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[Dixonary] Round 3053 BROLGA - call for voting
We have a wonderful crop of no less than 15 definitions!
Please vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before the deadline, which is 1200 UTC (12 noon GMT) on Thursday 27th February. That should be 7 am on the US East Coast and 4 am on the West Coast. New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this round. Don't look in a dictionary. 1. [On.] a shield-maiden. 2. a Muscovite dance form. 3. a Russian fur hat with a visor. 4. an assembly of tribal elders in Pakistan. 5. [Roman history] a chariot drawn by two horses. 6. a spider monkey from the Amazonian rainforest. 7. [Rare Obs.] A loud noise or tumult; public outcry, scandal. 8. an umbrella with extra stays intended to prevent it blowing inside out. 9. a large dog sled with room for two passengers; The driver of such a dog sled. 10. a Tuscan variant of espadrille notable for its open-toed design and intricate knotwork about the ankle. 11. an embroidered wedding shawl, traditionally of fine linen weave, once common in the Norwegian countryside. 12. a small Bohemian bread roll made from wheat flour, water, yeast and salt, usually topped with linseeds or sea salt 13. a large grey Australian crane which has an elaborate courtship display that involves leaping, wing-flapping, and trumpeting. 14. a dog sport based obedience course where the dog advances through a variety of stations responding only to hand signals. 15. [Perh. the native name.] A red or yellowish-red dyeing material, prepared from the pulp surrounding the seeds of a tree (Bixa brellaga) belonging to the tropical regions of America. Best wishes, Tim Bourne. -- 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...b%40siam.co.uk. |
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