[Dixonary] Round 3220 results

Efrem Mallach is the next dealer with a natural 5. Debby Embler is the real
winner with an unnatural 5.

1. [Orkney & Shetland Islands] a clergyman.
Submitter: Disctionary Vote: N/A D4
Submitter: Barrs Votes: [1*] & 11 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Barrs; Embler; Shepherdson; Abell

2. [Linguistics] collective term for letters of the Glagolitic and early
Cyrillic alphabets that are not part of the Civil Script introduced

by Peter the Great in 1708.

Submitter: Emallach Votes: 3 & 12 0 + 5 = 5
Voted for by: Keating; Bourne; Embler; Widdis; Leckenby

3. a circular burial mound constructed over a pit grave and often
containing grave vessels, weapons, and the bodies of horses as well

as a single human body; originally in use in the Russian Steppes but

later spreading into eastern, central, and northern Europe in the

third millennium b.c.

Submitter: Naylor Votes: 9 & 11 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Emallach; Widdis; Madnick

4. a long narrow ridge or mound of sand or gravel deposited by a stream
flowing beneath a glacier.

Submitter: Keating Votes: 2 & 12 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Amallach

5. [Tucano]a rope bridge.
Submitter: Bourne Votes: 2 & 7 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:

6. Russian pastry made with butter, cocoa, cognac, and chopped nuts.
Submitter: Druce Votes: 7 & 11 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Shepherdson; Lodge; Leckenby

7. one of the five archaic human groups, the Neandertal being the most
well known of the five, as published in the Proceedings of the

National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Submitter: Embler Votes: *1* & 2 2 + 3 = 5
Voted for by: Bourne; Druce; Madnick

8. [Arch.] a floor which serves also as a roof, as of a belfry or
balcony.

Submitter: Widdis Votes: 2 & 3 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:

9. a modern serif typeface involving shadowing to add dimension.
Submitter: Shepherdson Votes: *1* & 6 2 + 2 = 4
Voted for by: Naylor; Amallach

10. anticipating and answering an opponent's objections.
Submitter: Madnick Votes: 3 & 7 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Lodge

11. The steppe Lemming _Lagurus lagurus_, found in Russia and Ukraine.
Submitter: Lodge Votes: 6 & 10 0 + 4 = 4
Voted for by: Barrs; Naylor; Druce; Abell

12. a pseudo–Eastern European word for oppression, coined by
Anti-Communists in the US in 1928.

Submitter: Leckenby Votes: 2 & 6 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Emallach; Keating

No def: Amallach Votes: 4 & 9 2DP + 0 + 0 = 2

No def: Abell Votes: *1* & 11 2 + 0 = 2


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Thanks, I think. I eliminated the correct definition early because it was too obviously an invention derived from "priest." Just goes to show.

Heading out the door now, unfortunately. New word later this afternoon, U.S.. eastern time.

Efrem

> On Jan 2, 2022, at 1:04 PM, 'Mike Shefler' via Dixonary <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com> wrote:
>
> Efrem Mallach is the next dealer with a natural 5. Debby Embler is the real winner with an unnatural 5.
>
> 1. [Orkney & Shetland Islands] a clergyman.
> Submitter: Disctionary Vote: N/A D4
> Submitter: Barrs Votes: [1*] & 11 0 + 3 = 3
> Voted for by: Barrs; Embler; Shepherdson; Abell
>
> 2. [Linguistics] collective term for letters of the Glagolitic and early
> Cyrillic alphabets that are not part of the Civil Script introduced
> by Peter the Great in 1708.
> Submitter: Emallach Votes: 3 & 12 0 + 5 = 5
> Voted for by: Keating; Bourne; Embler; Widdis; Leckenby
>
> 3. a circular burial mound constructed over a pit grave and often
> containing grave vessels, weapons, and the bodies of horses as well
> as a single human body; originally in use in the Russian Steppes but
> later spreading into eastern, central, and northern Europe in the
> third millennium b.c.
> Submitter: Naylor Votes: 9 & 11 0 + 3 = 3
> Voted for by: Emallach; Widdis; Madnick
>
> 4. a long narrow ridge or mound of sand or gravel deposited by a stream
> flowing beneath a glacier.
> Submitter: Keating Votes: 2 & 12 0 + 1 = 1
> Voted for by: Amallach
>
> 5. [Tucano]a rope bridge.
> Submitter: Bourne Votes: 2 & 7 0 + 0 = 0
> Voted for by:
>
> 6. Russian pastry made with butter, cocoa, cognac, and chopped nuts.
> Submitter: Druce Votes: 7 & 11 0 + 3 = 3
> Voted for by: Shepherdson; Lodge; Leckenby
>
> 7. one of the five archaic human groups, the Neandertal being the most
> well known of the five, as published in the Proceedings of the
> National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
> Submitter: Embler Votes: *1* & 2 2 + 3 = 5
> Voted for by: Bourne; Druce; Madnick
>
> 8. [Arch.] a floor which serves also as a roof, as of a belfry or
> balcony.
> Submitter: Widdis Votes: 2 & 3 0 + 0 = 0
> Voted for by:
>
> 9. a modern serif typeface involving shadowing to add dimension.
> Submitter: Shepherdson Votes: *1* & 6 2 + 2 = 4
> Voted for by: Naylor; Amallach
>
> 10. anticipating and answering an opponent's objections.
> Submitter: Madnick Votes: 3 & 7 0 + 1 = 1
> Voted for by: Lodge
>
> 11. The steppe Lemming _Lagurus lagurus_, found in Russia and Ukraine.
> Submitter: Lodge Votes: 6 & 10 0 + 4 = 4
> Voted for by: Barrs; Naylor; Druce; Abell
>
> 12. a pseudo–Eastern European word for oppression, coined by
> Anti-Communists in the US in 1928.
> Submitter: Leckenby Votes: 2 & 6 0 + 2 = 2
> Voted for by: Emallach; Keating
>
> No def: Amallach Votes: 4 & 9 2DP + 0 + 0 = 2
>
> No def: Abell Votes: *1* & 11 2 + 0 = 2
>
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