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[Dixonary] Round 2792: ADUST - Definition List
Four additional defs came in during phase 2 for a total of 13, including
one from a real dictionary. Please vote for two favorite ADUSTs, by public reply to this message, before deadline, which is 7:00 PM EDT on Thursday, April 6, 2017, or 4:00 PM PDT . 1. 1. A judgment of the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal condemning or acquitting persons accused of religious offenses. 2. An execution of such sentence, by the civil power, esp. the burning of a heretic. It was usually held on Sunday, and was made a great public solemnity by impressive forms and ceremonies. 3. Hence: [Fig.] The public denunciation or punishment of a person who has offended the prevailing authorities. 2. A cylinder of igneous rock that lifts overlying rock when forced upward. 3. A hidden exit from a priest's hole (q.v.). 4. A hidden entrance to a tunnel. 5. Archaic Burned; scorched. 6. _Obs._ To scour or clean. 7. [Scots] Indifferent. 8. A mortician's assistant. 9. A natural well in a rock. 10. A crawling or limping gait. 11. Pollen collected by honey bees. 12. Automated Delivery US Trucking - [acronymn registered as trademark] 13. A personal assistant to a landgrave or higher noble of the Holy Roman Empire, entitled to add "von" to his surname. -- 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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