[Dixonary] Round 2511 Vote for LOYS

[John Barrs]

Apologies for delay in posting - this household has got a nasty virus bug
- like a very bad cough but I am now into my seventh week - it leaves us
all with no energy and very difficult to motivate ourselves to do anything

Here are 18 definitions for LOYS. Your job is to decide which is the
definition that was submitted by a dictionary

Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to
this one), before the deadline..
Midnight on Friday, 23 May 2014 in the UK 7:00 pm on 22 May East Coast USA
4:00 pm on 22 May West Coast USA 9:00 am on Saturday in parts of Oz

New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may
vote.

JohnnyB


1. [Obs. rare] some kind of stone

2. pride

3. coloured rings of light seen around a light source as a result of
diffraction or scattering, sometimes experienced by wearers of contact
lenses

4. [obs] Workman's jeans with reinforced threads and extra nails

5. allowance of meat, drink, or clothing due from an abbey or other
religious house for the sustenance of such of the king`s servants as he may
designate to receive it

6. _arch._ an interjection. (see _oyez_)

7. supercooled precipitation, usually forming as freezing rain or
freezing drizzle

8. stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or
exhaustion)

9. abrupt; terse

10. a period of stagnation

11. post-fermentation dregs

12. [arch] a body of laws

13. geological features on the surface of the Moon and Mars that appear to
resemble man-made structures (< Maarten van Loys, Dutch astronomer,
1690-1752)

14. a legal doctrine mandating a decision in favor of the plaintiff in a
suit involving a contract dispute if any element of a defendant-drafted
agreement is of questionable legality at the time of signing in the
particular venue in which the agreement was executed

15. a slang term for drivers who try to bypass a traffic jam by driving in
the breakdown lane or along the shoulder

16. good for nothing, worthless, obs.

17. [Obs.] wizened; decrepit

18. a lavender-coloured semi-precious gemstone mainly found in Western
Australia

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[Dodi Schultz]

I'm sure you meant Friday, 23 May for those US times, yes?

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On 5/22/2014 8:03 AM, John Barrs wrote:
> Apologies for delay in posting - this household has got a nasty virus bug
> - like a very bad cough but I am now into my seventh week - it leaves us
> all with no energy and very difficult to motivate ourselves to do anything
>
> Here are 18 definitions for LOYS. Your job is to decide which is the
> definition that was submitted by a dictionary
>
> Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to
> this one), before the deadline..
> Midnight on Friday, 23 May 2014 in the UK 7:00 pm on 22 May East Coast
> USA 4:00 pm on 22 May West Coast USA 9:00 am on Saturday in parts of Oz
>
> New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may
> vote.
>
> JohnnyB
>
>
> 1. [Obs. rare] some kind of stone
>
> 2. pride
>
> 3. coloured rings of light seen around a light source as a result of
> diffraction or scattering, sometimes experienced by wearers of contact lenses
>
> 4. [obs] Workman's jeans with reinforced threads and extra nails
>
> 5. allowance of meat, drink, or clothing due from an abbey or other
> religious house for the sustenance of such of the king`s servants as he
> may designate to receive it
>
> 6. _arch._ an interjection. (see _oyez_)
>
> 7. supercooled precipitation, usually forming as freezing rain or
> freezing drizzle
>
> 8. stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness
> or exhaustion)
>
> 9. abrupt; terse
>
> 10. a period of stagnation
>
> 11. post-fermentation dregs
>
> 12. [arch] a body of laws
>
> 13. geological features on the surface of the Moon and Mars that appear
> to resemble man-made structures (< Maarten van Loys, Dutch astronomer,
> 1690-1752)
>
> 14. a legal doctrine mandating a decision in favor of the plaintiff in a
> suit involving a contract dispute if any element of a defendant-drafted
> agreement is of questionable legality at the time of signing in the
> particular venue in which the agreement was executed
>
> 15. a slang term for drivers who try to bypass a traffic jam by driving
> in the breakdown lane or along the shoulder
>
> 16. good for nothing, worthless, obs.
>
> 17. [Obs.] wizened; decrepit
>
> 18. a lavender-coloured semi-precious gemstone mainly found in Western
> Australia
>
>
>
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[Judy Madnick]

If I don't vote now, I'm liable to forget...just like I forgot to send a definition. :-(

4 and 5, please.

Judy Madnick
Albany, NY

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[Dave Cunningham]

12 and 14 in honor of the Normans who gave us a bunch of strange legal
terms.


Dave


On Thursday, May 22, 2014 8:03:07 AM UTC-4, JohnnyB wrote:

> Apologies for delay in posting - this household has got a nasty virus bug
> - like a very bad cough but I am now into my seventh week - it leaves us
> all with no energy and very difficult to motivate ourselves to do anything
>
> Here are 18 definitions for LOYS. Your job is to decide which is the
> definition that was submitted by a dictionary
>
> Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to
> this one), before the deadline..
> Midnight on Friday, 23 May 2014 in the UK 7:00 pm on 22 May East Coast USA
> 4:00 pm on 22 May West Coast USA 9:00 am on Saturday in parts of Oz
>
> New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may
> vote.
>
> JohnnyB
>
>
> 1. [Obs. rare] some kind of stone
>
> 2. pride
>
> 3. coloured rings of light seen around a light source as a result of
> diffraction or scattering, sometimes experienced by wearers of contact
> lenses
>
> 4. [obs] Workman's jeans with reinforced threads and extra nails
>
> 5. allowance of meat, drink, or clothing due from an abbey or other
> religious house for the sustenance of such of the king`s servants as he may
> designate to receive it
>
> 6. _arch._ an interjection. (see _oyez_)
>
> 7. supercooled precipitation, usually forming as freezing rain or
> freezing drizzle
>
> 8. stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or
> exhaustion)
>
> 9. abrupt; terse
>
> 10. a period of stagnation
>
> 11. post-fermentation dregs
>
> 12. [arch] a body of laws
>
> 13. geological features on the surface of the Moon and Mars that appear to
> resemble man-made structures (< Maarten van Loys, Dutch astronomer,
> 1690-1752)
>
> 14. a legal doctrine mandating a decision in favor of the plaintiff in a
> suit involving a contract dispute if any element of a defendant-drafted
> agreement is of questionable legality at the time of signing in the
> particular venue in which the agreement was executed
>
> 15. a slang term for drivers who try to bypass a traffic jam by driving in
> the breakdown lane or along the shoulder
>
> 16. good for nothing, worthless, obs.
>
> 17. [Obs.] wizened; decrepit
>
> 18. a lavender-coloured semi-precious gemstone mainly found in Western
> Australia
>
>
>
>

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[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 5 and 14.

Guerri

On 5/22/2014 8:03 AM, John Barrs wrote:
> 5. allowance of meat, drink, or clothing due from an abbey or other
> religious house for the sustenance of such of the king`s servants as
> he may designate to receive it
>
> 14. a legal doctrine mandating a decision in favor of the plaintiff in
> a suit involving a contract dispute if any element of a
> defendant-drafted agreement is of questionable legality at the time of
> signing in the particular venue in which the agreement was executed

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[EnDash via Dixonary]

Numbers 3 and 14 for me, please.



3. coloured rings of light seen around a light source as a result of
diffraction or scattering, sometimes experienced by wearers of contact lenses

14. a legal doctrine mandating a decision in favor of the plaintiff in a
suit involving a contract dispute if any element of a defendant-drafted
agreement is of questionable legality at the time of signing in the particular
venue in which the agreement was executed


-- Dick Weltz



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[John Barrs]

23rd May -- yes - and sorry - 9 hours would be rather a short time


On 22 May 2014 13:26, Dodi Schultz <DodiSchultz (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote:

> I'm sure you meant Friday, 23 May for those US times, yes?
>
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>
>
>
> On 5/22/2014 8:03 AM, John Barrs wrote:
>
>> Apologies for delay in posting - this household has got a nasty virus bug
>> - like a very bad cough but I am now into my seventh week - it leaves us
>> all with no energy and very difficult to motivate ourselves to do anything
>>
>> Here are 18 definitions for LOYS. Your job is to decide which is the
>> definition that was submitted by a dictionary
>>
>> Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum or group message (in reply to
>> this one), before the deadline..
>> Midnight on Friday, 23 May 2014 in the UK 7:00 pm on 22 May East Coast
>> USA 4:00 pm on 22 May West Coast USA 9:00 am on Saturday in parts of Oz
>>
>> New Players are welcome, even if you didn't submit a definition you may
>> vote.
>>
>> JohnnyB
>>
>>
>> 1. [Obs. rare] some kind of stone
>>
>> 2. pride
>>
>> 3. coloured rings of light seen around a light source as a result of
>> diffraction or scattering, sometimes experienced by wearers of contact
>> lenses
>>
>> 4. [obs] Workman's jeans with reinforced threads and extra nails
>>
>> 5. allowance of meat, drink, or clothing due from an abbey or other
>> religious house for the sustenance of such of the king`s servants as he may
>> designate to receive it
>>
>> 6. _arch._ an interjection. (see _oyez_)
>>
>> 7. supercooled precipitation, usually forming as freezing rain or
>> freezing drizzle
>>
>> 8. stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness
>> or exhaustion)
>>
>> 9. abrupt; terse
>>
>> 10. a period of stagnation
>>
>> 11. post-fermentation dregs
>>
>> 12. [arch] a body of laws
>>
>> 13. geological features on the surface of the Moon and Mars that appear
>> to resemble man-made structures (< Maarten van Loys, Dutch astronomer,
>> 1690-1752)
>>
>> 14. a legal doctrine mandating a decision in favor of the plaintiff in a
>> suit involving a contract dispute if any element of a defendant-drafted
>> agreement is of questionable legality at the time of signing in the
>> particular venue in which the agreement was executed
>>
>> 15. a slang term for drivers who try to bypass a traffic jam by driving
>> in the breakdown lane or along the shoulder
>>
>> 16. good for nothing, worthless, obs.
>>
>> 17. [Obs.] wizened; decrepit
>>
>> 18. a lavender-coloured semi-precious gemstone mainly found in Western
>> Australia
>>
>>
>>
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[—Keith Hale—]

I should like my votes to go to numbers 3 & 13. Cheers!
-Keith-

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[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll go with 3 and 18.

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[Hugo Kornelis]

Hi John,

Too bad that you're feeling under the weather. I hope you decontaminated
your mail before spreading it to the group?

My votes are for 13 & 17, the decrepit geological features.

> 13. geological features on the surface of the Moon and Mars that
> appear to resemble man-made structures (< Maarten van Loys, Dutch
> astronomer, 1690-1752)
>
>
> 17. [Obs.] wizened; decrepit

Cheers,
Hugo

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[shani.naylor@gmail.com]

>
> 3 & 13 for me please.
>
> 3. coloured rings of light seen around a light source as a result of
> diffraction or scattering, sometimes experienced by wearers of contact
> lenses
>
>
> 13. geological features on the surface of the Moon and Mars that appear to
> resemble man-made structures (< Maarten van Loys, Dutch astronomer,
> 1690-1752)
>
> Shani

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[Tim Lodge]

I'll try 1 and 8:

1. [Obs. rare] some kind of stone

8. stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or
exhaustion)

-- Tim L

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[nancyshepherdson]

I'll take the unpopular 2 and 13. 14 is way too Barrs-like and he's dealing.

Nancy



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[Millie Morgan]

I'll try 2 and 12

> 2. pride
>12. [arch] a body of laws



Thanks.
Millie


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[Dodi Schultz]

I'll try
> 12. [arch] a body of laws
and the largely neglected
> 17. [Obs.] wizened; decrepit
--Dodi

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[Jim Hart]

I'll try 5 and 10

Jim



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[Daniel Widdis]

5 and 16 please, and I hope you can get rid of that bug!

On 5/22/14, 5:03 AM, John Barrs wrote:

5. allowance of meat, drink, or clothing due from an abbey or other
religious house for the sustenance of such of the king`s servants as he
may designate to receive it

16. good for nothing, worthless, obs.

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[Tony Abell]

I'll take stabs at 5 and 17:

> *5. allowance of meat, drink, or clothing due from an abbey or other
> religious house for the sustenance of such of the king`s servants as he may designate to receive it

> 17. [Obs.] wizened; decrepit


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