Round 3051 vote for howskelly

[Mike Shefler]

Here are 13 definitions for HOWSKELLY (who is doing fine, at last report).

Vote for your 2 favorites no later than 5 PM EST, Thursday, February 20.

1.  a random, miscellaneous mixture.

2.  [Obs.] a malingerer (named after Midshipman Howskelly, the infamous

malingerer from the James Fenimore Cooper novella of the same name).

3.  a signal of fire that calls comrades to arms in a time of trouble.

4.  [Scot.] a peat scuttle.

5.  a metal pot or kettle used in camp cooking.

6.  a utensil for baling water out of a boat.

7.  a term originating in Vaudeville for a category of jokes and brief

sketches concerning a missing friend (e.g. "How's Kelly? "Ach, he was

so snockered last night that he never made it home. Walked straight

to the jailhouse.")

8.  any of various succulent plants having leaves arranged in rosettes

with pinkish flowers and often cultivated as garden plants that have

traditionally been grown on roofs in Europe.

9.  [Yorks. sl., Obs.] a device for controlling the flow of liquid from a

pipe to the outside of a building by opening or closing an orifice.

10.  [Pa. Dutch] warm, inviting, of a home; from Ger. haus, home; and

kelig, cuddly.

11.  [Obs.] a kind of dulcimer.

12.  {Scot.] easily provoked to anger or resentment; prone to anger.

13.  a small unpopulated island or large rock.

[Daniel B Widdis]

1 describes this list and I prefer 4 among the Scots defs.

[Judy Madnick]

I'll go with these for absolutely no good reason.

 

4.  [Scot.] a peat scuttle.

 

9.  [Yorks. sl., Obs.] a device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe to the outside of a building by opening or closing an orifice.

 

Judy Madnick

Albany, NY

[Debbie]

9 and 2 please

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[Stephen Dixon]

Give me #5 and #9, please. They are both correct.

5 & 9

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[Tim B]

11 and 12, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

[Tim Lodge]

It's a difficult choice this time - I'll try 4 and 5.

4.  [Scot.] a peat scuttle.

5.  a metal pot or kettle used in camp cooking.

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[Johnb - co.uk]

Um - I don't see my def - but I am losing my memory so maybe it is there - and having read that far I will opt for #12 and #13

JohnnyB

[France International/Mike Shefler]

Argh. I did leave it out, so 2 DP for you.

On 2/19/2020 3:57 PM, Johnb - co.uk wrote:

Um - I don't see my def - but I am losing my memory so maybe it is there - and having read that far I will opt for #12 and #13

JohnnyB

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[Dave Cunningham]

9 and 12 this time out.

Dave

[nancygoat]

I'll take 6 and 10.

Nancy

[Shani Naylor]

Scots for me: 4 & 12

4.  [Scot.] a peat scuttle.

 

12.  {Scot.] easily provoked to anger or resentment; prone to anger.

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[Tony Abell]

I will toss votes in the general direction of 4 and 13:

> 4. [Scot.] a peat scuttle.

[Christopher Carson]

I’ll go with 4 and 9 this time.

 

Chris

 

 

 

[Efrem G Mallach]

Two from the north of Britain: 4 and 9.

Efrem

On Feb 19, 2020, at 10:11 AM, Mike Shefler <sta...@salsgiver.com> wrote:

Here are 13 definitions for HOWSKELLY (who is doing fine, at last report).

Vote for your 2 favorites no later than 5 PM EST, Thursday, February 20.

4.  [Scot.] a peat scuttle.

[Ryan McGill]

3 & 8

3.  a signal of fire that calls comrades to arms in a time of trouble.