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[Dixonary] Round 3023 - Adelaster - The Defs
Here we go, with thirteen excellent definitions for *** ADELASTER *** only
one of which is real. *Vote for TWO* by publicly replying to this message. new voter/players are welcome but do not look up the word until after you have sent your vote. The deadline for voting will be: 8 PM EDT Monday, October 28 - US Midnight GMT/UTC (London) 1:00 AM Tuesday, October 29 (Paris) 2:00 AM Tuesday, October 29 (Jerusalem) 3:00 AM Tuesday, October 29 (Moscow) 9:00 Am Tuesday, October 29 (Tokyo) 11:00 AM Tuesday, October 29 (Sydney, AUS) ADELASTER: 1. an embossed official seal affixed to documents issued by a government body, proving their authenticity. 2. one who entertains foolish speculations. 3. a neutron star; sometimes also used for a black-hole [Gk, *adelos* = unseen + *aster* = star] 4. the principal magistrate, comparable to a mayor, of a city or town in the Netherlands, Flanders, Austria, or Germany. 5. a small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc. 6. a kind of pottage, of which a mess was offered to the Kings of England on their coronation-day, by the lord of the manor of Addington in Surrey, being the ‘service’ by which that manor was held. 7. an ornamental houseplant having mostly roundish leaves with dominant white veins; provisional name for a plant whose flowers are unknown. 8. a mounted spearman in the Persian army; a formation of such spearmen. 9. a medicinal poultice made of flowers and herbs. 10. a hybrid flower patented by Luther Burbank in 1912. 11. a form of flexible last for boot-making. 12. a patented device to assist with the donning of a corset. 13. a clerical figure who anoints royalty with divine blessing. -- Stephen Dixon email: stevedixon46 (AT) gmail (DOT) com With the right music, you either forget everything...OR, you remember everything. -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...mail.gmail.com. |