[Dixonary] Round 2461: ZAYAT - Definition List

[Christopher Carson]

I hope all are kicked back digesting dinner and enjoying the day. We're
looking forward to having our daughter, her husband and our two incredibly
cute New Jersey granddaughters here for dinner.

But in the meantime, we have a total of 20 incredibly clever and creative
definitions of ZAYAT for your voting pleasure. One of them actually came
from a real-life dictionary. You are invited to vote for your two
favorites, by public reply to this message, before deadline, which is 4:00
pm EST on Saturday, November 30, 2013 which on the west coast will be
1:00 pm..

1. A Navaho Indian ceremony welcoming young males into
manhood.

2. A state-owned mechanized farm of the former Soviet
Union paying wages to the workers.

3. A beverage flavored with the juice of the date palm
fruit.

4. [Iraq] The winter solstice festival.

5. An Assyrian stepped pyramid.

6. [Obsolete slang] The thunder-like sound of a distant
railroad train booming: caused by resuming travel with
slack in the couplings

7. A raisin pudding.

8. A monument or plinth in the shape of a truncated
pyramid.

9. The cord around the crown of an Arab headdress.

10. [S. Burma] the local manifestation of an animistic
spirit, often a tree.

11. A staged tower of triangular pyramid or tetrahedral
form in which each successive story is smaller than that
below it, so as to leave a terrace all round; compare
ziggurat.

12. A public hall or shed for worship, meetings, or shelter.

13. A tropical tree whose bark is used to make a bitter
medicinal product.

14. Ukranian shawl, traditionally with colored stripes.

15. A children's game, similar to hide-and-go-seek, popular in the Middle
East.

16. A wise person.

17. A Muslim center of learning,

18. A minor religious holiday celebrated by Alawite Muslims.

19. an inscription or design woven into the fabric of a rug
identifying the weaver. --Mike Shefler

20. [Leb.] A crude shelter used for livestock and the poor.

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[Judy Madnick]

Yup, dinner is digested (or at least eaten!), and we're back from our daughter and son-in-law's home after enjoying Thanksgiving/Chanukah with 11 others (besides my husband and me).

Now for my votes:

5. An Assyrian stepped pyramid.

8. A monument or plinth in the shape of a truncated
pyramid.

Judy Madnick
Albany, NY

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[Tim Lodge]

There's a slip of the keyboard in def number 19.

I'll go for the communist farm and the sage: 2 and 16.

2. A state-owned mechanized farm of the former Soviet Union paying wages
to the workers.

16. A wise person.

-- Tim L

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[John Barrs]

without the benefit of a family holiday to sustain me I think I'll go for
the public meeting places #12 and #17

JohnnyB




>
> 12. A public hall or shed for worship, meetings, or shelter.
>
>
> 17. A Muslim center of learning,
>
>

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[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 2 and 11.


Guerri

On Nov 28, 2013, at 7:31 PM, Christopher Carson <clcarson (AT) live (DOT) com> wrote:

> 2. A state-owned mechanized farm of the former Soviet
> Union paying wages to the workers.
>
> 11. A staged tower of triangular pyramid or tetrahedral
> form in which each successive story is smaller than that
> below it, so as to leave a terrace all round; compare
> ziggurat.
>

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[Christopher Carson]

Slip is right. Darn! I hate it when that happens and after reviewing the defs twice. Two dealer points and an abject apology to Mike.

Chris


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There's a slip of the keyboard in def number 19.

I'll go for the communist farm and the sage: 2 and 16.


2. A state-owned mechanized farm of the former Soviet Union paying wages to the workers.

16. A wise person.


-- Tim L

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[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll fall for 1 and 6.

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[Steve Graham]

4 ane 9 please

Steve Graham

No tree is too big for a short dog to lift his leg on

4. [Iraq] The winter solstice festival.

9. The cord around the crown of an Arab headdress.


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[Tim B]

8 and 11, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

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[Hugo Kornelis]

Hi Chris,

My picks: one of the pyramids, and one of Middle East references

> 8. A monument or plinth in the shape of a truncated
> pyramid.

> 15. A children's game, similar to hide-and-go-seek, popular in the Middle
> East.

Oh, and may I propose some dealer points for Mike?

Cheers,
Hugo

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[Dodi Schultz]

On 11/29/2013 3:41 PM, Hugo Kornelis wrote:
>
> Oh, and may I propose some dealer points for Mike?

Chris has already granted them, Hugo. :-)


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[Hugo Kornelis]

Dodi Schultz schreef op 29-11-2013 21:49:
> On 11/29/2013 3:41 PM, Hugo Kornelis wrote:
>>
>> Oh, and may I propose some dealer points for Mike?
>
> Chris has already granted them, Hugo. :-)
>
>
Yup, I noticed. After voting. (I always vote before reading on, as I
don't want to be influenced by other peoples' picks)

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[EnDash@aol.com]

I'll avoid the religious and Middle Eastern stuff and take my chances on
numbers 2 and 14.


2. A state-owned mechanized farm of the former Soviet
Union paying wages to the workers.

14. Ukranian shawl, traditionally with colored stripes.




-- Dick Weltz


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[Dodi Schultz]

On 11/29/2013 3:53 PM, Hugo Kornelis wrote:

> I always vote before reading on, as I don't want to be influenced by
other peoples' picks)

Hm. I usually read other people's picks as they arrive, and they always
confuse me. Maybe I should switch to your system.

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[Paul Keating]

l suppose I should confess that I unsportingly tally up the votes before
voting myself, to see if a tactical vote might be in order. Or, very
occasionally, to start casting about for a new word.
On 29 Nov 2013 22:47, "Dodi Schultz" <DodiSchultz (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote:

> On 11/29/2013 3:53 PM, Hugo Kornelis wrote:
>
> > I always vote before reading on, as I don't want to be influenced by
> other peoples' picks)
>
> Hm. I usually read other people's picks as they arrive, and they always
> confuse me. Maybe I should switch to your system.
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[Jim Hart]

Chris, Tim:
So 19 is itself a kind of zayat being an example of its own definition,
like TLA.

Jim


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[Jim Hart]

Like Dodi, for me reading the votes adds to the interest, and sometimes to
the confusion, of the round while I decide where to bestow my precious and
priceless votes. (In this instance I'm still deciding. I still like 19.)
Jim

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[Judy Madnick]

And I generally vote early...so that I don't forget to vote. LOL!

Judy



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Dated: 11/29/2013 4:48:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixonary] Round 2461: ZAYAT - Definition List

On 11/29/2013 3:53 PM, Hugo Kornelis wrote:

> I always vote before reading on, as I don't want to be influenced by
other peoples' picks)

Hm. I usually read other people's picks as they arrive, and they always
confuse me. Maybe I should switch to your system.

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[Tony Abell]

I'll stumble into 5 and 12:

> 5. An Assyrian stepped pyramid.

> 12. A public hall or shed for worship, meetings, or shelter.


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[Millie Morgan]

I've narrowed it down to three
.... don't you hate it when that happens?
You just know it'll turn out to be "the other one"

> 17. A Muslim center of learning
> 20. [Leb.] A crude shelter used for livestock and the poor.


Thanks Chris.
Millie

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[Glen Boswell]

>
> I'll go for 2 and 8 please.


Cheers

Glen

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[Paul Keating]

Vox pop says it's 2 or 8, and I don't believe either. And there are far
too many pyramids. So I'll go for the highly unlikely 12 and 19.


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Paul Keating
The Hague

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[Jim Hart]

I'll have 2 and 12 please
Jim


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[Dodi Schultz]

Tough one. I'll try

12. A public hall or shed for worship, meetings, or shelter.

and

20. [Leb.] A crude shelter used for livestock and the poor.

—Dodi

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[Efrem Mallach]

3 and 17 this time.

Efrem

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On Nov 28, 2013, at 7:31 PM, Christopher Carson <clcarson (AT) live (DOT) com> wrote:

> 3. A beverage flavored with the juice of the date palm fruit.
>
> 17. A Muslim center of learning,

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