Round 3604: Time to vote for Besaiel!

[nancygoat]

I had to look everywhere for them, and I hope I found all your defs. (I'll make it easier on everyone if there's a next time...)

So here are 13 definitions for you to suss out the real one from. This is such an imaginative and varied list, which is great, for a word with no obvious derivation at all.

Please vote for two by 10am CST Wednesday (3pm GMT). 

Now get out the vote!

Nancy

1. Obsolete. A bird believed to have no feet.

2. A grandfather’s father; a great-grandfather.

3. Wicked; worthless.

4. An engraver.

5.  a small hammered-bronze shield used by warriors in Ireland ca. 1500-1000 BCE.

6. A false sleeve, made of cotton or lace flounces or ruffles, worn with women's gowns in the 18th and 19th centuries. 

7. To overturn twice; of a sail-boat caught in a squall

8. A sudden but unproductive surge of effort or enthusiasm, especially one that creates the appearance of progress without yielding any lasting result.

9. An undesirable group or coterie.

10. A small ornamental ridge carved into early Gothic door frames. 

11. In the OT apocrypha, a fallen angel who chooses not to serve Satan in the hope of regaining heaven.

12. one of the few angels mentioned by name in the Book of Revelation.

13. In the Kingdom of Judah, a levy paid to the King for each male child.

[Eric Boxer]

Thanks for hunting for/gathering the definitions.

I'll vote for 9 and 10.

-- Eric

[Chowie]

10 and 11

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[Judy Madnick]

5.  a small hammered-bronze shield used by warriors in Ireland ca. 1500-1000 BCE.

and

6. A false sleeve, made of cotton or lace flounces or ruffles, worn with women's gowns in the 18th and 19th centuries. 

 

Judy Madnick

[Efrem Mallach]

I'm not sure I agree with the statement in green below. One partial derivation could be the suffix "-el" referring to the Divinity in Hebrew, often found at the ends of proper Biblical names and names of angels. I'll try #12 for that reason, though it would apply to #11 as well. My other vote goes to #1 because it's so utterly absurd that it just might be right! (If nothing else, someone will get a one-point reward for creativity.)

Efrem

On Dec 8, 2025, at 6:37 PM, nancygoat <nanc...@gmail.com> wrote:

I had to look everywhere for them, and I hope I found all your defs. (I'll make it easier on everyone if there's a next time...)

So here are 13 definitions for you to suss out the real one from. This is such an imaginative and varied list, which is great, for a word with no obvious derivation at all.

Please vote for two by 10am CST Wednesday (3pm GMT). 

Now get out the vote!

Nancy

1. Obsolete. A bird believed to have no feet.

12. one of the few angels mentioned by name in the Book of Revelation.

[Tim Bourne]

3 and 9, please.

Best wishes,  Tim B.

[Paul Keating]

I agree with Efrem that the shape of the word suggests Hebrew. (I tried and failed to come up with a plausible definition along those lines; my utter lack of Hebrew did not help.) 

I don't think that this word occurs in the Bible. And the announcement post's reference to capitalization suggests that it is not a proper name.

I vote for 5 and 6.

P

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[Shani Naylor]

I'll try the angels - 11 & 12.

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[John Barrs]

#2 and #6 for me please

JohnnyB

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[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll go with 1 and 6.

--Mike

[Tim Lodge]

12 and 13, please.

12. one of the few angels mentioned by name in the Book of Revelation.

13. In the Kingdom of Judah, a levy paid to the King for each male child.

-- Tim L 

[Daniel B. Widdis]

I don't believe 1 but will reward its author.

I'm also skeptical of 7, wondering if there's another word for overturning three times.

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[Glenn Thomas Davis]

Yeah, I'll try 1 and 12 as well.

—Glenn

. . .

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

—Plutarch

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