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Old June 20th, 2018, 01:40 PM
Tim Lodge
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Default [Dixonary] Round 2902 GEBUR Defs - Vote Now!

Only slightly delayed by having to deal with a recalcitrant granddaughter,
here are 13 defs of the word GEBUR. Please vote for your two favourites by
public reply to this message, before the deadline of:

09:00 UTC on Friday 22 June
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-- Tim L

*** GEBUR ***

1. A hod; a scuttle.

2. To climb, as a plant; to creep up.

3. A Macedonian felt hat with broad brim.

4. a repeating pattern in an Oriental rug.

5. a plea for acceptance into a religious order.

6. A tenant-farmer (in the early English community).

7. Finely ground rock particles produced by glacial abrasion.

8. A "knee" on a cypress or other tree; an artefact made from one.

9. [Scot.] Aside, on or to one side; awry; off from the straight line.

10. The wooden tree of the Japanese saddle, or yamatogura, made from red
oak.

11. In Falconry, a leather thong used to restrain one wing, especially
during handling.

12. A horse-drawn carriage used as an omnibus in the early 20th century,
usually open-topped with inward facing bench seats.

13. [German] Import tax on beers that do not comply with the German Beer
Purity Law (cf. Reinheitsgebot) but cannot be barred from import due to EU
open trade regulations.


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