Round 3611: Vote for SPIT-FROG 🗣️💦🐸

[Daniel B. Widdis]

Here are a baker's dozen purported definitions of SPIT-FROG, one of which appears next to that headword in an "accepted dictionary."

Please vote for your favorite pair within the next 35½ hours: by Sunday 9pm PST / Midnight EST, which is Monday 5 am UTC/GMT / 6 am CET / 6 pm NZDT.

*** SPIT-FROG ***

1. An iridescent tree frog that changes color with the weather and glides briefly by inflating its vocal sac.

2. A small wooden toggle used by sail makers to keep a length of cord taut while stitching canvas.

3. In a medieval kitchen, a joint enabling a spit to be turned from either of two positions.

4. [Sailing] A type of ratchet used in powered reefing and furling systems.

5. A point at which incoming rails meet in a single or double slip switch.

6. Obs. dial. A mouth infection of infants, probably thrush.

7. Gargoyle.

8. A small sword.

9. A roisterer, a rogue; a rake; a minx.

10. Either of the two supports holding a spit above an open fire.

11. A style of brick laying designed to distribute weight and resist forces.

12. A nickname for Iris brevicaulis, from its resemblance to a splayed frog.

13. A metal snap that allows riders to quickly attach or detach a rein from a bit ring or yoke ring.

[Efrem Mallach]

9 and 10 here,

Efrem

> On Jan 3, 2026, at 12:40 PM, Daniel B. Widdis <wid...@dixonary.net> wrote:
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> Here are a baker's dozen purported definitions of SPIT-FROG, one of which appears next to that headword in an "accepted dictionary."
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> Please vote for your favorite pair within the next 35½ hours: by Sunday 9pm PST / Midnight EST, which is Monday 5 am UTC/GMT / 6 am CET / 6 pm NZDT.
>
> *** SPIT-FROG ***
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[Tim Bourne]

5 and 10, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

[Eric Boxer]

I'll vote for 8 and 9.

-- Eric

[Paul Keating]

As the least unlikely, other than my own, 2 & 3.

P

[Hugo Kornelis]

Hey Dan!

Totally clueless, I will waste my two votes on:

3. In a medieval kitchen, a joint enabling a spit to be turned from either of two positions.

and

5. A point at which incoming rails meet in a single or double slip switch.

Cheers,
Hugo

Op 3-1-2026 om 18:40 schreef Daniel B. Widdis:

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[Tim Lodge]

How about 6 and13?

            6. Obs. dial. A mouth infection of infants, probably thrush.

          13. A metal snap that allows riders to quickly attach or detach a rein from a bit ring or yoke ring.

-- Tim L

[Chowie]

3 and 5

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[Shani Naylor]

I'll try the literal spit - 3 & 10.

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[stamps]

I'll go with 2 and 9.

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---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Daniel B. Widdis" <wid...@dixonary.net>
To: Dixonary <dixo...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Sat, 3 Jan 2026 09:40:44 -0800
Subject: [Dixonary] Round 3611: Vote for SPIT-FROG ????

> Here are a baker's dozen purported definitions of SPIT-FROG, one of which
> appears next to that headword in an "accepted dictionary."
>
> Please vote for your favorite pair within the next 35½ hours: by
> Sunday 9pm PST / Midnight EST, which is Monday 5 am UTC/GMT / 6 am
> CET / 6 pm NZDT.
>
> *** SPIT-FROG ***
>
> 1. An iridescent tree frog that changes color with the weather and glides
> briefly by inflating its vocal sac.
>
> 2. A small wooden toggle used by sail makers to keep a length of
> cord taut while stitching canvas.
>
> 3. In a medieval kitchen, a joint enabling a spit to be turned from either
> of two positions.
>

> 4. [*Sailing*] A type of ratchet used in powered reefing and furling

> systems.
>
> 5. A point at which incoming rails meet in a single or double slip switch.
>

> 6. *Obs. dial.* A mouth infection of infants, probably thrush.

>
> 7. Gargoyle.
>
> 8. A small sword.
>
> 9. A roisterer, a rogue; a rake; a minx.
>
> 10. Either of the two supports holding a spit above an open fire.
>
> 11. A style of brick laying designed to distribute weight and resist
> forces.
>

> 12. A nickname for *Iris brevicaulis*, from its resemblance to a splayed

> frog.
>
> 13. A metal snap that allows riders to quickly attach or detach a
> rein from a bit ring or yoke ring.
>

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[nancygoat]

2 and 4 for me. I'd rather be sailing...

Nancy

[Tony Abell]

Avoiding anything mentioning spits or frogs, 2 and 8:

> 2. A small wooden toggle used by sail makers to keep a length of cord taut
> while stitching canvas.

> 8. A small sword.