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Old November 27th, 2017, 07:43 AM
Dave Cunningham
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Default [Dixonary] PHEAZAR defs!

Kindly vote for two hereof before 8 a.m. EST on Wednesday 29 November
without looking the word up.

1. a tedious task
2. a charm or amulet
3. prehistoric lake dwelling
4. _perh_ one who feezes.
5. a closely woven silk with a crisp finish
6. Having the quality of newness; novelty.
7. A minor tax-collecting official of the Ottoman Empire.
8. A ceremonial torchlight procession to celebrate a marriage.
9. One who carries and swings the thurible in an Orthodox church.
10. a mixture of gold and antimony thought in mediaeval times to have
medicinal properties
11. in Mongolian cooking, a steamed dumpling of meat and vegetables,
usually eaten cold.
12. a functionary in Mesopotamia who assured the calibration of scale
weights used in trade.
13. a beard with straight sideburns, bare chin, and a carefully groomed
mustache on upper and lower lips (after Edwin Pheazar, British naturalist
1832-1911)

As usual, errors are the fault of the dealer.

Dave

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