Word definition game

[Sibling DavidH]

oterbeck - a district of Yorkshire so remote that it was last visited in 1693.  A henpecked husband is said to be oterbeck and call, meaning that he is never seen in the pub.

samperly

[Swatopluk]

samperly - weak in the upper arm. Term applied historically to low-performing archers. A more vulgar term is wenchbow

liesencammer

[Aphos]

liesencammer - a small vehicle used to transport ducks to market



jerfindle

[Griffin NoName]

jerfindle - a long hooded sweater for use when caving naked

http://www.barenakedcaving.co.uk/Bare_Naked_Caving/Welcome.html

untergabden

[Sibling DavidH]

untergabden -  garment worn under the Gabden in cold weather.  In severe conditions an Übergabden may also be added.

strink

[Swatopluk]

strink - the sound of scratching an array of parallel bars/thin tubes/ridges, esp. metal ones or the act od creating this sound (e.g. with a stick on a lattice fence).

semiperdoe

[Opsa]

semiperdoe: not fully perdoe.


glorx

[Swatopluk]

I get the impression some (more than 1) players here tries to wiggle out of giving actual definitions 

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glorx - the sound soft mud that has just begun to freeze makes when someone steps into it

sophtery

[Griffin NoName]

I get the impression some (more than 1) players here tries to wiggle out of giving actual definitions  

yes......... I tend to duck rather than wiggle out


sophtery  - an island not far from Lesbos

pimdirdact

[Swatopluk]

pimdirdact - a treatise on the proper behaviour on pilgrimages (very popular in the 14th century)

enthrophone

[Griffin NoName]

enthrophone - a communications device, used by security officers, designed especially for, and only on, coronation day

miroxpedia

[Swatopluk]

miroxpedia - the scientific term for the practices of fakirs

hingolgin

[Sibling DavidH]

Hingolgin - shadowy éminence grise behind the Russian revolution, this Buktranian splodnik was responsible for secreting ignoble bourgeois objects in Grodnivian's underwear, which led to his precipitate downfall.

pundifold

[Griffin NoName]

pundifold - the group name for a collecion of wise men

fonkpit

[Opsa]

fonkpit- where Hungarians toss their trash.

quentenic