[Dixonary] Round 3092 PYKESTOLE Defs - Vote Now!
 

Here we have a fine selection of defs - 13 in all - of the word PYKESTOLE,
only one of which came from my dictionary. Please vote for your two
favourites by public reply to this message, before the deadline of:

21:00 BST on Friday 31st July, which is
22:00 CET
20:00 GMT/UTC
4:00 PM EDT
1:00 PM PDT
08:00 NZST on Saturday in New Zealand

New players are welcome, just don't look up the word until after you've
voted.

*** PYKESTOLE ***

1. [Sc.] a closure for a sporran.

2. to flip or cause to flip end over end.

3. (Steam Engine) the lap of a slide valve.

4. a gold coin equal to two escudos, formerly used in Spain.

5. a component of plate armor to protect the knee or the front of the
thighs.

6. an especially ornate scarf worn by a bishop during his or her
consecration.

7. [Obs.] a game or sport formerly played at Ripon, Yorkshire, on Easter
Monday.

8. an irregular heartbeat where the two ventricles are slightly out of
synchronization.

9. a large covering, usually having handles and made of leather, used to
safely transport quantities of polearms.

10. transl. of Vulgate _stolam primam_ (Greek στολὴν τὴν πρώτην), ‘the
best robe’ in the parable of the Prodigal Son.

11. a reusable eel bait consisting of a small ball of live earthworms
packed in linen and tied with a sheep tendon. (Swed.)

12. a lavishly ornamented garment worn during Medieval and Early Modern
times by the leader of an English band of mummers, or travelling players.

13. [Obs] a piece of furniture in an armoury; a long legged stool with
radial spokes used for sharpening pikes but also turned upside down to
store sharpened pikes, (similar use to a modern umbrella stand).


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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3092 PYKESTOLE Defs - Vote Now!
 

I'm going to vote for one of the [Obs]cure ones and also extremely unlikely

#7 and #11 please

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RE: [Dixonary] Round 3092 PYKESTOLE Defs - Vote Now!
 

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13.  [Obs] a piece of furniture in an armoury; a long legged stool with radial spokes used for sharpening pikes but also turned upside down to store sharpened pikes, (similar use to a modern umbrella stand).
 
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3092 PYKESTOLE Defs - Vote Now!
 

9 & 13 for me.

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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3092 PYKESTOLE Defs - Vote Now!
 

8 and 12, please.

Best wishes,
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3092 PYKESTOLE Defs - Vote Now!
 

I'll vote for 10 because anyone who took the time to write in Greek
deserves a vote, and 11 because eels are cool, especially Swedish eels.

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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3092 PYKESTOLE Defs - Vote Now!
 

5 and 13

On Thu, Jul 30, 2020, 10:37 AM 'France International/Mike Shefler' via
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> I'll vote for 10 because anyone who took the time to write in Greek
> deserves a vote, and 11 because eels are cool, especially Swedish eels.
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3092 PYKESTOLE Defs - Vote Now!
 

I'll vote for the formerly believable 4 and 7.

On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 2:30 AM Tim Lodge <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

> Here we have a fine selection of defs - 13 in all - of the word PYKESTOLE,
> only one of which came from my dictionary. Please vote for your two
> favourites by public reply to this message, before the deadline of:
>
> 21:00 BST on Friday 31st July, which is
> 22:00 CET
> 20:00 GMT/UTC
> 4:00 PM EDT
> 1:00 PM PDT
> 08:00 NZST on Saturday in New Zealand
>
> New players are welcome, just don't look up the word until after you've
> voted.
>
> *** PYKESTOLE ***
>
> 1. [Sc.] a closure for a sporran.
>
> 2. to flip or cause to flip end over end.
>
> 3. (Steam Engine) the lap of a slide valve.
>
> 4. a gold coin equal to two escudos, formerly used in Spain.
>
> 5. a component of plate armor to protect the knee or the front of the
> thighs.
>
> 6. an especially ornate scarf worn by a bishop during his or her
> consecration.
>
> 7. [Obs.] a game or sport formerly played at Ripon, Yorkshire, on
> Easter Monday.
>
> 8. an irregular heartbeat where the two ventricles are slightly out of
> synchronization.
>
> 9. a large covering, usually having handles and made of leather, used
> to safely transport quantities of polearms.
>
> 10. transl. of Vulgate _stolam primam_ (Greek στολὴν τὴν πρώτην), ‘the
> best robe’ in the parable of the Prodigal Son.
>
> 11. a reusable eel bait consisting of a small ball of live earthworms
> packed in linen and tied with a sheep tendon. (Swed.)
>
> 12. a lavishly ornamented garment worn during Medieval and Early Modern
> times by the leader of an English band of mummers, or travelling players.
>
> 13. [Obs] a piece of furniture in an armoury; a long legged stool with
> radial spokes used for sharpening pikes but also turned upside down to
> store sharpened pikes, (similar use to a modern umbrella stand).
>
>
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[Dixonary] Round 3092 PYKESTOLE Defs - Vote Now!
 

5 and 7 - we are due for an armor def ...

Dave

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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3092 PYKESTOLE Defs - Vote Now!
 

12 and 13, the longest ones, to reward typing effort.

Efrem

> On Jul 30, 2020, at 5:30 AM, Tim Lodge <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk> wrote:
>
> Here we have a fine selection of defs - 13 in all - of the word PYKESTOLE, only one of which came from my dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites by public reply to this message, before the deadline of:
>
> 21:00 BST on Friday 31st July, which is
> 22:00 CET
> 20:00 GMT/UTC
> 4:00 PM EDT
> 1:00 PM PDT
> 08:00 NZST on Saturday in New Zealand
>
> New players are welcome, just don't look up the word until after you've voted.
>
> *** PYKESTOLE ***
>
>
> 12. a lavishly ornamented garment worn during Medieval and Early Modern times by the leader of an English band of mummers, or travelling players.
>
> 13. [Obs] a piece of furniture in an armoury; a long legged stool with radial spokes used for sharpening pikes but also turned upside down to store sharpened pikes, (similar use to a modern umbrella stand).

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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3092 PYKESTOLE Defs - Vote Now!
 

I'll settle for 7 and 12:

> 7. [Obs.] a game or sport formerly played at Ripon, Yorkshire, on Easter
> Monday.

> 12. a lavishly ornamented garment worn during Medieval and Early Modern
> times by the leader of an English band of mummers, or travelling players.


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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3092 PYKESTOLE Defs - Vote Now!
 

I’ll do 7 and 12.

Chris

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I'll settle for 7 and 12:

> 7. [Obs.] a game or sport formerly played at Ripon, Yorkshire, on Easter
> Monday.

> 12. a lavishly ornamented garment worn during Medieval and Early Modern
> times by the leader of an English band of mummers, or travelling players.


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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3092 PYKESTOLE Defs - Vote Now!
 

Tim -

As usual, they're all thoroughly implausible. Just the same, I'll go with 5 and 6.
Alan

> On 07/30/2020 5:30 AM Tim Lodge <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> Here we have a fine selection of defs - 13 in all - of the word PYKESTOLE, only one of which came from my dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites by public reply to this message, before the deadline of:
>
> 21:00 BST on Friday 31st July, which is
> 22:00 CET
> 20:00 GMT/UTC
> 4:00 PM EDT
> 1:00 PM PDT
> 08:00 NZST on Saturday in New Zealand
>
> New players are welcome, just don't look up the word until after you've voted.
>
> *** PYKESTOLE ***
>
>
>
> 1. [Sc.] a closure for a sporran.
>
> 2. to flip or cause to flip end over end.
>
> 3. (Steam Engine) the lap of a slide valve.
>
> 4. a gold coin equal to two escudos, formerly used in Spain.
>
> 5. a component of plate armor to protect the knee or the front of the thighs.
>
> 6. an especially ornate scarf worn by a bishop during his or her consecration.
>
> 7. [Obs.] a game or sport formerly played at Ripon, Yorkshire, on Easter Monday.
>
> 8. an irregular heartbeat where the two ventricles are slightly out of synchronization.
>
> 9. a large covering, usually having handles and made of leather, used to safely transport quantities of polearms.
>
> 10. transl. of Vulgate _stolam primam_ (Greek στολὴν τὴν πρώτην), ‘the best robe’ in the parable of the Prodigal Son.
>
> 11. a reusable eel bait consisting of a small ball of live earthworms packed in linen and tied with a sheep tendon. (Swed.)
>
> 12. a lavishly ornamented garment worn during Medieval and Early Modern times by the leader of an English band of mummers, or travelling players.
>
> 13. [Obs] a piece of furniture in an armoury; a long legged stool with radial spokes used for sharpening pikes but also turned upside down to store sharpened pikes, (similar use to a modern umbrella stand).
>
>
>
>
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[Dixonary] Round 3092 PYKESTOLE Defs - Vote Now!
 

I'll take the unpopular 1 and 3.

Nancy

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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3092 PYKESTOLE Defs - Vote Now!
 

I'll pick the popular 7 and unpopular 2.



On Thu, 30 Jul 2020, 9:30 PM Tim Lodge, <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

> Here we have a fine selection of defs - 13 in all - of the word PYKESTOLE,
> only one of which came from my dictionary. Please vote for your two
> favourites by public reply to this message, before the deadline of:
>
> 21:00 BST on Friday 31st July, which is
> 22:00 CET
> 20:00 GMT/UTC
> 4:00 PM EDT
> 1:00 PM PDT
> 08:00 NZST on Saturday in New Zealand
>
> New players are welcome, just don't look up the word until after you've
> voted.
>
> *** PYKESTOLE ***
>
> 1. [Sc.] a closure for a sporran.
>
> 2. to flip or cause to flip end over end.
>
> 3. (Steam Engine) the lap of a slide valve.
>
> 4. a gold coin equal to two escudos, formerly used in Spain.
>
> 5. a component of plate armor to protect the knee or the front of the
> thighs.
>
> 6. an especially ornate scarf worn by a bishop during his or her
> consecration.
>
> 7. [Obs.] a game or sport formerly played at Ripon, Yorkshire, on
> Easter Monday.
>
> 8. an irregular heartbeat where the two ventricles are slightly out of
> synchronization.
>
> 9. a large covering, usually having handles and made of leather, used
> to safely transport quantities of polearms.
>
> 10. transl. of Vulgate _stolam primam_ (Greek στολὴν τὴν πρώτην), ‘the
> best robe’ in the parable of the Prodigal Son.
>
> 11. a reusable eel bait consisting of a small ball of live earthworms
> packed in linen and tied with a sheep tendon. (Swed.)
>
> 12. a lavishly ornamented garment worn during Medieval and Early Modern
> times by the leader of an English band of mummers, or travelling players.
>
> 13. [Obs] a piece of furniture in an armoury; a long legged stool with
> radial spokes used for sharpening pikes but also turned upside down to
> store sharpened pikes, (similar use to a modern umbrella stand).
>
>
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[Dixonary] Round 3092 PYKESTOLE Defs - Vote Now!
 

Let's make this a bit more unpredictable. 12 & 13.


> 12. a lavishly ornamented garment worn during Medieval and Early Modern
> times by the leader of an English band of mummers, or travelling players.
>
> 13. [Obs] a piece of furniture in an armoury; a long legged stool with
> radial spokes used for sharpening pikes but also turned upside down to
> store sharpened pikes, (similar use to a modern umbrella stand).
>
>
>

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