IKEA catalogue".

9. Central pole of a Mongolian yurt which holds up the canopy and symbolizes the world axis.

10. A solipsist philosophy popular in mediaeval Iran.

11. In a dazed or surreal stupor.

12. A measurement for a charge of energy emitted by an electron.

13. A mediaeval game, similar to parchesi, played with small stones.

False definitions were received from: Bingley; caradea; Flatlander; Jazzoctopus; jimthedog; Marianna; maverick; RhubarbCommando; rodward; squid; Whitman O’Neill; wordcrazy.

The polls will be open until noon Tuesday WIB (5 a.m. GMT, midnight Monday/Tuesday board time).


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