This week: Side by Side

Can you find your way around a dictionary? Look at these pairs of definitions (all taken from dictionaries in xreferplus) and try to decide which words they describe.

Each word in a pair is next to the other word in the dictionary. For example, if the definitions are "The young of a horse or of a related animal/A mass of tiny bubbles forming on the surface of liquids", the answer would be the words "foal" and "foam", which are next to one another in Chambers 21st Century Dictionary.

This week's xrefer quiz is a real pain. I managed six, somehow

QUESTIONS:

1. A child's usually small toy having the likeness of a human/A basic unit of currency in Australia, Bahamas,...United States, and Zimbabwe.
doll/dollar
2. Directions for making something, especially for preparing and cooking food/A person or thing that receives something.
recipe/recipient
3. A style of rap music associated with urban street gangs and characterized by violent, tough-talking, often misogynistic lyrics/A member of an organized group of criminals.

4. Feed for livestock, especially coarsely chopped hay or straw/A personal enemy.
fodder/foe
5. Opposition to war as a means of settling disputes/To allay the anger or agitation of (somebody).
pacifism/pacify
6. A seat, for two or more people, with a back and usually with arms/Any of various breeds of large gun dog, having silky coats and plumed tails.
settee/setter
7. A monastery of lamas/The young of a sheep.
lamasomething/lamb
8. A hard outer covering, such as the upper shell of a turtle/A unit of weight for precious stones, equal to 200mg.
carapace/carat
9. Showing little energy, interest, enthusiasm, etc./Someone who does menial work.
apathetic/
10. A cross between a horse and a zebra/A species of domestic cattle, native to S. Asia, with a light-coloured coat, large upturned horns, long pendulous ears and a prominent hump on its shoulders.
ze.../zebu
ANSWERS:

Oh yes...6 and 2 halves = 7
To find out the answers, and to see just how well you did, just click the link.


ASI
Carpe Cerevisi

This message last edited by tehanu on 4/10/2004 at 12:07:03 PM.

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