June 25, 2010

The Friday Record - Western Words

Here’s a fun game for those who write Westerns. These definitions come from WESTERN WORDS: A Dictionary of the Old West from Ramon F. Adams.

I’ve done this a few times before. It’s simple, match the word with the correct definition: 1X, 2Z, 3Y.

Good Luck.

Words:

1) Angoras
2) Good Whittler
3) Daunsy
4) Arbuckle
5) Motte
6) Petmakers
7) Sunpecked Jay
8) Good lay
9) Sinkers
10) Fender

Definitions:

A) Heavy leather shields sewn to the stirrup leathers.
B) Slang for biscuits.
C) A green hand.
D) A rustic; a rural resident.
E) A clump of trees.
F) Slang for spurs.
G) Moody, downcast.
H) A good cutting horse
I) Slang for chaps made of goat hide with the hair left on.
J) Well-managed ranch.

3 comments:

Jackie W said...

Ok I tried to match the Western Words...how do I know if I got them correct?
JFWisherd(at)aol(dot)com

Anonymous said...

My answersare
A 10
B 9
C 2
D 3
E 4
F 6
G 5
H 7
I 1
J 8

JOYE
JWIsley(at)aol(dot)com

Anna Kathryn Lanier said...

Hey, here's the correct answers. Sorry it took so long. I was out of town, then when I attempted to do it the other day, Blogger lost the post...and I was too mad to do it again!

1) Angoras
I) Slang for chaps made of goat hide with the hair left on.
2) Good Whittler
H) A good cutting horse
3) Daunsy
G) Moody, downcast.
4) Arbuckle
C) A green hand.
5) Motte
E) A clump of trees.
6) Petmakers
F) Slang for spurs.
7) Sunpecked Jay
D) A rustic; a rural resident.
8) Good lay
J)Well-managed ranch.
9) Sinkers
B)Slang for biscuits.
10)Fender
A) Heavy leather shields sewn to the stirrup leathers.