[Dixonary] Round 3147 MEEDYERN Defs - Vote Now!

Several of you commented that you found this a difficult word to define, so
thanks for coming up with some cracking good ones. Here we have 14
imaginative defs of the word MEEDYERN, 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:

21:00 UTC/GMT on Thursday 4th March in London
22:00 CET in France and the Netherlands
4:00 PM EST in New York
1:00 PM PST in California
10:00 NZDT on Friday 5th in New Zealand

New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've
voted.

-- Tim L

*** MEEDYERN ***

1. A spring-fed pond.

2. Greedy for bribes, covetous.

3. [Arch. Theol.] the wages of sin.

4. A primitive hand-turned grain mill.

5. Toward the right; on the right side.

6. [Maine] A lobster too small to sell legally.

7. [Irish] Kilt or pleated skirt traditionally worn by men.

8. [Scot.] Aside, on or to one side; awry; off from the straight line.

9. [OE] collectively, the rights and responsibilities of a tenant farmer.

10. [Am. Midwest] the descendants of the siblings of one's
great-grandparents.

11. With _the_ and _plural_ agreement. Those who love ease or luxury,
considered as a class.

12. in the language of Chaucer's England, someone with an excessive
fondness for strong drink.

13. [Wood Working] A bench with a revolving cutter head slightly
protruding above its surface, for dressing boards.

14. [Irish, obs.] a brightly colored, striped linen tunic worn for the
Celtic festival of Bealtaine, rarely seen today.

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