Round 3645 KEEILL - time to vote!

[Shani Naylor]

Hi all

We have 11 defs for our word KEEILL. Please vote for 2 before the deadline, which is just over 36 hours away.

1.      Affected with seasickness.

2.      [Obs] Any bird from the Cocos or Keeling Islands.

3.      (Welsh) A mythical bird with an iron beak and claws that shrieks to predict death.

4.      A sheltered spot along a shoreline where small boats may be landed without a pier.

5.      A locking ferrule installed on a tension rod to prevent incremental back‑rotation under load.

6.      [Scot] In log throwing, a cry of warning to persons on the course, issued just before the throw.

7.      A type of open, animal skin boat, used by the Yupik and Inuit, and originally found in all coastal areas from Siberia to Greenland. 

8.      A small Christian chapel or monastic cell built on the Isle of Man during the medieval period; the ruins or remains of such a chapel or cell.

9.      To reinforce a stone archway using a mixture of crushed quartz and resin, in order to dampen vibrations from nearby carriage or foot traffic.

10.  The lowest part of a Netherlands dike, which anchors it to the sea floor; often constructed of two walls with the intervening space filled with rubble. 

11.  (Trade name for) An Australian type of soft boot, typically made from sheepskin with the fleece side facing inwards, subsequently rebranded Ugg [altered f. kylie, a kind of boomerang]

 The deadline is 36 hours from now, 8pm Tuesday NZT, or:

Los Angeles, CA, USA
Tue, 5 May 2026 1:00 a.m.

New York, NY, USA
Tue, 5 May 2026 4:00 a.m.

London, United Kingdom
Tue, 5 May 2026 9:00 a.m.

Paris, France
Tue, 5 May 2026 10:00 a.m.

[Eric Boxer]

I'll vote for 5 and 7.

Eric

[Judy Madnick]

I'll reward the authors of the bird definitions: 2 and 3.

 

Judy Madnick

[Tim Lodge]

I must have been too busy doing nothing to submit a def!  I'll vote for 3 and 8.

             3.      (Welsh) A mythical bird with an iron beak and claws that shrieks to predict death.

             8.      A small Christian chapel or monastic cell built on the Isle of Man during the medieval period; the ruins or remains of such a chapel or cell.

--   Tim L

[Paul Keating]

I vote for 8 because it is way the most convincing, and 10 for the rubble infill. Though the word looks no more Dutch than I do.

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Paul Keating

Soustons

Nouvelle Aquitaine

France

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[Hugo Kornelis]

Hi Shani,

I will have the welsh bird and the landing spot.

3.      (Welsh) A mythical bird with an iron beak and claws that shrieks to predict death.

4.      A sheltered spot along a shoreline where small boats may be landed without a pier.

Cheers,
Hugo

Op 3-5-2026 om 21:38 schreef Shani Naylor:

[Efrem Mallach]

On May 3, 2026, at 3:38 PM, Shani Naylor <shani....@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all

We have 11 defs for our word KEEILL. Please vote for 2 before the deadline, which is just over 36 hours away.

4.      A sheltered spot along a shoreline where small boats may be landed without a pier.

[Efrem Mallach]

I meant to write "4 and 8" but hit Send by mistake first. Fortunately, my intentions were probably obvious.

Efrem

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[Chowie]

Voting 3 and 6 for the shrieking, but with applause for 10 for the rubble inclusion. 

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[Tony Abell]

I'll vote for 1 and 8:

> 1. Affected with seasickness.

[Tim Bourne]

I'll buy 7 and 11, please.

Tim B 

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[Daniel B. Widdis]

The mixture of the golf "fore!" with caber-tossing is too amusing to not vote for. I mean, really, do you need to be warned that some guy in a kilt is launching a tree trunk your way?

Anyway, I digress.

I'll avoid the obvious rubble and go for the more subtle rubble.

6 and 9.

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[nancygoat]

For me: 7 and 8 as the least ridiculous, including my own.

Nancy

[John Barrs]

confirm DQ

JOHNNYB

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[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll go with 3 and 8.

--Mike

[Shani Naylor]

Here's Judy's vote. It looks like it was sent to the right email address.

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[Chowie]

I saw it also when she voted come up in the list. 

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[Paul Keating]

Quite right. My bad. It is visible in the group.