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Old November 23rd, 2021, 07:53 AM
Debbie Embler
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Default Re: [Dixonary] Round 3211 SUBLITION Defs - Vote Now!"

1 and 7 please

On Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 6:16 AM Tim Lodge <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

> Here we have 11 defs of the word SUBLITION, only one of which comes from
> my dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites by public reply to this
> message before the deadline, which is:
>
> 21:00 UTC/GMT on Wednesday 24th November in London
> 22:00 CET in France and the Netherlands (and South Africa)
> 4:00 PM EDT in New York
> 1:00 PM PDT in California
> 10:00 NZST on Thursady 25th in New Zealand
>
> New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've
> voted.
>
> -- Tim L
>
> *** SUBLITION ***
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> 1. Water torture.
> 2. The transfer of liability by contract.
> 3. Deliberate manipulation of thought and behaviour.
> 4. The act of silently mouthing the words when reading.
> 5. [_*Crystallog.*_] cleavage parallel to the lateral planes.
> 6. The state of being under the bed; _*transf. *in sublition**_:
> clandestinely
> 7. A sloping surface, especially of a bone, such as the occipital and
> sphenoid.
> 8. [_*Painting. Obsolete. rare.*_] The first coating of paint
> applied, the ground colour; the act or process of applying the ground
> colour.
> 9. a legal writ, usually issued by a judge or magistrate, to compel a
> person or corporation to refrain from publicly disparaging other litigants
> in a trial.
> 10. The chemical process in deciduous trees, typically in autumn, in
> which chlorophyll breaks down and foliage displays its underlying
> red/orange/brown colours.
> 11. One of the provisions in the Japanese Civil Code (_*Minpō*_,
> enacted in 1898) which implies that obligations between individuals in
> Japan are more regulated by social relations than by formal legal
> agreements.
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