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[Dixonary] Rnd 3134 Results
Well, nearly the last def submitted was Efrem which was very near the
true def but I decided that it was sufficiently different to keep them separate - I |(#6) received a D5 while Efrem scored an unnatural 9Â* which gives him the next deal and Dave C is the real winnah Thanks for the answer to crayfish... I guess over here our problem is that your nasty crawfish outcompete our nice crayfish and ours are becoming rarer - linguistically both forms have been known since AngloNorman times - here is a note from OED (make of it what you will) --- In Southern Middle English the second syllable was naturally confounded with /vish/ (written /viss/ in Ayenbite), ‘fish’; whence the corrupted forms under β and γ, and the later /crey-/, /cray-fish/. The variants in /cra-/ go back to Anglo-Norman when the stress was still on second syllable, and the first liable to vary between /cre-/ and /cra-/; they are the origin of the modern /craw-fish/, now used chiefly in U.S. ------ Over to you Efrem -- *JohnnyB * 1Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*rounded by glacial action into a shape likened to a sheep's back submitted by Judy MÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*who voted for 6*,11Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*score 2* 2 [Nautical] a block having a hole in one side to receive the bight of a rope submitted by Tim LÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*who voted for 3,12Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*received votes from Ryan McÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*score 1 3 Apparently a former Hindu funerary rite submitted by Dave CÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*who voted for 6*,9Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*received votes from Paul K, Tim B, Mike S,Tony A, Tim LÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*score 7* 4 a crude double-headed polearm with a blunted spearhead at one end and a gisarmeÂ*or war-scythe at the otherÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*submitted by Ryan McÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*who voted for 2,7 score 0 5 a fordable river crossing [Pawnee] submitted by Tim BÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*who voted for 3,10Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*received votes from Debbie E, Deborah FÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*score 2 6Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*a fine heavy and stout silk and cotton satin of East India used for quilts and upholstery. I submitted by Wikipedia see OED which cannot vote Jreceived votes from udy M, Alan M, Shani M, Dave C, Efrem MÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*score me D5 7 a single-masted settee used by Arab traders in the 15th and 16th centuries submitted by Mike SÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*who voted for 3,12Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*received votes from Ryan McÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*score 1 8 a lady. Also used as a title of courtesy. [Persian] submitted by Paul KÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*who voted for 3,11Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*received votes from Nancy SÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*score 1 9 (West Indies, 19th cent.) A fast dance characteri submitted by ed by jumping and slashing movements, associated with the sugar cane harvest submitted by Alan EÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*who voted for 6*,13Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*received votes from Debbie E, Dave CÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*score 4* 10 a short clay pipe submitted by Nancy SÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*who voted for 8,11Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*received votes from Tim B, Efrem MÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*score 2 11 a homespun cotton fabric woven in the Indian subcontinent submitted by *Efrem M*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*who voted for 6*,10Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*received votes from Paul K, Judy M, Deborah F, Nancy S, Shani N, Dan W *score 9* * 12 (Zool.) (a) The sauger. (b) The li submitted by ard fish submitted by Dan WÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*who voted for 11,13Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*received votes from Mike S, Tim LÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*score 2 13Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*a method for transferring designs onto fabrics using a fine powder, made from ground charcoal, chalk dust or powdered crayfish shell, which is dusted over a stencil to transfer a design to an underlying surface submitted by Shani NÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*who voted for 6*,11Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*received votes from Tony A, Dan WÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*score 4 Debbie EÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â**** no Def submitted ***Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* *Â*Â*Â*Â*who voted for 5,9 score 0 Deborah FÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â**** no Def submitted ***Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* *Â*Â*Â*Â*who voted for 5,11 score 0 Tony AÂ*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â**** no Def submitted ***Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* *Â*Â*Â*Â*who voted for 3,13 score 0 Â*============================= Efrem M 9* Dave C 7* Shani N 4 Alan E 4* Tim B 2 Nancy S 2 Dan W 2 Judy M 2* Tim L 1 Mike S 1 Paul K 1 Ryan Mc 0 JohnnyB Wikipedia see OED D5 -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com -- 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...hn-barrs.co.uk. |
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