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[Dixonary] PHEAZAR results!
2 folks guessed that "feeze" must be a legit word, I guess.
1. a tedious task [Stevens] 9 12 (Madnick) 1 2. a charm or amulet [Widdis] *4 12 (Hale) 2+1 = 3 3. prehistoric lake dwelling [Madnick] 1 13 (McGill) 1 4. _perh_ one who feezes. [Chambers] NV (Lodge) (Widdis) 2 5. a closely woven silk with a crisp finish [Carson] NV (Hale) (Naylor) 2 6. Having the quality of newness; novelty. [Hale] 2 5 nil 7. A minor tax-collecting official of the Ottoman Empire. [Lodge] *4 12 (Naylor) (Mallach) 2 + 2 = 4 <---Winnah 8. A ceremonial torchlight procession to celebrate a marriage. [Naylor] 5 7 (McGill) 1 9. One who carries and swings the thurible in an Orthodox church. [Bourne] NV (Stevens) (Mallach) 2 10. a mixture of gold and antimony thought in mediaeval times to have medicinal properties [Mallach] 7 9 (Barrs) (Shefler) 2 11. in Mongolian cooking, a steamed dumpling of meat and vegetables, usually eaten cold. [Barrs] 10 12 nil 12. a functionary in Mesopotamia who assured the calibration of scale weights used in trade. [Abell] NV (Barrs) (Lodge) (Shefler) (Widdis) (Stevens) 5 <---Dealah 13. a beard with straight sideburns, bare chin, and a carefully groomed mustache on upper and lower lips (after Edwin Pheazar, British naturalist 1832-1911) [Shefler] 10 12 (Madnick) 1 McGill 3 8 nil Blame Shakespeare for this one. No etymology. No other use. But it made it into the dictionary! Mr. Abell -- take it away! Dave -- 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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