[Dixonary] Round 3117: PICY [Definitions]

Round 3117: PICY [Definitions] Here are a baker’s dozen of picy definitions. Please vote for two, by the deadline, which is 22h00 Central European Time on Guy Fawkes, Thursday 5 November, other times and possibly other festivals for other places here.

A graphical-user-interface environment such as X or the Macintosh interface, esp. as described by a hacker who prefers command-line interfaces for their superior flexibility and extensibility. However, it is also used without negative connotations. The distinctive clove scent of the picotee pink (Dianthus caryophyllus). The toxic residue created as a by-product of gold refinery. Of, like or pertaining to rogues or roguish behaviour. Of or related to one of the incunabular fonts. Lively, full of movement. Related to eating. An illegal prospector. A relief pattern in a brick wall. Scot. (of a horse) skittish; difficult to control. Math. A secondary dependency in an unnormaized relation. Scot. Aside, on or to one side; awry; off from the straight line. Piquet. (also: pique) The winning of 30 points on cards and play before one’s opponent scores anything.

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Paul Keating
Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France





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