[Dixonary] Round 2954 ESKEBACH Defs Up - Vote Now!

Here we have 13 imaginative defs of the word ESKEBACH, only one of which
comes from my dictionary. Please vote for your two favoutites by public
reply to this message before the deadline, which is:

09:00 UTC/GMT on Wednesday 16th January
10:00 CET
4:00 AM EST
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20:00 AEDT in Melbourne
22:00 NZDT in New Zealand

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

-- Tim L

*** ESKEBACH ***

1. [Chiefly Scot.] whisky.

2. a person who sifts ashes.

3. a traditional liquor produced in parts of Wales.

4. a Rhineland dynasty which lasted from 672-816 CE

5. [Scot] a whisky master, (unmarried by convention).

6. an indoor trough of running water used as a foot bath.

7. a style of romantic music originating in the Dominican Republic.

8. when a painting or picture is monochromatically rendered in gray.

9. a reward or bonus offered as an inducement to purchase a product.

10. small pockets of noodle dough filled with ground meat or cheese,
usually boiled and served in soups.

11. [Switzerland] a railroad switchback q.v. (also _zugswangbach_
referring indirectly to a Chess term for a "forced move")

12. a psychological test of the "Mona Lisa" effect in which eyes in a
portrait appear to follow the viewer (for Dr. Nicholas Eskebach, 1914-2002).

13. (Mil.), a number of muskets or rifles set up together, with the
bayonets crossing one another, forming a sort of conical self-supporting
pile.

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