Cullet -- the definitions - 05/20/05 03:55 AM
a. A case with slits or thin straps inside used for storing cutlery
b. a pointed, bladed tool used in shaping clay; a potter's knife.
c. A Scottish oath used by Robbie Burns in a little known verse:
As I were feaning ma wa doon hich strait,
After quaffin a huagskn o mardeen,
I opt didn’n sait mais truppit tae lait
An sprollit arl iver ma chinnakeen.
Ach cullet! Ahrve drappit ma eyenpeers
En’ brakkit te pains eyen betha ma seers!
d. a small herring-like fish native to the North Atlantic
e. In dressmaking, a tuck made in the bodice of a garment for the purpose of fitting it to the female bosom.
f. n; the tip of a ramrod, usually fashioned of animal fur or some other soft material, used for cleaning an artillery piece of residual powder between each shot
g. Pieces of broken glass used in making new glass
h. Specialised copper pans in a variety of sizes for poaching flat fish such as flounder. The rhomboid shape mimics that of the fish and reduces the amount of liquid required.
i. The inside area of sharp "u" shaped (a "hairpin") turn or curve in a road.
j. The unwanted remains (usually small) eliminated during a sorting process.
k. The very tight vest worn by astronauts and cosmonauts to cut down on decompression problems during EVA.
l. Young cockerels before they have grown the distinctive rooster-tail of feathers that marks maturity.
Definitions provided by: AnnaStrophic, Bingley, dxb, Elizabeth Creith, Faldage, musick, sparteye, TEd, WO’N, wofahulicodoc, Zed
You have the traditional 7 nights to guess which is the correct one.
Bingley
b. a pointed, bladed tool used in shaping clay; a potter's knife.
c. A Scottish oath used by Robbie Burns in a little known verse:
As I were feaning ma wa doon hich strait,
After quaffin a huagskn o mardeen,
I opt didn’n sait mais truppit tae lait
An sprollit arl iver ma chinnakeen.
Ach cullet! Ahrve drappit ma eyenpeers
En’ brakkit te pains eyen betha ma seers!
d. a small herring-like fish native to the North Atlantic
e. In dressmaking, a tuck made in the bodice of a garment for the purpose of fitting it to the female bosom.
f. n; the tip of a ramrod, usually fashioned of animal fur or some other soft material, used for cleaning an artillery piece of residual powder between each shot
g. Pieces of broken glass used in making new glass
h. Specialised copper pans in a variety of sizes for poaching flat fish such as flounder. The rhomboid shape mimics that of the fish and reduces the amount of liquid required.
i. The inside area of sharp "u" shaped (a "hairpin") turn or curve in a road.
j. The unwanted remains (usually small) eliminated during a sorting process.
k. The very tight vest worn by astronauts and cosmonauts to cut down on decompression problems during EVA.
l. Young cockerels before they have grown the distinctive rooster-tail of feathers that marks maturity.
Definitions provided by: AnnaStrophic, Bingley, dxb, Elizabeth Creith, Faldage, musick, sparteye, TEd, WO’N, wofahulicodoc, Zed
You have the traditional 7 nights to guess which is the correct one.
Bingley
That bein' said I'm a-takin' K because it's too precisely dull in tone to be wrong.
