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[Dixonary] Round 3197: WERVE [Call for votes]
Equinoctial greetings to everyone, and with them a baker’s dozen of werve definitions to choose from. Please vote for two, in reply to this message, by the deadline, which is Wednesday 22 September at 22h00 CEST.
**1. Weaving. A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance. **2. 1. To fish for eels by thrusting a baited hook into their lurking places. 2. To catch by werving. **3. To speak with diction that is unbalanced, slurred, and slow, as if drunk or intoxicated. **4. (also: werveling). A mysterious, malign half-human creature in Norse mythology. **5. Insurance. To accept a risk that is fundamentally unassessable. **6. A type of carved wainscoting in Victorian homes. **7. A ‘beast’ for riding on. **8. To genuflect before a deity [Ugaritic]. **9. A pattern of narrow, horizontal stripes in clothing. *10. A manoeuvre in curling that makes the shot of the opposing team more difficult. *11. A layer or series of layers of sediment deposited in a body of still water in one year. *12. Arch. A short rib connecting the bosses and intersections of the principal ribs of a vault. *13. Werve or “spinach teeth” is the chalky sensation in your mouth after eating raw spinach due to the high oxalic acid in the plant. -- Paul Keating Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France -- 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...0042%40acm.org. |