[Dixonary] Rnd 2947: BRONTIDE - Vote Now

Here are 14 definitions brought to you at great expense of wit and
wisdom by our esteemed panel of experts. Now your job is to decide which
is the definition that was submitted by a dictionary

Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply
to this one), before the deadline..

10:00 pm on Wednesday, 19 Dec 2018 in the UKÂ* etc for others


New Players are welcome: even if you didn't submit a definition you may
vote.

*JohnnyB*

1. the highest position of authority

Â*2. a small sparrow, with bright orange markings

Â*3. a short polymer of two to twenty nucleotides

Â*4. silt or sediment deposits in a stream or river

Â*5. a midsummer holiday celebrating the coming rains

Â*6. the first ten days following the summer solstice

Â*7. a dispute over the succession to a title of nobility

Â*8. overgrowth of cyanobacteria brought about by global warming

Â*9. an enthusiastic reader and promoter of the novels of the Brontë sisters

10. a garment decorated with ornamental feathers (e.g. peacock, bird of
paradise, etc.)

11. [literature]Â* any work based on romantic idealism in the manner of
Charlotte BrontëÂ* (e.g. "Jane Eyre" and "The Professor")

12. the feast day of St Bron, a Mercian princess claimed by some to have
been the first English Christian martyr, though supporters of St Alban
would dispute this

13. a low muffled sound like distant thunder heard in certain seismic
regions especially along seacoasts and over lakes and thought to be
caused by feeble earth tremors

14. the lunitidal interval, or the hour angle of the moon at the time of
high tide any port; the interval between the transit of the moon and the
time of high tide next following




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