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Re: [Dixonary] ROUND 2821 - GALLET - VOTE NOW!
I'll vote for 4 & 7.
On 27/07/2017 1:53 AM, "Judy Madnick" <jmadnick (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote: > Here are 12 definitions for the word GALLET...but only one is correct. > Please send your votes (by responding to this email) for what you believe > are the two definitions most likely to have come from a dictionary. The > deadline for voting is * Thursday, July 27, at 8 p.m.* As usual, I will > let you determine the time in your time zone. :-) > > Any misspellings, weird spacing, etc., are my fault and not an indication > of the accuracy of a particular definition. The formatting was fine in a > test message sent to myself, so I hope you all receive it the way it was > sent. > > Good luck! > > Judy > > > 1. a chip of stone; to embed gallets in joints of fresh masonry. > > 2. _archaic_ A jeweled necklace, collar, or headband. > > 3. a heavy iron pointed at both ends, for pressing clothes. > > 4. a frame for moveable type (_galley_ q.v.). > > 5. a thickened horny or bony plate on a turtle's shell. > > 6. a broken promise. > > 7. a round-tipped shovel. > > 8. a u- or v-shaped groove cut into the face of a piece wood or metal into > which another piece is to be fixed. > > 9. a monetary unit of Malawi, equal to one hundredth of a kwacha. > > 10. an early Greek warship, a galley from which several banks of oars were > removed to make space to mount a second mast. > > 11. pebble-dash - small round stones thrown at wet concrete or mortar > dressing of an external wall to provide a decorative waterproof finish [as > opposed to roughcast where the stones are incorporated in the dressing]. > > 12. (Spinning) One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide > the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments. [Prob. so > called from F. aiguilles, needles.] > > -- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. |
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