fike (re)solved - 01/21/05 05:48 AM
kudos to Sparteye for collecting the most votes (3) and to maverick and consuelo for getting it right (g). I'd wager, based on his entry, that mav might have had inside information on fike, pronounced and alternately spelled feak.
nobody knows the trouble and strife of a hogmasterŪ; here are the entries in normalized form, along with the votes they collected.
a) [Irish] a small measure of liquid, approximately equivalent to the Scottish dram
(Zed)
b) n. a river fish trap (themilum) themilum, Wordwind
c) a long, thin spear with a barbed tip used for fishing (heavier and thicker versions became
the standard for whaling) (musick)
d) to produce income, derived from the word ficus (It.), fike was a noun to describe the annual income from a single fig tree (Ted)
e) [M. Flemish] a ring-shaped harness piece that connects the bit to the reins, usually of oak, sometimes ornamentally carved (Owlbow) wofa, dxb
f) a unit of volume equal to one-half kilderkin (Faldage)
g) [Scot.] to move restlessly, bustle, fidget: fig. to be fussy or restless (OED) maverick, consuelo
h) a deep-water fish; denizen of the Indian Ocean (dxb) AniamL
i) a tool used in the process of cleaning horses' feet in preparation for reshoeing (Sparteye) Owlbow, Faldage, Zed
j) a staff with a hook at one end, used to steal articles from hedges, open windows, etc [obs.] (tsuwm) Ted, etaoin
k) to hammer a camming device into a suitable fissure (mountaineering term) (Wordwind) Bingley
l) /feek/ a gaff for spearing fish from the riverbank [reg. dial. fr. Northumberland] (maverick) musick
m) an artificial tree, esp. the type found in hotels and waiting rooms [from ficus, the genus of a typical potted natural tree] (wofa)
our comments
- anomalies were few this time, other than the aforementioned armilsŪ, adequately covered by Faldage; and Milo, more than ever themilum.
- some inner workings: the river fish-trap is apparently a fyke; one-half kilderkin is a firkin; a deep-water fish is a pike, although we have them in MN; and a hook used to steal articles from hedges or windows is a filch :-).
nobody knows the trouble and strife of a hogmasterŪ; here are the entries in normalized form, along with the votes they collected.
a) [Irish] a small measure of liquid, approximately equivalent to the Scottish dram
(Zed)
b) n. a river fish trap (themilum) themilum, Wordwind
c) a long, thin spear with a barbed tip used for fishing (heavier and thicker versions became
the standard for whaling) (musick)
d) to produce income, derived from the word ficus (It.), fike was a noun to describe the annual income from a single fig tree (Ted)
e) [M. Flemish] a ring-shaped harness piece that connects the bit to the reins, usually of oak, sometimes ornamentally carved (Owlbow) wofa, dxb
f) a unit of volume equal to one-half kilderkin (Faldage)
g) [Scot.] to move restlessly, bustle, fidget: fig. to be fussy or restless (OED) maverick, consuelo
h) a deep-water fish; denizen of the Indian Ocean (dxb) AniamL
i) a tool used in the process of cleaning horses' feet in preparation for reshoeing (Sparteye) Owlbow, Faldage, Zed
j) a staff with a hook at one end, used to steal articles from hedges, open windows, etc [obs.] (tsuwm) Ted, etaoin
k) to hammer a camming device into a suitable fissure (mountaineering term) (Wordwind) Bingley
l) /feek/ a gaff for spearing fish from the riverbank [reg. dial. fr. Northumberland] (maverick) musick
m) an artificial tree, esp. the type found in hotels and waiting rooms [from ficus, the genus of a typical potted natural tree] (wofa)
our comments
- anomalies were few this time, other than the aforementioned armilsŪ, adequately covered by Faldage; and Milo, more than ever themilum.
- some inner workings: the river fish-trap is apparently a fyke; one-half kilderkin is a firkin; a deep-water fish is a pike, although we have them in MN; and a hook used to steal articles from hedges or windows is a filch :-).
