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[Dixonary] Round 3061 - HODMANDODS - call for votes
Please vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before the
deadline, which is 2000 UTC (9 pm BST) on Monday 30th March. That should be 4 pm EDT on the US East Coast and 1 pm PDT 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. [Scots sl.] warts. 2. snails in their shells. 3. a state of nervous anxiety. 4. [Yorkshire dialect] workwear overalls. 5. [Shropshire Dial.] overshoes; galoshes. 6. leaves chewed or brewed in tea as a stimulant. 7. a collier’s tools, especially those used for cutting coal blocks. 8. insignia of rank carried or worn by a Cossack hodman (var., hetman) or chieftain. 9. plankton that congregate in multiple-species groups, apparently due to wave action. 10.[Old Finn] the snake that encircles the world and feeds on the sacred ash tree yggadrasil. 11. a drink similar to egg-nog, typically sweetened with sugar, flavoured with rum, brandy, orange flower water, etc., and served warm. 12.articles of agreement between the captain of a vessel and the seamen on board, in respect to the amount of wages, length of time for which they are shipping, etc. 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...3%40siam.co.uk. |