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[Dixonary] Round 3156 FASKIDAR Defs - Vote Now!
Here we have 13 imaginative defs of the word FASKIDAR, 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: 20:00 UTC/GMT on Wednesday 7th April 21:00 BST in London 22:00 CET in France and the Netherlands 4:00 PM EST in New York 1:00 PM PST in California 08:00 NZST on Thursday 8th in New Zealand New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've voted. -- Tim L *** FASKIDAR *** 1. A serene view. 2. a very wicked person. 3. [Indian Eng.] a scribe. 4. a supervisor in a tea plantation. 5. [Scot. Obs.] A name applied to the Northern Gull. 6. Any room reserved for female worshippers at mosques. 7. An arctic sea-turtle, *Eretmochelys thulesis* [Icelandic] 8. [Hind.] A district tax collector in NW India under the Rajputs. 9. a long double-edged dagger worn by palace guards in the Ottoman empire. 10. Early Ottoman headgear made of leather with an outer layer of embroidered velvet or silk 11. A form of whistled language used by the inhabitants of central Turkey to communicate across long distances. 12. originally the rank of Lance-Corporal in the Bengali regiments in British India; in Banglasdesh the word is now replaced by _*subidar*_. 13. The chief or leader of a band or body of persons; esp., in the native army of India, an officer of a rank corresponding to that of lieutenant in the English army. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...oglegroups.com. |
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3156 FASKIDAR Defs - Vote Now!
lots of Indian and Turkish - eliminating those doesn't leave much... so
I'll go Northern = #5 and #7 for me please * JohnnyB* -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...hn-barrs.co.uk. |
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3156 FASKIDAR Defs - Vote Now!
I'll follow Johnny's lead. 5 & 7.
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3156 FASKIDAR Defs - Vote Now!
2 and 3 please.
Nods to the very creative 11. On Tue, Apr 6, 2021, 5:43 AM Tim Lodge <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk> wrote: > Here we have 13 imaginative defs of the word FASKIDAR, 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: > > 20:00 UTC/GMT on Wednesday 7th April > 21:00 BST in London > 22:00 CET in France and the Netherlands > 4:00 PM EST in New York > 1:00 PM PST in California > 08:00 NZST on Thursday 8th in New Zealand > > > New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've > voted. > > -- Tim L > > *** FASKIDAR *** > > 1. A serene view. > 2. a very wicked person. > 3. [Indian Eng.] a scribe. > 4. a supervisor in a tea plantation. > 5. [Scot. Obs.] A name applied to the Northern Gull. > 6. Any room reserved for female worshippers at mosques. > 7. An arctic sea-turtle, *Eretmochelys thulesis* [Icelandic] > 8. [Hind.] A district tax collector in NW India under the Rajputs. > 9. a long double-edged dagger worn by palace guards in the Ottoman > empire. > 10. Early Ottoman headgear made of leather with an outer layer of > embroidered velvet or silk > 11. A form of whistled language used by the inhabitants of central Turkey > to communicate across long distances. > 12. originally the rank of Lance-Corporal in the Bengali regiments in > British India; in Banglasdesh the word is now replaced by _*subidar*_. > 13. The chief or leader of a band or body of persons; esp., in the native > army of India, an officer of a rank corresponding to that of lieutenant in > the English army. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Dixonary" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...oglegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dixonary/53bd3ee3-9086-45cf-999b-39357054b2edn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email& utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...mail.gmail.com. |
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RE: [Dixonary] Round 3156 FASKIDAR Defs - Vote Now!
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Hmmm...I think I'll avoid "people" (which still leaves too many!) with: 9. a long double-edged dagger worn by palace guards in the Ottoman empire. 10. Early Ottoman headgear made of leather with an outer layer of embroidered velvet or silk Judy Madnick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dixonary/09E4A9A2040609013239003006%40LAPTOP-NG0A64CK. |
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3156 FASKIDAR Defs - Vote Now!
8 and 13, please.
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3156 FASKIDAR Defs - Vote Now!
I'll go with 12 and 13.
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3156 FASKIDAR Defs - Vote Now!
11 for whistling and 7 for sea turtles.
On Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 9:16:59 AM UTC-7 Mike Shefler wrote: > I'll go with 12 and 13. > > --Mike > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...oglegroups.com. |
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[Dixonary] Round 3156 FASKIDAR Defs - Vote Now!
I'll take 4 and 12 this time.
Nancy On Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 4:43:00 AM UTC-5 Tim Lodge wrote: > Here we have 13 imaginative defs of the word FASKIDAR, 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: > > 20:00 UTC/GMT on Wednesday 7th April > 21:00 BST in London > 22:00 CET in France and the Netherlands > 4:00 PM EST in New York > 1:00 PM PST in California > 08:00 NZST on Thursday 8th in New Zealand > > > New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've > voted. > > -- Tim L > > *** FASKIDAR *** > > 1. A serene view. > 2. a very wicked person. > 3. [Indian Eng.] a scribe. > 4. a supervisor in a tea plantation. > 5. [Scot. Obs.] A name applied to the Northern Gull. > 6. Any room reserved for female worshippers at mosques. > 7. An arctic sea-turtle, *Eretmochelys thulesis* [Icelandic] > 8. [Hind.] A district tax collector in NW India under the Rajputs. > 9. a long double-edged dagger worn by palace guards in the Ottoman > empire. > 10. Early Ottoman headgear made of leather with an outer layer of > embroidered velvet or silk > 11. A form of whistled language used by the inhabitants of central Turkey > to communicate across long distances. > 12. originally the rank of Lance-Corporal in the Bengali regiments in > British India; in Banglasdesh the word is now replaced by _*subidar*_. > 13. The chief or leader of a band or body of persons; esp., in the native > army of India, an officer of a rank corresponding to that of lieutenant in > the English army. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...oglegroups.com. |
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RE: [Dixonary] Round 3156 FASKIDAR Defs - Vote Now!
Much as it’s appealing, I don’t buy the arctic sea-turtle (are there such creatures?) or the whistlers. I’ll try 4 and 10.
Alan From: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com> On Behalf Of Tim Lodge Sent: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 5:43 AM To: Dixonary <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com> Subject: [Dixonary] Round 3156 FASKIDAR Defs - Vote Now! Here we have 13 imaginative defs of the word FASKIDAR, 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: 20:00 UTC/GMT on Wednesday 7th April 21:00 BST in London 22:00 CET in France and the Netherlands 4:00 PM EST in New York 1:00 PM PST in California 08:00 NZST on Thursday 8th in New Zealand New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've voted. -- Tim L *** FASKIDAR *** 1. A serene view. 2. a very wicked person. 3. [Indian Eng.] a scribe. 4. a supervisor in a tea plantation. 5. [Scot. Obs.] A name applied to the Northern Gull. 6. Any room reserved for female worshippers at mosques. 7. An arctic sea-turtle, Eretmochelys thulesis [Icelandic] 8. [Hind.] A district tax collector in NW India under the Rajputs. 9. a long double-edged dagger worn by palace guards in the Ottoman empire.. 10. Early Ottoman headgear made of leather with an outer layer of embroidered velvet or silk 11. A form of whistled language used by the inhabitants of central Turkey to communicate across long distances. 12. originally the rank of Lance-Corporal in the Bengali regiments in British India; in Banglasdesh the word is now replaced by _subidar_. 13. The chief or leader of a band or body of persons; esp., in the native army of India, an officer of a rank corresponding to that of lieutenant in the English army. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com <mailto:dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...oglegroups.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dixonary/53bd3ee3-9086-45cf-999b-39357054b2edn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email& utm_source=footer> . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...%40comcast.net. |
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3156 FASKIDAR Defs - Vote Now!
12 and 13, please.
Deborah Fein, Ph.D. UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Department of Psychological Sciences Department of Pediatrics University of Connecticut deborah.fein (AT) uconn (DOT) edu<ht...in%40uconn.edu> ________________________________ From: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com> on behalf of nancygoat <nancygoat (AT) gmail (DOT) com> Sent: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 6:21 PM To: Dixonary <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com> Subject: [Dixonary] Re: Round 3156 FASKIDAR Defs - Vote Now! *Message sent from a system outside of UConn.* I'll take 4 and 12 this time. Nancy On Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 4:43:00 AM UTC-5 Tim Lodge wrote: Here we have 13 imaginative defs of the word FASKIDAR, 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: 20:00 UTC/GMT on Wednesday 7th April 21:00 BST in London 22:00 CET in France and the Netherlands 4:00 PM EST in New York 1:00 PM PST in California 08:00 NZST on Thursday 8th in New Zealand New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've voted. -- Tim L *** FASKIDAR *** 1. A serene view. 2. a very wicked person. 3. [Indian Eng.] a scribe. 4. a supervisor in a tea plantation. 5. [Scot. Obs.] A name applied to the Northern Gull. 6. Any room reserved for female worshippers at mosques. 7. An arctic sea-turtle, Eretmochelys thulesis [Icelandic] 8. [Hind.] A district tax collector in NW India under the Rajputs. 9. a long double-edged dagger worn by palace guards in the Ottoman empire.. 10. Early Ottoman headgear made of leather with an outer layer of embroidered velvet or silk 11. A form of whistled language used by the inhabitants of central Turkey to communicate across long distances. 12. originally the rank of Lance-Corporal in the Bengali regiments in British India; in Banglasdesh the word is now replaced by _subidar_. 13. The chief or leader of a band or body of persons; esp., in the native army of India, an officer of a rank corresponding to that of lieutenant in the English army. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com<mailto:dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dixonary/e3d395a5-0bba-4e7b-a836-902fda74011en%40googlegroups.com<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fmsgid%2 Fdixonary%2Fe3d395a5-0bba-4e7b-a836-902fda74011en%2540googlegroups.com%3Futm_medium%3D email%26utm_source%3Dfooter&data=04%7C01%7Cdeborah .fein%40uconn.edu%7C7c9abeffc7ae4cc1005a08d8f94a58 8c%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C63 7533445005890211%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiM C4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI 6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=QY4NrwTowXHVi%2B9Qkzvs9uokFQP 0DWSDhRPJwPKZLww%3D&reserved=0>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...od.outlook.com. |
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3156 FASKIDAR Defs - Vote Now!
No idea. I'll try 4 and 11:
> 4. a supervisor in a tea plantation. > 11. A form of whistled language used by the inhabitants of central Turkey > to communicate across long distances. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...nybodyhome.com. |
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3156 FASKIDAR Defs - Vote Now!
I'm nearly out of time so I'll vote 1 & 13.
On Tue, 6 Apr 2021, 9:43 PM Tim Lodge, <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk> wrote: > Here we have 13 imaginative defs of the word FASKIDAR, 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: > > 20:00 UTC/GMT on Wednesday 7th April > 21:00 BST in London > 22:00 CET in France and the Netherlands > 4:00 PM EST in New York > 1:00 PM PST in California > 08:00 NZST on Thursday 8th in New Zealand > > > New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've > voted. > > -- Tim L > > *** FASKIDAR *** > > 1. A serene view. > 2. a very wicked person. > 3. [Indian Eng.] a scribe. > 4. a supervisor in a tea plantation. > 5. [Scot. Obs.] A name applied to the Northern Gull. > 6. Any room reserved for female worshippers at mosques. > 7. An arctic sea-turtle, *Eretmochelys thulesis* [Icelandic] > 8. [Hind.] A district tax collector in NW India under the Rajputs. > 9. a long double-edged dagger worn by palace guards in the Ottoman > empire. > 10. Early Ottoman headgear made of leather with an outer layer of > embroidered velvet or silk > 11. A form of whistled language used by the inhabitants of central Turkey > to communicate across long distances. > 12. originally the rank of Lance-Corporal in the Bengali regiments in > British India; in Banglasdesh the word is now replaced by _*subidar*_. > 13. The chief or leader of a band or body of persons; esp., in the native > army of India, an officer of a rank corresponding to that of lieutenant in > the English army. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Dixonary" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...oglegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dixonary/53bd3ee3-9086-45cf-999b-39357054b2edn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email& utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...mail.gmail.com. |
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3156 FASKIDAR Defs - Vote Now!
Yikes! Seeing Shani's vote reminded me of the deadline. I'll go for the shortest ones left after a quick screening: 4 and 5.
Efrem ====================== > On Apr 6, 2021, at 5:43 AM, Tim Lodge <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk> wrote: > > Here we have 13 imaginative defs of the word FASKIDAR, 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: > > 20:00 UTC/GMT on Wednesday 7th April > 21:00 BST in London > 22:00 CET in France and the Netherlands > 4:00 PM EST in New York > 1:00 PM PST in California > 08:00 NZST on Thursday 8th in New Zealand > > > New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've voted. > > -- Tim L > > *** FASKIDAR *** > > 4. a supervisor in a tea plantation. > 5. [Scot. Obs.] A name applied to the Northern Gull. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...DF%40gmail.com. |
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