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Old June 29th, 2022, 07:13 AM
Chowie
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Default Re: [Dixonary] Round 3262 ULPIC defs - Vote Now!

6 and 9??

On Wed, Jun 29, 2022, 5:38 AM Tim Lodge <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

> I've got a rather miserable total of only 8 defs for ULPIC. Because of my
> schedule over the next few days, I'm going ahead with voting anyway, so
> your chances of hitting the real def are somewhat better than usual. Please
> vote for your two favourites by public reply to this message before the
> deadline, which is:
>
> 20:00 UTC/GMT on Thursday 30th June
> 21:00 BST in London
> 22:00 CET in France and the Netherlands
> 4:00 PM EDT in New York
> 1:00 PM PDT in California
> 08:00 NZST on Friday in New Zealand
>
> New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've
> voted.
>
> -- Tim L
>
>
> *** ULPIC ***
>
> 1. a kind of leek.
>
> 2. aioli: garlic cream paste.
>
> 3. the hard bony pincers of biting insects and crustaceans.
>
> 4. of or pertaining to the mesopalagic ("twilight") zone of the ocean.
>
> 5. an imaginary large four-legged beast with legs on one side longer
> than on the other for walking on hillsides
>
> 6. of, relating to, or being an ancient Egyptian vase, urn, or jar used
> to hold the viscera of an embalmed body.
>
> 7. of or relating to the ulpus, a toothlike projection from the second
> vertebra on which the first vertebra pivots.
>
> 8. a tax levied by the state on mistresses kept by clergymen; imposed
> in England and France from 1042 as part of a drive towards clerical
> celibacy.
>
> 9. an Icelandic dish comprising the meat of a Greenland shark that has
> been allowed to ferment (traditionally by burial in sand for up to twelve
> weeks) then hung to dry for several months.
>
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