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[Dixonary] Round 2838: MOUNTWEAZEL voting time!
We now have a respectable 13 definitions for our word MOUNTWEAZEL,
including one from a dictionary. Please vote for two of them by the deadline, which is 36 hours from now (I'll post the actual times later... I'm in a hurry to get out of the house). Happy voting! 1. The lowest of the volcanoes of Auckland, New Zealand, named for a Maori chief who signed the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. 2. A high plateau ground living parrot. 3. A specialized tool formerly used in engine tune ups. 4. The demonym for residents of the region surrounding Mount Wellington, Tasmania. 5. A woman’s garment covering the neck and shoulders, worn esp. during the 16th Century. 6. Any invented word or name inserted in a reference work by a publisher for the purpose of detecting plagiarism. 7. Plants that are engaged in nutritive and growth processes rather than reproductive processes. 8. A kind of low-profile hook for hanging picture frames, etc. 9. Deposit of decayed woody material under a marsh. 10. An alpine flower _*Leucogenes grandiceps*_ similar in characteristics to edelweiss, found mainly in Southern New Zealand. 11. A genus of spiny shrubs in the buckthorn family. 12. An ancient, specialized knot used to secure a door. 13. A migratory Eurasian songbird (_Turdus torquatus_) the male of which is black with a white crescent across the breast. -- 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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RE: [Dixonary] Round 2838: MOUNTWEAZEL voting time!
2. A high plateau ground living parrot.
13. A migratory Eurasian songbird (_Turdus torquatus_) the male of which is black with a white crescent across the breast. Judy Madnick Albany, NY -- 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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Re: [Dixonary] Round 2838: MOUNTWEAZEL voting time!
I vote for 4 and 12.
Guerri On 9/29/2017 5:37 PM, Shani Naylor wrote: > 4.The demonym for residents of the region surrounding Mount > Wellington, Tasmania. > 12.An ancient, specialized knot used to secure a door. -- 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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[Dixonary] Round 2838: MOUNTWEAZEL voting time!
I'll try the demonym, in honour of my grandfather, who was born in
Tasmania, and the antipodean edelweiss, 4 and 10, please. 4. The demonym for residents of the region surrounding Mount Wellington, Tasmania 10. An alpine flower _*Leucogenes grandiceps*_ similar in characteristics to edelweiss, found mainly in Southern New Zealand. -- Tim L -- 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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Re: [Dixonary] Round 2838: MOUNTWEAZEL voting time!
I'll go for the obscure 3 and 12.
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 2838: MOUNTWEAZEL voting time!
6 and 11, please, assuming I'm not too late.
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 2838: MOUNTWEAZEL voting time!
I’ll go with the demonym and the knot.Â* 4 and 12.
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[Dixonary] Round 2838: MOUNTWEAZEL voting time!
10 and 13.
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 2838: MOUNTWEAZEL voting time!
If it isn't 6 there should be a word for that, so 6 gets one of my votes. The other goes to #10 because it sounds like it could be a flower and the NZ connection.
Efrem =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > On Sep 29, 2017, at 5:37 PM, Shani Naylor <shani.naylor (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote: > > We now have a respectable 13 definitions for our word MOUNTWEAZEL, including one from a dictionary. Please vote for two of them by the deadline, which is 36 hours from now (I'll post the actual times later... I'm in a hurry to get out of the house). > > Happy voting! > > 6. Any invented word or name inserted in a reference work by a publisher for the purpose of detecting plagiarism. > > 10. An alpine flower _Leucogenes grandiceps_ similar in characteristics to edelweiss, found mainly in Southern New Zealand. > > -- 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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Re: [Dixonary] Round 2838: MOUNTWEAZEL voting time!
I'll guess 5 and 11:
> 5.Â*Â*Â* A woman’s garment covering the neck and shoulders, worn esp. during the 16th Century. > 11.Â*Â* A genus of spiny shrubs in the buckthorn family. -- 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. |