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Shani Naylor
September 28th, 2015, 03:17 AM
You have before you 15 definitions for our word du jour EMPLECTON. Please
vote for two:

1. An electronic plectrum.
2. A virus-caused lesion to the skin.
3. A source of confusion or derangement.
4. An ancient Athenian place of assembly.
5. A found object used as a tool by an animal.
6. A debris particle resultant of a sub-molecular collision.
7. A hypothetical particle that only has charge when in motion.
8. A specialised type of goffering-iron used to flute or crimp lace or
frills.
9. A town or city placed by design from the start, rather than growing out
of a smaller settlement.
10. A membrane covering the inner surface of the shell of turtles and
terrapins (but absent in tortoises).
11. A device that produces mirage-like images in solar power arrays to
prevent birds from flying into them.
12. A pizzicato note played on a normally bowed or strummed instrument;
_spec._ the only possible plucked artificial harmonic on the violin (E5).
13. _portmanteau_ (from _employment selection_) The categorization of
any worker made redundant as to possible unrelated occupations under the
Redundancy Act of 1978.
14. Perfume extracted by exposing absorbents, as fixed oils or fats, to the
exhalations of the flowers. It is used for plants whose volatile oils are
too delicate to be separated by distillation.
15. Chiefly with reference to Greek and Roman architecture: a method of
building or type of masonry consisting of a double external wall of
close-fitting stonework or brickwork, with a core of rubble and mortar or
rubble and clay, sometimes also incorporating cross walls or blocks used
for reinforcement and to bind the faces together. Also: the infill of such
a wall.


Due to logistics at my end, the deadline for voting is quite long:
Wednesday 30 September, 6pm, my time (NZDT) or:



Tuesday, 29 September, 10pm PDT

Wednesday, 30 September, 1am, EDT

Wednesday, 30 September, 6am, BST

Wednesday, 30 September, 7am, CEST

Wednesday, 30 September, 3pm, AEST



Happy voting!



Shani

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Tim B
September 28th, 2015, 03:59 AM
I'll have 5 and 10 today, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

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—Keith Hale—
September 28th, 2015, 04:04 AM
5 & 8 for me, if you please!
-Keith-

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Guerri Stevens
September 28th, 2015, 04:30 AM
I vote for 2 and 12.

Guerri

On 9/28/2015 4:17 AM, Shani Naylor wrote:
> 2.A virus-caused lesion to the skin.
> 12.A pizzicato note played on a normally bowed or strummed instrument;
> _spec._ the only possible plucked artificial harmonic on the violin (E5).

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Tim Lodge
September 28th, 2015, 05:00 AM
Def 3 certainly describes this list, and the turtle membrane sounds
plausible, so 3 and 10, please. (But it's probably the rubble!)

3. A source of confusion or derangement.

10. A membrane covering the inner surface of the shell of turtles and
terrapins (but absent in tortoises).

-- Tim L

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endash@verizon.net
September 28th, 2015, 06:38 AM
I' ll go for numbers 8 and 11.

-- Dick Weltz
 




 



 





On 09/28/15, Shani Naylor<shani.naylor (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

 





You have before you 15 definitions for our word du jour EMPLECTON. Please vote for two:










1. An electronic plectrum.



2. A virus-caused lesion to the skin.



3. A source of confusion or derangement.



4. An ancient Athenian place of assembly.



5. A found object used as a tool by an animal.



6. A debris particle resultant of a sub-molecular collision.



7. A hypothetical particle that only has charge when in motion.



8. A specialised type of goffering-iron used to flute or crimp lace or frills.



9. A town or city placed by design from the start, rather than growing out of a smaller settlement.



10. A membrane covering the inner surface of the shell of turtles and terrapins (but absent in tortoises).



11. A device that produces mirage-like images in solar power arrays to prevent birds from flying into them.



12. A pizzicato note played on a normally bowed or strummed instrument; _spec._ the only possible plucked artificial harmonic on the violin (E5).



13. _portmanteau_   (from _employment selection_)   The categorization of any worker made redundant as to possible unrelated occupations under the Redundancy Act of 1978.



14. Perfume extracted by exposing absorbents, as fixed oils or fats, to the exhalations of the flowers. It is used for plants whose volatile oils are too delicate to be separated by distillation.



15. Chiefly with reference to Greek and Roman architecture: a method of building or type of masonry consisting of a double external wall of close-fitting stonework or brickwork, with a core of rubble and mortar or rubble and clay, sometimes also incorporating cross walls or blocks used for reinforcement and to bind the faces together. Also: the infill of such a wall.

















Due to logistics at my end, the deadline for voting is quite long: Wednesday 30 September, 6pm, my time (NZDT) or:



 



Tuesday, 29 September, 10pm PDT



Wednesday, 30 September, 1am, EDT



Wednesday, 30 September, 6am, BST



Wednesday, 30 September, 7am, CEST



Wednesday, 30 September, 3pm, AEST



 



Happy voting!



 



Shani





















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Judy Madnick
September 28th, 2015, 06:52 AM
8. A specialised type of goffering-iron used to flute or crimp lace or frills.
10. A membrane covering the inner surface of the shell of turtles and terrapins (but absent in tortoises).

Judy Madnick
Albany, NY

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Paul Keating
September 28th, 2015, 06:55 AM
Following vox pop: 8 & 10.

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Dave Cunningham
September 28th, 2015, 07:13 AM
4 and 8?

Dave


On Monday, September 28, 2015 at 4:17:22 AM UTC-4, Shani Naylor wrote:

> You have before you 15 definitions for our word du jour EMPLECTON. Please
> vote for two:
>
> 1. An electronic plectrum.
> 2. A virus-caused lesion to the skin.
> 3. A source of confusion or derangement.
> 4. An ancient Athenian place of assembly.
> 5. A found object used as a tool by an animal.
> 6. A debris particle resultant of a sub-molecular collision.
> 7. A hypothetical particle that only has charge when in motion.
> 8. A specialised type of goffering-iron used to flute or crimp lace or
> frills.
> 9. A town or city placed by design from the start, rather than growing
> out of a smaller settlement.
> 10. A membrane covering the inner surface of the shell of turtles and
> terrapins (but absent in tortoises).
> 11. A device that produces mirage-like images in solar power arrays to
> prevent birds from flying into them.
> 12. A pizzicato note played on a normally bowed or strummed instrument;
> _spec._ the only possible plucked artificial harmonic on the violin (E5).
> 13. _portmanteau_ (from _employment selection_) The categorization of
> any worker made redundant as to possible unrelated occupations under the
> Redundancy Act of 1978.
> 14. Perfume extracted by exposing absorbents, as fixed oils or fats, to
> the exhalations of the flowers. It is used for plants whose volatile oils
> are too delicate to be separated by distillation.
> 15. Chiefly with reference to Greek and Roman architecture: a method of
> building or type of masonry consisting of a double external wall of
> close-fitting stonework or brickwork, with a core of rubble and mortar or
> rubble and clay, sometimes also incorporating cross walls or blocks used
> for reinforcement and to bind the faces together. Also: the infill of such
> a wall.
>
>
> Due to logistics at my end, the deadline for voting is quite long:
> Wednesday 30 September, 6pm, my time (NZDT) or:
>
>
>
> Tuesday, 29 September, 10pm PDT
>
> Wednesday, 30 September, 1am, EDT
>
> Wednesday, 30 September, 6am, BST
>
> Wednesday, 30 September, 7am, CEST
>
> Wednesday, 30 September, 3pm, AEST
>
>
>
> Happy voting!
>
>
>
> Shani
>
>
>

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France International/Mike Shefler
September 28th, 2015, 09:05 AM
I'll fall for 8 and 11.



On 9/28/2015 4:17 AM, Shani Naylor wrote:




You have before you 15 definitions for our word du jour EMPLECTON. Please vote for two:










1. An electronic plectrum.



2. A virus-caused lesion to the skin.



3. A source of confusion or derangement.



4. An ancient Athenian place of assembly.



5. A found object used as a tool by an animal.



6. A debris particle resultant of a sub-molecular collision.



7. A hypothetical particle that only has charge when in motion.



8. A specialised type of goffering-iron used to flute or crimp lace or frills.



9. A town or city placed by design from the start, rather than growing out of a smaller settlement.



10. A membrane covering the inner surface of the shell of turtles and terrapins (but absent in tortoises).



11. A device that produces mirage-like images in solar power arrays to prevent birds from flying into them.



12. A pizzicato note played on a normally bowed or strummed instrument; _spec._ the only possible plucked artificial harmonic on the violin (E5).



13. _portmanteau_ Â* (from _employment selection_) Â* The categorization of any worker made redundant as to possible unrelated occupations under the Redundancy Act of 1978.



14. Perfume extracted by exposing absorbents, as fixed oils or fats, to the exhalations of the flowers. It is used for plants whose volatile oils are too delicate to be separated by distillation.



15. Chiefly with reference to Greek and Roman architecture: a method of building or type of masonry consisting of a double external wall of close-fitting stonework or brickwork, with a core of rubble and mortar or rubble and clay, sometimes also incorporating cross walls or blocks used for reinforcement and to bind the faces together. Also: the infill of such a wall.

















Due to logistics at my end, the deadline for voting is quite long: Wednesday 30 September, 6pm, my time (NZDT) or:



Â*



Tuesday, 29 September, 10pm PDT



Wednesday, 30 September, 1am, EDT



Wednesday, 30 September, 6am, BST



Wednesday, 30 September, 7am, CEST



Wednesday, 30 September, 3pm, AEST



Â*



Happy voting!



Â*



Shani

















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Daniel Widdis
September 28th, 2015, 09:24 AM
Goffering and pizzicato, please, each of which might have been the woid.

That's 8 and 12.

On 9/28/15 1:17 AM, Shani Naylor wrote:
> 8.A specialised type of goffering-iron used to flute or crimp lace or
> frills.
>
> 12.A pizzicato note played on a normally bowed or strummed instrument;
> _spec._ the only possible plucked artificial harmonic on the violin (E5).

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Steve Graham
September 28th, 2015, 12:33 PM
13 and 14 please



(Double, double, toil and trouble, fire burn - forget the rubble. – modified Macbeth <http://www.potw.org/archive/potw283.html> )



Steve Graham

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



13. _portmanteau_ (from _employment selection_) The categorization of any worker made redundant as to possible unrelated occupations under the Redundancy Act of 1978.

14. Perfume extracted by exposing absorbents, as fixed oils or fats, to the exhalations of the flowers. It is used for plants whose volatile oils are too delicate to be separated by distillation.

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Efrem Mallach
September 28th, 2015, 09:15 PM
Darn! I had two good definitions of EMPLECTON, neither of them close to anything in this list, and went to sleep Sunday night after seeing the eclipse without checking the deadline. I found this in my in-box on waking up Monday morning.

Oh, well. If the worst thing that happens to me this week is missing a Dixonary deadline, it will still be a pretty good week. If it was the eclipse’s fault, it was worth it.

From this list - it may be impoverished by lack of my definition, but I wouldn’t have voted for it anyhow - I’ll take 10 as being both vox pop and vaguely plausible, and 15 as a tip of the hat to the as-yet anonymous rubblemeister.

Efrem

P.S. Am I the only one here who hasn’t a clue as to what a goffering-iron is?

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> On Sep 28, 2015, at 4:17 AM, Shani Naylor <shani.naylor (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
>
> You have before you 15 definitions for our word du jour EMPLECTON. Please vote for two:
>
> 1. An electronic plectrum.
> 2. A virus-caused lesion to the skin.
> 3. A source of confusion or derangement.
> 4. An ancient Athenian place of assembly.
> 5. A found object used as a tool by an animal.
> 6. A debris particle resultant of a sub-molecular collision.
> 7. A hypothetical particle that only has charge when in motion.
> 8. A specialised type of goffering-iron used to flute or crimp lace or frills.
> 9. A town or city placed by design from the start, rather than growing out of a smaller settlement.
> 10. A membrane covering the inner surface of the shell of turtles and terrapins (but absent in tortoises).
> 11. A device that produces mirage-like images in solar power arrays to prevent birds from flying into them.
> 12. A pizzicato note played on a normally bowed or strummed instrument; _spec._ the only possible plucked artificial harmonic on the violin (E5).
> 13. _portmanteau_ (from _employment selection_) The categorization of any worker made redundant as to possible unrelated occupations under the Redundancy Act of 1978.
> 14. Perfume extracted by exposing absorbents, as fixed oils or fats, to the exhalations of the flowers. It is used for plants whose volatile oils are too delicate to be separated by distillation.
> 15. Chiefly with reference to Greek and Roman architecture: a method of building or type of masonry consisting of a double external wall of close-fitting stonework or brickwork, with a core of rubble and mortar or rubble and clay, sometimes also incorporating cross walls or blocks used for reinforcement and to bind the faces together. Also: the infill of such a wall.
>
>
> Due to logistics at my end, the deadline for voting is quite long: Wednesday 30 September, 6pm, my time (NZDT) or:
>
> Tuesday, 29 September, 10pm PDT
> Wednesday, 30 September, 1am, EDT
> Wednesday, 30 September, 6am, BST
> Wednesday, 30 September, 7am, CEST
> Wednesday, 30 September, 3pm, AEST
>
> Happy voting!
>
> Shani

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Ann Druce
September 29th, 2015, 05:22 AM
6 and 11

Ann

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Paul Keating
September 29th, 2015, 05:38 AM
Welcome to the game!

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Johnb - co.uk
September 29th, 2015, 05:58 AM
Ann

welcome to the game

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> 6 and 11
>
> Ann
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Dodi Schultz
September 29th, 2015, 08:07 AM
We seem to have a new player!

Welcome, Ann!




On 9/29/2015 6:22 AM, Ann Druce wrote:
> 6 and 11
>
> Ann

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Efrem Mallach
September 29th, 2015, 08:16 AM
Another welcome to Dixonary, Ann!

Efrem

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> 6 and 11
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Dodi Schultz
September 29th, 2015, 10:09 AM
I'm going to vote for the one I think might actually be the real one and,
on the off-chance that Shani has done a dreadfully sneaky thing, the
recurring rubble. That's:

10.A membrane covering the inner surface of the shell of turtles and
terrapins (but absent in tortoises).

and

15.Chiefly with reference to Greek and Roman architecture: a method of
building or type of masonry consisting of a double external wall of
close-fitting stonework or brickwork, with a core of rubble and mortar or
rubble and clay, sometimes also incorporating cross walls or blocks used
for reinforcement and to bind the faces together. Also: the infill of such
a wall.

—Dodi

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Tony Abell
September 29th, 2015, 07:31 PM
I'll go with 8 and 10:

> 8. A specialised type of goffering-iron used to flute or crimp lace or frills.

> 10. A membrane covering the inner surface of the shell of turtles and terrapins (but absent in tortoises).

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Daniel Widdis
September 29th, 2015, 07:44 PM
Welcome to the game! Glad to have you!

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> 6 and 11
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