Hogwash – Frist


A. Delay or respite, a certain amount of time, as for debt repayment.

B. A quick and lively Hungarian dance.

C. A small rodent native to the highlands of Scotland.

D. To put off until tomorrow, procrastinate. (A scandinavian version of "mañana")

E. A joint or limb; a part formed by growth, and articulated to, or symmetrical with, other parts. From Dutch vuist.

F. Rubbing the hands together.

G. Typically seen in liquor decanters or chemical reagent storage containers, "frist" describes the ground-glass surface where the stopper is in contact with the neck of a glass jar, enabling it to seat snugly.

H. Term used in a gambling card game of German origin. Calling ‘frist’ during another player’s turn means that you will buy the next card to turn up and pay double for it when your turn comes. In this way you have the advantage of improving your hand ahead of time.

I. Type of rock associated with fossils of first flowering plants. (After Frist, Shetland, where first found)

J. The sand to gravel sized bits of colored glass which are used to color or decorate glass before it is blown. This is done by gathering a blob of molten glass on the end of the blowpipe and then rolling it in the frist. The whole is then reheated to melt it together.

K. To try to block or stall a bill from being passed. "The senator is using a filibuster to frist this issue." Named for Senator Bill Frist.

edit: names in lights (in alphabetical order, not in order of appearance)

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