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Old February 16th, 2021, 05:56 AM
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Here we have 13 imaginative defs of the word SYSSITIA, only one of which
comes from my dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites by public
reply to this message before the deadline, which is:

21:00 UTC/GMT on Wednesday 17th February in London
22:00 CET in France and the Netherlands
4:00 PM EST in New York
1:00 PM PST in California
10:00 NZDT on Thursday 18th in New Zealand

New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've
voted.

-- Tim L

*** SYSSITIA ***

1. meals eaten together in public.

2. an unusual tenderness in a horse's hoof.

3. _*Linguistics*_ (F. de Saussure). collocation.

4. the rate of fermentation times the rate of expansion of gases .

5. [Bot.] galls caused by partial or complete blockage of the phloem.

6. a web of connective tissue that holds the large intestine in place.

7. [Anat.] An unusual labial malformation appearing as the letter “S”.

8. the lightheaded, tingling sensation induced by inhalation of nitrous
oxide.

9. (Com.) various small textile articles, as tapes, braid, tringe, and
the like.

10. a trailing purple-flowered plant native to European mountains but
widely planted in rock gardens.

11. a translucent gelatinous mass found on the ground, vegetation, etc.,
generally comprised of colonies of cyanobacteria.

12. a Greek settlement in Asia Minor founded c.580 BCE, near the modern
Turkish city of Manavgat. Absorbed into the Persian Empire, it was
abandoned c. 250 BCE.

13. a genus of about 40 species of spiny shrubs and small trees in the
buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae, distributed in warm-temperate and subtropical
regions throughout the world.

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Old February 16th, 2021, 07:09 AM
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1 & 3

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Old February 16th, 2021, 07:14 AM
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With no clue — first and last (1 and 13).



 



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Subject: [Dixonary] Round 3143 SYSSITIA Defs - Vote Now!






Here we have 13 imaginative defs of the word SYSSITIA, only one of which comes from my dictionary.  Please vote for your two favourites by public reply to this message before the deadline, which is:

        21:00 UTC/GMT on Wednesday 17th February in London
        22:00 CET in France and the Netherlands
       &nbsp ; 4:00 PM EST in New York   
       &nbsp ; 1:00 PM PST in California
        10:00 NZDT on Thursday 18th in New Zealand

New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've voted.

--  Tim L



 *** SYSSITIA ***





 1.  meals eaten together in public.



 2.  an unusual tenderness in a horse's hoof.



 3.  _Linguistics_ (F. de Saussure). collocation.



 4.  the rate of fermentation times the rate of expansion of gases .



 5.  [Bot.] galls caused by partial or complete blockage of the phloem.



 6.  a web of connective tissue that holds the large intestine in place.



 7.  [Anat.] An unusual labial malformation appearing as the letter “S”.



 8.  the lightheaded, tingling sensation induced by inhalation of nitrous oxide.



 9.  (Com.) various small textile articles, as tapes, braid, tringe, and the like.



10.  a trailing purple-flowered plant native to European mountains but widely planted in rock gardens.



11.  a translucent gelatinous mass found on the ground, vegetation, etc., generally comprised of colonies of cyanobacteria.



12.  a Greek settlement in Asia Minor founded c.580 BCE, near the modern Turkish city of Manavgat. Absorbed into the Persian Empire, it was abandoned c. 250 BCE. 



13.  a genus of about 40 species of spiny shrubs and small trees in the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae, distributed in warm-temperate and subtropical regions throughout the world.







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Old February 16th, 2021, 09:42 AM
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I'll go with 3 and 13.

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Old February 16th, 2021, 10:02 AM
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6 and 3 please

On Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 6:56 AM Tim Lodge <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

> Here we have 13 imaginative defs of the word SYSSITIA, only one of which
> comes from my dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites by public
> reply to this message before the deadline, which is:
>
> 21:00 UTC/GMT on Wednesday 17th February in London
> 22:00 CET in France and the Netherlands
> 4:00 PM EST in New York
> 1:00 PM PST in California
> 10:00 NZDT on Thursday 18th in New Zealand
>
> New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've
> voted.
>
> -- Tim L
>
> *** SYSSITIA ***
>
> 1. meals eaten together in public.
>
> 2. an unusual tenderness in a horse's hoof.
>
> 3. _*Linguistics*_ (F. de Saussure). collocation.
>
> 4. the rate of fermentation times the rate of expansion of gases .
>
> 5. [Bot.] galls caused by partial or complete blockage of the phloem.
>
> 6. a web of connective tissue that holds the large intestine in place.
>
> 7. [Anat.] An unusual labial malformation appearing as the letter “S”.
>
> 8. the lightheaded, tingling sensation induced by inhalation of nitrous
> oxide.
>
> 9. (Com.) various small textile articles, as tapes, braid, tringe, and
> the like.
>
> 10. a trailing purple-flowered plant native to European mountains but
> widely planted in rock gardens.
>
> 11. a translucent gelatinous mass found on the ground, vegetation, etc.,
> generally comprised of colonies of cyanobacteria.
>
> 12. a Greek settlement in Asia Minor founded c.580 BCE, near the modern
> Turkish city of Manavgat. Absorbed into the Persian Empire, it was
> abandoned c. 250 BCE.
>
> 13. a genus of about 40 species of spiny shrubs and small trees in the
> buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae, distributed in warm-temperate and subtropical
> regions throughout the world.
>
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Old February 16th, 2021, 10:37 AM
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3 and 6 as being totally wrong

Dave

On Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 6:56:56 AM UTC-5 Tim Lodge wrote:

> Here we have 13 imaginative defs of the word SYSSITIA, only one of which
> comes from my dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites by public
> reply to this message before the deadline, which is:
>
> 21:00 UTC/GMT on Wednesday 17th February in London
> 22:00 CET in France and the Netherlands
> 4:00 PM EST in New York
> 1:00 PM PST in California
> 10:00 NZDT on Thursday 18th in New Zealand
>
> New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've
> voted.
>
> -- Tim L
>
> *** SYSSITIA ***
>
> 1. meals eaten together in public.
>
> 2. an unusual tenderness in a horse's hoof.
>
> 3. _*Linguistics*_ (F. de Saussure). collocation.
>
> 4. the rate of fermentation times the rate of expansion of gases .
>
> 5. [Bot.] galls caused by partial or complete blockage of the phloem.
>
> 6. a web of connective tissue that holds the large intestine in place.
>
> 7. [Anat.] An unusual labial malformation appearing as the letter “S”.
>
> 8. the lightheaded, tingling sensation induced by inhalation of nitrous
> oxide.
>
> 9. (Com.) various small textile articles, as tapes, braid, tringe, and
> the like.
>
> 10. a trailing purple-flowered plant native to European mountains but
> widely planted in rock gardens.
>
> 11. a translucent gelatinous mass found on the ground, vegetation, etc.,
> generally comprised of colonies of cyanobacteria.
>
> 12. a Greek settlement in Asia Minor founded c.580 BCE, near the modern
> Turkish city of Manavgat. Absorbed into the Persian Empire, it was
> abandoned c. 250 BCE.
>
> 13. a genus of about 40 species of spiny shrubs and small trees in the
> buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae, distributed in warm-temperate and subtropical
> regions throughout the world.
>


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Old February 16th, 2021, 03:33 PM
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9 and 10 please

Deborah Fein, Ph.D.
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6 and 3 please

On Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 6:56 AM Tim Lodge <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk<mailto:dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk>> wrote:
Here we have 13 imaginative defs of the word SYSSITIA, only one of which comes from my dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites by public reply to this message before the deadline, which is:

21:00 UTC/GMT on Wednesday 17th February in London
22:00 CET in France and the Netherlands
4:00 PM EST in New York
1:00 PM PST in California
10:00 NZDT on Thursday 18th in New Zealand

New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've voted.

-- Tim L

*** SYSSITIA ***

1. meals eaten together in public.

2. an unusual tenderness in a horse's hoof.

3. _Linguistics_ (F. de Saussure). collocation.

4. the rate of fermentation times the rate of expansion of gases .

5. [Bot.] galls caused by partial or complete blockage of the phloem.

6. a web of connective tissue that holds the large intestine in place.

7. [Anat.] An unusual labial malformation appearing as the letter “S”.

8. the lightheaded, tingling sensation induced by inhalation of nitrous oxide.

9. (Com.) various small textile articles, as tapes, braid, tringe, and the like.

10. a trailing purple-flowered plant native to European mountains but widely planted in rock gardens.

11. a translucent gelatinous mass found on the ground, vegetation, etc., generally comprised of colonies of cyanobacteria.

12. a Greek settlement in Asia Minor founded c.580 BCE, near the modern Turkish city of Manavgat. Absorbed into the Persian Empire, it was abandoned c. 250 BCE.

13. a genus of about 40 species of spiny shrubs and small trees in the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae, distributed in warm-temperate and subtropical regions throughout the world.

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Old February 16th, 2021, 07:31 PM
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6 & 8 for me.



On Wed, 17 Feb 2021, 12:56 AM Tim Lodge, <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

> Here we have 13 imaginative defs of the word SYSSITIA, only one of which
> comes from my dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites by public
> reply to this message before the deadline, which is:
>
> 21:00 UTC/GMT on Wednesday 17th February in London
> 22:00 CET in France and the Netherlands
> 4:00 PM EST in New York
> 1:00 PM PST in California
> 10:00 NZDT on Thursday 18th in New Zealand
>
> New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've
> voted.
>
> -- Tim L
>
> *** SYSSITIA ***
>
> 1. meals eaten together in public.
>
> 2. an unusual tenderness in a horse's hoof.
>
> 3. _*Linguistics*_ (F. de Saussure). collocation.
>
> 4. the rate of fermentation times the rate of expansion of gases .
>
> 5. [Bot.] galls caused by partial or complete blockage of the phloem.
>
> 6. a web of connective tissue that holds the large intestine in place.
>
> 7. [Anat.] An unusual labial malformation appearing as the letter “S”.
>
> 8. the lightheaded, tingling sensation induced by inhalation of nitrous
> oxide.
>
> 9. (Com.) various small textile articles, as tapes, braid, tringe, and
> the like.
>
> 10. a trailing purple-flowered plant native to European mountains but
> widely planted in rock gardens.
>
> 11. a translucent gelatinous mass found on the ground, vegetation, etc.,
> generally comprised of colonies of cyanobacteria.
>
> 12. a Greek settlement in Asia Minor founded c.580 BCE, near the modern
> Turkish city of Manavgat. Absorbed into the Persian Empire, it was
> abandoned c. 250 BCE.
>
> 13. a genus of about 40 species of spiny shrubs and small trees in the
> buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae, distributed in warm-temperate and subtropical
> regions throughout the world.
>
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Old February 16th, 2021, 08:09 PM
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I'll shop at the five and dime today. (That's 5 and 10, to avoid any misunderstandings.)

Efrem

> On Feb 16, 2021, at 6:56 AM, Tim Lodge <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk> wrote:
>
> Here we have 13 imaginative defs of the word SYSSITIA, only one of which comes from my dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites by public reply to this message before the deadline, which is:
>
> 21:00 UTC/GMT on Wednesday 17th February in London
> 22:00 CET in France and the Netherlands
> 4:00 PM EST in New York
> 1:00 PM PST in California
> 10:00 NZDT on Thursday 18th in New Zealand
>
> New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've voted.
>
> -- Tim L
>
> *** SYSSITIA ***
> 5. [Bot.] galls caused by partial or complete blockage of the phloem.
>
> 10. a trailing purple-flowered plant native to European mountains but widely planted in rock gardens.
>


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Old February 16th, 2021, 09:04 PM
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I'll try 12 and 13:

> 12. a Greek settlement in Asia Minor founded c.580 BCE, near the modern
> Turkish city of Manavgat. Absorbed into the Persian Empire, it was
> abandoned c. 250 BCE.


> 13. a genus of about 40 species of spiny shrubs and small trees in the
> buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae, distributed in warm-temperate and subtropical
> regions throughout the world.


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Old February 17th, 2021, 02:19 AM
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I read through the whole list without finding one I believed.



So on the second cycle I decided to get some gas.



4 and 8 please.



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Old February 17th, 2021, 02:57 PM
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Dan has a better success rate than I do. I usually take about 5 passes and
talk myself out of anything that sounds too promising. I have no idea.

6 looks promising, as does 11.
On Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 3:56:56 AM UTC-8 Tim Lodge wrote:

> Here we have 13 imaginative defs of the word SYSSITIA, only one of which
> comes from my dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites by public
> reply to this message before the deadline, which is:
>
> 21:00 UTC/GMT on Wednesday 17th February in London
> 22:00 CET in France and the Netherlands
> 4:00 PM EST in New York
> 1:00 PM PST in California
> 10:00 NZDT on Thursday 18th in New Zealand
>
> New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've
> voted.
>
> -- Tim L
>
> *** SYSSITIA ***
>
> 1. meals eaten together in public.
>
> 2. an unusual tenderness in a horse's hoof.
>
> 3. _*Linguistics*_ (F. de Saussure). collocation.
>
> 4. the rate of fermentation times the rate of expansion of gases .
>
> 5. [Bot.] galls caused by partial or complete blockage of the phloem.
>
> 6. a web of connective tissue that holds the large intestine in place.
>
> 7. [Anat.] An unusual labial malformation appearing as the letter “S”.
>
> 8. the lightheaded, tingling sensation induced by inhalation of nitrous
> oxide.
>
> 9. (Com.) various small textile articles, as tapes, braid, tringe, and
> the like.
>
> 10. a trailing purple-flowered plant native to European mountains but
> widely planted in rock gardens.
>
> 11. a translucent gelatinous mass found on the ground, vegetation, etc.,
> generally comprised of colonies of cyanobacteria.
>
> 12. a Greek settlement in Asia Minor founded c.580 BCE, near the modern
> Turkish city of Manavgat. Absorbed into the Persian Empire, it was
> abandoned c. 250 BCE.
>
> 13. a genus of about 40 species of spiny shrubs and small trees in the
> buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae, distributed in warm-temperate and subtropical
> regions throughout the world.
>


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Old February 17th, 2021, 02:58 PM
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My Lord, how time flies. In my last two minutes before the deadline, I’ll vote for 10 and 11.

Alan



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To: Dixonary <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
Subject: [Dixonary] Re: Round 3143 SYSSITIA Defs - Vote Now!




Dan has a better success rate than I do. I usually take about 5 passes and talk myself out of anything that sounds too promising. I have no idea.



6 looks promising, as does 11.

On Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 3:56:56 AM UTC-8 Tim Lodge wrote:

Here we have 13 imaginative defs of the word SYSSITIA, only one of which comes from my dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites by public reply to this message before the deadline, which is:

21:00 UTC/GMT on Wednesday 17th February in London
22:00 CET in France and the Netherlands
4:00 PM EST in New York
1:00 PM PST in California
10:00 NZDT on Thursday 18th in New Zealand

New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've voted.

-- Tim L

*** SYSSITIA ***

1. meals eaten together in public.

2. an unusual tenderness in a horse's hoof.

3. _Linguistics_ (F. de Saussure). collocation.

4. the rate of fermentation times the rate of expansion of gases .

5. [Bot.] galls caused by partial or complete blockage of the phloem.

6. a web of connective tissue that holds the large intestine in place.

7. [Anat.] An unusual labial malformation appearing as the letter “S”.

8. the lightheaded, tingling sensation induced by inhalation of nitrous oxide.

9. (Com.) various small textile articles, as tapes, braid, tringe, and the like.

10. a trailing purple-flowered plant native to European mountains but widely planted in rock gardens.

11. a translucent gelatinous mass found on the ground, vegetation, etc., generally comprised of colonies of cyanobacteria.

12. a Greek settlement in Asia Minor founded c.580 BCE, near the modern Turkish city of Manavgat. Absorbed into the Persian Empire, it was abandoned c. 250 BCE.

13. a genus of about 40 species of spiny shrubs and small trees in the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae, distributed in warm-temperate and subtropical regions throughout the world.

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