Round 3047 vote for oonfersell

[Mike Shefler]

Here are 11 definitions of OONFERSELL, one of which came from a real dictionary.

Vote for your 2 favorites no later than noon EST, Monday, February 3.

1.  a servant responsible for carrying a Highland chief across a ford,

stream, etc.

2.  an open-sided shelter, similar to an adirondack, usually found along

the western coastal areas and estuaries of Scotland and used for

storing carts, boats, plows, and other implements for use in

subsistence farming and fishing. The name refers to the belief that

the open-sided design was sturdier in the coastal winds and means

literally, "strong-wind place".

3.  a sailing vessel of Dutch inland waters, having a single mast and

sail.

4.  [Yorks.] guesswork, foolish speculation.

5.  [Afrik.] common or ordinary.

6.  furry dust that gathers under beds.

7.  [Yorks.] impersonal.

8.  to enchant; bewitch.

9.  a solitary person.

10.  [Scot.] inactive, inert, not lively.

11.  a member of what is now a taxonomic clade rather than a fish.

[Shani Naylor]

3 & 10 for me. 

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[Tony Abell]

I'll go for the Dutch and Afrikaans, 3 and 5:

> 3. a sailing vessel of Dutch inland waters, having a single mast and
> sail.

[Johnb - co.uk]

well what a list! - and anyway what a word! - getting nowhere by logic or memory I will go for #10 and #11

JohnnyB

[Tim Lodge]

I'll try one long and one short: 2 and 5.

2.  an open-sided shelter, similar to an adirondack, usually found along the western coastal areas and estuaries of Scotland and used for storing carts, boats, plows, and other implements for use in subsistence farming and fishing. The name refers to the belief that the open-sided design was sturdier in the coastal winds and means literally, "strong-wind place".

5.  [Afrik.] common or ordinary.

--  Tim L

[Judy Madnick]

I'll try these:

 

2.  an open-sided shelter, similar to an adirondack, usually found along

the western coastal areas and estuaries of Scotland and used for

storing carts, boats, plows, and other implements for use in

subsistence farming and fishing. The name refers to the belief that

the open-sided design was sturdier in the coastal winds and means

literally, "strong-wind place".

3.  a sailing vessel of Dutch inland waters, having a single mast and

sail.

 

Judy Madnick

Albany, NY

[Debbie]

5 and 8 

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[Tim B]

It does sound a bit like Yorkshire dialect, so let's try 4 and 7, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

[Efrem Mallach]

I'll go Dutch: 3 and 5.

Efrem

On Saturday, February 1, 2020 at 7:11:40 PM UTC-5, Mike Shefler wrote:

Here are 11 definitions of OONFERSELL, one of which came from a real dictionary.

Vote for your 2 favorites no later than noon EST, Monday, February 3.

3.  a sailing vessel of Dutch inland waters, having a single mast and sail.

[nancygoat]

I'll take 3 and triple it for 9.

Nancy

[Daniel B Widdis]

This is interesting. I never received the call for defs.  Mysterious!

 

I’ll vote 2 for length and 7 for brevity.

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[Christopher Carson]

I’ll go for vox pop – 3 and 5.

 

Chris