[Dixonary] Rnd 3157 :STOTTING - Call for Votes

12 and 3 please

On Sat, Apr 10, 2021, 6:21 AM Johnb - co.uk <johnb (AT) john-barrs (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

> Dear people
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> here are 15 definitions mostly contributed by the fertile minds of the
> players, but one came from a dictionary. Please vote for your choice of two
> of them awarded in a search for truth or to reward invention - or randomly
> if you wish. Please declare a DQ to me (not the list address) if you now
> know the dictionary def. The rules for the game are on
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> you did not submit a def
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> I'll call a halt when either every submitter has voted or 10:00 am BST
> Monday
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> 1 [Icel.] an agricultural cooperative
>
> 2 [Icel.] official name of the Icelandic flag after
> independence from Denmark
>
> 3 a facing of stout wooden poles sunk into the ground to
> form a retaining wall on river banks, hillsides, and other slopes.
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> 4 a cull of lambs
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> 5 contending competing
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> 6 a behaviour in which some birds fake an injured wing to
> draw predators away from the nest
>
> 7 a behaviour of quadrupeds, particularly gazelles, in which
> they spring into the air, lifting all four feet off the ground
> simultaneously
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> 8 [OE] A council of landowners that advises an earl on civil
> matters affecting his county
>
> 9 a building technique used in English rural housing in
> which packed earth and other materials were inserted between the wall beams
> for purposes of insulation
>
> 10 overlapping shiny discs used as an edge decoration
> 11 a primitive tattooing technique in which a quill or
> feather is impregnated with ink and rapidly and repeatedly used to puncture
> the epidermis
>
> 12 (Sculpt.) The act or process of measuring, at the various
> distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future
> piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the
> artist's model.
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> 13 an upholstered footstool or short bench
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> 14 a seven step filing process
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> 15 Irish dancing that involves going on toe
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