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[Dixonary] Round 3104: GRA [Definitions]
Here are 15 potential definitions of GRA. Some come from a dictionary, and
one even from a dictionary article about the word gra. Please vote for two, by the deadline, which is Tuesday 15 September at 11h00 CEST, other times for other places here <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=4&iso=20200915T11&p1=328>. That is just under 48 hours from time of posting. 1. A shard or fragment 2. A sneeze of contempt 3. The coarse outer hair of llamas, used for rugs, wall-hangings, and lead ropes 4. A critical bug in a computer program, resulting from a minor and understandable but still really bad mistake, that can take hours to figure out and fix 5. To burble or make a gurgling noise, said of a stream 6. Obs. or Scot. A feast 7. A spice made from lemongrass, turmeric, star anise and black pepper [Thai] 8. A riding jacket of Eastern Europe 9. A graduate research assistant 10. Obsolete. rare. An exclamation ascribed to Irishmen [apparently representing Irish a ghráidh ‘my dear’, in English books commonly rendered agra(h or arrah] 11. A quickly assembled makeshift shelter 12. A brain disease suffered by sheep 13. Obs. Originally the Bearded Vulture, later applied to other vultures, buzzards and kites [*prob.* Celtic] 14. A dwarf buffalo native to the Philippines 15. An ancient musical instrument resembling the lyre This is an HTML numbered list, which is a virtually inescapable consequence of my composing the message in anything other than Notepad. It is likely that your mail client will renumber individual items of the list if you cut and paste them. To avoid this, consider using the option to paste as plain text, or equivalent. -- 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...oglegroups.com. |
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