July 18 2011

Word of the Week: Nef

NEF – Ornamental piece of metalwork in the shape of a ship. [From French, nef, a three- or four-masted ship] Luckily my wayward throw of the nerf missed Aunt Naomi’s nef.

Comments

DC — 18 July at 12:25AM

(Other wise known as 'Bloody Nef' for anyone who has been fighting Nefarian for the last few months.)

Egyptian Queen's third ornamental ship

Shipshape craft, fine without me

SK — 18 July at 07:30AM

A model of steely endeavour, yet she ended up on the shelf

DA — 18 July at 07:46AM

Lovely coupling of arch definition and old-maid wordplay, SK.

Boniface — 18 July at 08:58AM

Yes, exclellent SK, hard to see how that might be topped.

Criseyde — 18 July at 09:19AM

How do you follow SK?
Humble contribution:

Precious marine tableware made of recycled iron and nitrogen.

Miniature carrack grounded in the bog astern.

SK — 18 July at 09:31AM

Thanks all for the thumbs up. I couldn't resist the concept after seeing the back end of "on the shelf"

DA — 18 July at 09:39AM

A Storm devoted to heads or tails can do that to the mind.

Since that caper I discovered FADE in flog a dead horse.

Sam — 18 July at 12:47PM

Model vessel’s core benefit

RK elsewhere — 18 July at 01:59PM

Egyptian royalty introduced decorative vessel for the table

RK elsewhere — 18 July at 02:00PM

Just saw DC's queen. Sorry, should have looked more carefully.

RV — 18 July at 10:21PM

Nice work SK.

Shallow water area returns and leaves tiny vessel high and dry.