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Millie Morgan
April 18th, 2013, 08:43 AM
Here are 17 disputable descriptions of MURKLINS for you, only one of which
is a Dictionary definition.
Please send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message
before the deadline:

10am Sat 20/4 Melb AEST
5pm Fri 19/4 PDT
7pm Fri 19/4 CDT
8pm Fri 19/4 EDT
1am Sat 20/4 BST

Happy voting.
Millie

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** MURKLINS **


1: Entrails

2: jottings; scribbles

3: [Obs.] In the dark

4: a narrow street or alley

5: a feeling of deep sorrow

6: knee-length sealskin boots

7: Rubber shoes worn by fish packers

8: _Archaic_ Loosely fitting leather trousers

9: [Shetland] the Manx Shearwater _Puffinus puffinus_

10: Varieties of oyster that prefer deep, dark oyster beds

11: [Brit. Colloq.] endearing term for naughty or mischievous children

12: [Neth.] _sl._ model trains (after _Märklin_ a German manufacturer)

13: [med] - a rare disease of the pancreas, isolated by Jonas Murklin, MD in
1937

14: synthetic fabric specifically designed to clean surfaces with an
electrical valence

15: a disease of the liver, mainly affecting sheep and cattle, caused by
liver flukes and their by-products

16: Fantastical creatures from ancient legend that dwell in the shadows -
anywhere that light is dim or blocked entirely

17: Loose breeches, usually of felted wool, gathered above or below the knee
with a leather tie, common among English townspeople and tradesmen in the
14th and 15th Century

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Tim Lodge
April 18th, 2013, 09:09 AM
I'll take a couple of pairs of trousers, although I've a gut feeling
it might be number 1:

> *8: _Archaic_ Loosely fitting leather trousers
>
> 17: Loose breeches, usually of felted wool, gathered above or below the knee
> with a leather tie, common among English townspeople and tradesmen in the
> 14th and 15th Century

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Steve Graham
April 18th, 2013, 09:14 AM
I'll fall for 11 and 17

Steve Graham
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different
results. Albert Einstein

11: [Brit. Colloq.] endearing term for naughty or mischievous children

17: Loose breeches, usually of felted wool, gathered above or below the knee
with a leather tie, common among English townspeople and tradesmen in the
14th and 15th Century


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France International/Mike Shefler
April 18th, 2013, 09:45 AM
I'll try the similar 8 and 17.

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Judy Madnick
April 18th, 2013, 09:49 AM
10: Varieties of oyster that prefer deep, dark oyster beds

16: Fantastical creatures from ancient legend that dwell in the shadows -
anywhere that light is dim or blocked entirely


Judy Madnick
Jacksonville, FL

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John Barrs
April 18th, 2013, 10:11 AM
Millie

I'll have #3 and #11 please

JohnnyB


3: [Obs.] In the dark
>
> 11: [Brit. Colloq.] endearing term for naughty or mischievous children
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Tim B
April 18th, 2013, 10:52 AM
8 and 17, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

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Dave Cunningham
April 18th, 2013, 12:04 PM
3 and 6 today please

Dave

On Thursday, April 18, 2013 9:43:18 AM UTC-4, Millie Morgan wrote:

> Here are 17 disputable descriptions of MURKLINS for you, only one of which
> is a Dictionary definition.
> Please send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message
> before the deadline:
>
> 10am Sat 20/4 Melb AEST
> 5pm Fri 19/4 PDT
> 7pm Fri 19/4 CDT
> 8pm Fri 19/4 EDT
> 1am Sat 20/4 BST
>
> Happy voting.
> Millie
>
> ----------------------------
>
> ** MURKLINS **
>
>
> 1: Entrails
>
> 2: jottings; scribbles
>
> 3: [Obs.] In the dark
>
> 4: a narrow street or alley
>
> 5: a feeling of deep sorrow
>
> 6: knee-length sealskin boots
>
> 7: Rubber shoes worn by fish packers
>
> 8: _Archaic_ Loosely fitting leather trousers
>
> 9: [Shetland] the Manx Shearwater _Puffinus puffinus_
>
> 10: Varieties of oyster that prefer deep, dark oyster beds
>
> 11: [Brit. Colloq.] endearing term for naughty or mischievous children
>
> 12: [Neth.] _sl._ model trains (after _M�rklin_ a German manufacturer)
>
> 13: [med] - a rare disease of the pancreas, isolated by Jonas Murklin, MD
> in
> 1937
>
> 14: synthetic fabric specifically designed to clean surfaces with an
> electrical valence
>
> 15: a disease of the liver, mainly affecting sheep and cattle, caused by
> liver flukes and their by-products
>
> 16: Fantastical creatures from ancient legend that dwell in the shadows -
> anywhere that light is dim or blocked entirely
>
> 17: Loose breeches, usually of felted wool, gathered above or below the
> knee
> with a leather tie, common among English townspeople and tradesmen in the
> 14th and 15th Century
>
>

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—Keith Hale—
April 18th, 2013, 12:35 PM
4 & 11 please! -Keith-

On 18/04/2013, Dave Cunningham <cunn5393 (AT) bellsouth (DOT) net> wrote:
> 3 and 6 today please
>
> Dave
>
> On Thursday, April 18, 2013 9:43:18 AM UTC-4, Millie Morgan wrote:
>
>> Here are 17 disputable descriptions of MURKLINS for you, only one of which
>>
>> is a Dictionary definition.
>> Please send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message
>> before the deadline:
>>
>> 10am Sat 20/4 Melb AEST
>> 5pm Fri 19/4 PDT
>> 7pm Fri 19/4 CDT
>> 8pm Fri 19/4 EDT
>> 1am Sat 20/4 BST
>>
>> Happy voting.
>> Millie
>>
>> ----------------------------
>>
>> ** MURKLINS **
>>
>>
>> 1: Entrails
>>
>> 2: jottings; scribbles
>>
>> 3: [Obs.] In the dark
>>
>> 4: a narrow street or alley
>>
>> 5: a feeling of deep sorrow
>>
>> 6: knee-length sealskin boots
>>
>> 7: Rubber shoes worn by fish packers
>>
>> 8: _Archaic_ Loosely fitting leather trousers
>>
>> 9: [Shetland] the Manx Shearwater _Puffinus puffinus_
>>
>> 10: Varieties of oyster that prefer deep, dark oyster beds
>>
>> 11: [Brit. Colloq.] endearing term for naughty or mischievous children
>>
>> 12: [Neth.] _sl._ model trains (after _M�rklin_ a German manufacturer)
>>
>>
>> 13: [med] - a rare disease of the pancreas, isolated by Jonas Murklin, MD
>>
>> in
>> 1937
>>
>> 14: synthetic fabric specifically designed to clean surfaces with an
>> electrical valence
>>
>> 15: a disease of the liver, mainly affecting sheep and cattle, caused by
>> liver flukes and their by-products
>>
>> 16: Fantastical creatures from ancient legend that dwell in the shadows -
>>
>> anywhere that light is dim or blocked entirely
>>
>> 17: Loose breeches, usually of felted wool, gathered above or below the
>> knee
>> with a leather tie, common among English townspeople and tradesmen in the
>>
>> 14th and 15th Century
>>
>>
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Glen Boswell
April 18th, 2013, 02:28 PM
I'll go for 8 and 17 please.

Either way, the answer is pants.

Glen

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Jim Hart
April 18th, 2013, 06:52 PM
I'm attracted to 14 because I didn't know you could use an electrical
valence as a cleaning device. Sounds like something to put around the bed
to protect the mattress from cosmic magnetism.

Instead I offer my valuable votes to the dark blues: 3 and 5.

Jim


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Nancy Shepherdson
April 18th, 2013, 07:09 PM
For me, 1 and 17 sound unlikely.

Nancy

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Dodi Schultz
April 18th, 2013, 07:58 PM
Good lord, it's happening again. Things are coming through in duplicate.
Not everything. But the votes from Dave, Jim, and Nancy did.

And here are mine:

> 3: [Obs.] In the dark
and
> 8: _Archaic_ Loosely fitting leather trousers

—Dodi



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John Barrs
April 19th, 2013, 04:26 AM
Jim

I'm not sure that you can clean surfaces without valence unless they are
magnetic

JohnnyB


On 19 April 2013 00:52, Jim Hart <jfshart (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

> I'm attracted to 14 because I didn't know you could use an electrical
> valence as a cleaning device. Sounds like something to put around the bed
> to protect the mattress from cosmic magnetism.
>
> Instead I offer my valuable votes to the dark blues: 3 and 5.
>
> Jim
>
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Guerri Stevens
April 19th, 2013, 05:31 AM
I vote for 1 and 16.

Guerri

On 4/18/2013 9:43 AM, Millie Morgan wrote:
> 1: Entrails
>
> 16: Fantastical creatures from ancient legend that dwell in the shadows -
> anywhere that light is dim or blocked entirely

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Tony Abell
April 19th, 2013, 08:49 AM
I'll give the logical 3 and plausible-sounding 17 my votes:

> 3: [Obs.] In the dark

> 17: Loose breeches, usually of felted wool, gathered above or below the knee
> with a leather tie, common among English townspeople and tradesmen in the
> 14th and 15th Century

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Efrem Mallach
April 19th, 2013, 09:30 AM
I'll try 5 and 11 this time.

Efrem

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On Apr 18, 2013, at 9:43 AM, Millie Morgan wrote:

> Here are 17 disputable descriptions of MURKLINS for you, only one of which is a Dictionary definition.
> Please send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message before the deadline:
>
> 10am Sat 20/4 Melb AEST
> 5pm Fri 19/4 PDT
> 7pm Fri 19/4 CDT
> 8pm Fri 19/4 EDT
> 1am Sat 20/4 BST
>
> Happy voting.
> Millie
>
> ----------------------------
>
> ** MURKLINS **
>
> 5: a feeling of deep sorrow
>
> 11: [Brit. Colloq.] endearing term for naughty or mischievous children

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Chuck
April 19th, 2013, 10:11 AM
Millie -

An interesting word, with interesting choices.

I'll choose

6: knee-length sealskin boots

and the amazingly popular

17: Loose breeches, usually of felted wool, gathered above or below the
knee with a leather tie, common among English townspeople and tradesmen
in the 14th and 15th Century

Thanks,

Chuck

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Christopher Carson
April 19th, 2013, 01:44 PM
I'll take 3 and 9.

Chris


-----Original Message-----
From: Millie Morgan
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 9:43 AM
To: Dixonary (group)
Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2398 - it's time to vote

Here are 17 disputable descriptions of MURKLINS for you, only one of which
is a Dictionary definition.
Please send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message
before the deadline:

10am Sat 20/4 Melb AEST
5pm Fri 19/4 PDT
7pm Fri 19/4 CDT
8pm Fri 19/4 EDT
1am Sat 20/4 BST

Happy voting.
Millie

----------------------------

** MURKLINS **


1: Entrails

2: jottings; scribbles

3: [Obs.] In the dark

4: a narrow street or alley

5: a feeling of deep sorrow

6: knee-length sealskin boots

7: Rubber shoes worn by fish packers

8: _Archaic_ Loosely fitting leather trousers

9: [Shetland] the Manx Shearwater _Puffinus puffinus_

10: Varieties of oyster that prefer deep, dark oyster beds

11: [Brit. Colloq.] endearing term for naughty or mischievous children

12: [Neth.] _sl._ model trains (after _Märklin_ a German manufacturer)

13: [med] - a rare disease of the pancreas, isolated by Jonas Murklin, MD in
1937

14: synthetic fabric specifically designed to clean surfaces with an
electrical valence

15: a disease of the liver, mainly affecting sheep and cattle, caused by
liver flukes and their by-products

16: Fantastical creatures from ancient legend that dwell in the shadows -
anywhere that light is dim or blocked entirely

17: Loose breeches, usually of felted wool, gathered above or below the knee
with a leather tie, common among English townspeople and tradesmen in the
14th and 15th Century

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Daniel Widdis
April 19th, 2013, 02:14 PM
1 and 2. I'm too busy to read the whole list.

On 4/18/13 6:43 AM, Millie Morgan wrote:

>
>
> 1: Entrails
>
> 2: jottings; scribbles


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Jim Hart
April 19th, 2013, 08:38 PM
Johnny,

> I'm not sure that you can clean surfaces without valence unless they are
magnetic

I was thinking not of chemistry but of soft furnishings, based on a wilful
and not very successful misinterpretation of valence/valance. I could have
over-extended this pathetic attempt by reminding you of the song about the
chap who tried buy such an item in a tasteful floral pattern: the man who
shopped for a Liberty valance. But fortunately I didn't.

Jim

On Friday, April 19, 2013 7:26:23 PM UTC+10, JohnnyB wrote:
>
> Jim
>
> I'm not sure that you can clean surfaces without valence unless they are
> magnetic
>
> JohnnyB
>
>
> On 19 April 2013 00:52, Jim Hart <jfs... (AT) gmail (DOT) com <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> I'm attracted to 14 because I didn't know you could use an electrical
>> valence as a cleaning device. Sounds like something to put around the bed
>> to protect the mattress from cosmic magnetism.
>>
>> Instead I offer my valuable votes to the dark blues: 3 and 5.
>>
>> Jim
>>
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John Barrs
April 20th, 2013, 05:18 AM
Jim

I picked up the valence/valance - and was amused by that and was sharing my
appreciation of it ... I was also crediting you with the ¿question? about a
chemical without valence, especially because of the reference to cosmic
magnetism - I didn't see the Liberty Valance though. (we never had much to
do with TV ect when I was a child)

JohnnyB


On 20 April 2013 02:38, Jim Hart <jfshart (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

> Johnny,
>
>
> > I'm not sure that you can clean surfaces without valence unless they are
> magnetic
>
> I was thinking not of chemistry but of soft furnishings, based on a wilful
> and not very successful misinterpretation of valence/valance. I could have
> over-extended this pathetic attempt by reminding you of the song about the
> chap who tried buy such an item in a tasteful floral pattern: the man who
> shopped for a Liberty valance. But fortunately I didn't.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Friday, April 19, 2013 7:26:23 PM UTC+10, JohnnyB wrote:
>
>> Jim
>>
>> I'm not sure that you can clean surfaces without valence unless they are
>> magnetic
>>
>> JohnnyB
>>
>>
>> On 19 April 2013 00:52, Jim Hart <jfs... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm attracted to 14 because I didn't know you could use an electrical
>>> valence as a cleaning device. Sounds like something to put around the bed
>>> to protect the mattress from cosmic magnetism.
>>>
>>> Instead I offer my valuable votes to the dark blues: 3 and 5.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
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