[Dixonary] Round 2744 Time to Vote: ABENG

[Efrem Mallach]

Fellow players,

Thirteen definitions of the word (yes, it is a word) ABENG follow. One is its real meaning. The others are clever attempts by twelve of your fellow players to deceive you. They have been edited for format consistency and are in order by character count, which may not correspond to visual length. Please vote for two that you like for any reason, such as but not necessarily because you think they might be correct, by public reply to this message before the deadline found after the definition list.

1. something dragging behind.

2. to go aside; to turn off.

3. a low, one-horse box sleigh.

4. a cylindrical lute made of bamboo.

5. an obsession with personal cleanliness.

6. a Jamaican bugle made from a cow's horn.

7. of or related to a minor tribe in Zambia.

8. in printing, a measure of negative space.

9. abnormal sound in chest heard with stethoscope.

10. obnoxious-sounding Japanese stringed instrument.

11. [Austral.] a throwing-stick used by Australian aboriginals.

12. [Polish, hist.] A long skirt of rich materials adorned with small silver bells, worn to celebrate the birth of a male heir.

13. [Chinese shamanism] A sacrificial pig or sheep killed at the doorway of a recently departed loved one to maintain relationship with the deceased spirit.

The voting deadline is 36 hours after the definition deadline, or about 35 1/2 hours from now. That is 9 am on Wednesday, Sept. 28, in North America EDT. I think that’s also, on the same date except in NZ:

6 am PDT
8 am CDT
2 pm in the UK
3 pm on the Continent
11 pm in Melbourne
2 am, Thurs., Sept. 29, in New Zealand

and so on. (You may want to check any time conversion that affects you, as this is the season when different countries go on or off summer time on different dates. Also, if you're regularly in a time zone that isn’t listed, please let us know.)

New players are welcome to vote, even if you didn't submit a definition for this word - as are, of course, veteran players who happened not to submit one.

Efrem

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[stamps]

a lot of musical instruments here. I'll take 6 and 10.

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From: Efrem Mallach <emallach (AT) umassd (DOT) edu>
To: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
Sent: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 21:25:04 -0400
Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2744 Time to Vote: ABENG

> Fellow players,
>
> Thirteen definitions of the word (yes, it is a word) ABENG follow.
> One is its real meaning. The others are clever attempts by twelve of
> your fellow players to deceive you. They have been edited for format
> consistency and are in order by character count, which may not
> correspond to visual length. Please vote for two that you like for
> any reason, such as but not necessarily because you think they might
> be correct, by public reply to this message before the deadline
> found after the definition list.
>
> 1. something dragging behind.
>
> 2. to go aside; to turn off.
>
> 3. a low, one-horse box sleigh.
>
> 4. a cylindrical lute made of bamboo.
>
> 5. an obsession with personal cleanliness.
>
> 6. a Jamaican bugle made from a cow's horn.
>
> 7. of or related to a minor tribe in Zambia.
>
> 8. in printing, a measure of negative space.
>
> 9. abnormal sound in chest heard with stethoscope.
>
> 10. obnoxious-sounding Japanese stringed instrument.
>
> 11. [Austral.] a throwing-stick used by Australian aboriginals.
>
> 12. [Polish, hist.] A long skirt of rich materials adorned with
> small silver bells, worn to celebrate the birth of a male heir.
>
> 13. [Chinese shamanism] A sacrificial pig or sheep killed at the
> doorway of a recently departed loved one to maintain relationship
> with the deceased spirit.
>
> The voting deadline is 36 hours after the definition deadline, or
> about 35 1/2 hours from now. That is 9 am on Wednesday, Sept. 28, in
> North America EDT. I think that?s also, on the same date except in
> NZ:
>
> 6 am PDT
> 8 am CDT
> 2 pm in the UK
> 3 pm on the Continent
> 11 pm in Melbourne
> 2 am, Thurs., Sept. 29, in New Zealand
>
> and so on. (You may want to check any time conversion that affects
> you, as this is the season when different countries go on or off
> summer time on different dates. Also, if you're regularly in a time
> zone that isn?t listed, please let us know.)
>
> New players are welcome to vote, even if you didn't submit a
> definition for this word - as are, of course, veteran players who
> happened not to submit one.
>
> Efrem
>
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[Shani Naylor]

6 & 8 look vaguely feasible.

On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Efrem Mallach <emallach (AT) umassd (DOT) edu> wrote:

> Fellow players,
>
> Thirteen definitions of the word (yes, it is a word) ABENG follow. One is
> its real meaning. The others are clever attempts by twelve of your fellow
> players to deceive you. They have been edited for format consistency and
> are in order by character count, which may not correspond to visual length.
> Please vote for two that you like for any reason, such as but not
> necessarily because you think they might be correct, by public reply to
> this message before the deadline found after the definition list.
>
> 1. something dragging behind.
>
> 2. to go aside; to turn off.
>
> 3. a low, one-horse box sleigh.
>
> 4. a cylindrical lute made of bamboo.
>
> 5. an obsession with personal cleanliness.
>
> 6. a Jamaican bugle made from a cow's horn.
>
> 7. of or related to a minor tribe in Zambia.
>
> 8. in printing, a measure of negative space.
>
> 9. abnormal sound in chest heard with stethoscope.
>
> 10. obnoxious-sounding Japanese stringed instrument.
>
> 11. [Austral.] a throwing-stick used by Australian aboriginals.
>
> 12. [Polish, hist.] A long skirt of rich materials adorned with small
> silver bells, worn to celebrate the birth of a male heir.
>
> 13. [Chinese shamanism] A sacrificial pig or sheep killed at the doorway
> of a recently departed loved one to maintain relationship with the deceased
> spirit.
>
> The voting deadline is 36 hours after the definition deadline, or about 35
> 1/2 hours from now. That is 9 am on Wednesday, Sept. 28, in North America
> EDT. I think that’s also, on the same date except in NZ:
>
> 6 am PDT
> 8 am CDT
> 2 pm in the UK
> 3 pm on the Continent
> 11 pm in Melbourne
> 2 am, Thurs., Sept. 29, in New Zealand
>
> and so on. (You may want to check any time conversion that affects you, as
> this is the season when different countries go on or off summer time on
> different dates. Also, if you're regularly in a time zone that isn’t
> listed, please let us know.)
>
> New players are welcome to vote, even if you didn't submit a definition
> for this word - as are, of course, veteran players who happened not to
> submit one.
>
> Efrem
>
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[—Keith Hale—]

2 i like, and 10 i kind of don't. So those are my votes.
Cheers
-Keith-

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[Johnb - co.uk]

#4 and #6 for me please

*JohnnyB*

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[Dave Cunningham]

4 and 10 - I can not imagine a "cylindrical lute" and any definition with
"obnoxious" in it has to be fake.

Dave


On Monday, September 26, 2016 at 9:24:59 PM UTC-4, Efrem wrote:

> Fellow players,
>
> Thirteen definitions of the word (yes, it is a word) ABENG follow. One is
> its real meaning. The others are clever attempts by twelve of your fellow
> players to deceive you. They have been edited for format consistency and
> are in order by character count, which may not correspond to visual length.
> Please vote for two that you like for any reason, such as but not
> necessarily because you think they might be correct, by public reply to
> this message before the deadline found after the definition list.
>
> 1. something dragging behind.
>
> 2. to go aside; to turn off.
>
> 3. a low, one-horse box sleigh.
>
> 4. a cylindrical lute made of bamboo.
>
> 5. an obsession with personal cleanliness.
>
> 6. a Jamaican bugle made from a cow's horn.
>
> 7. of or related to a minor tribe in Zambia.
>
> 8. in printing, a measure of negative space.
>
> 9. abnormal sound in chest heard with stethoscope.
>
> 10. obnoxious-sounding Japanese stringed instrument.
>
> 11. [Austral.] a throwing-stick used by Australian aboriginals.
>
> 12. [Polish, hist.] A long skirt of rich materials adorned with small
> silver bells, worn to celebrate the birth of a male heir.
>
> 13. [Chinese shamanism] A sacrificial pig or sheep killed at the doorway
> of a recently departed loved one to maintain relationship with the deceased
> spirit.
>
> The voting deadline is 36 hours after the definition deadline, or about 35
> 1/2 hours from now. That is 9 am on Wednesday, Sept. 28, in North America
> EDT. I think that’s also, on the same date except in NZ:
>
> 6 am PDT
> 8 am CDT
> 2 pm in the UK
> 3 pm on the Continent
> 11 pm in Melbourne
> 2 am, Thurs., Sept. 29, in New Zealand
>
> and so on. (You may want to check any time conversion that affects you, as
> this is the season when different countries go on or off summer time on
> different dates. Also, if you're regularly in a time zone that isn’t
> listed, please let us know.)
>
> New players are welcome to vote, even if you didn't submit a definition
> for this word - as are, of course, veteran players who happened not to
> submit one.
>
> Efrem
>

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[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 2 and 8.

Guerri

On 9/26/2016 9:25 PM, Efrem Mallach wrote:
> 2. to go aside; to turn off.
>
> 8. in printing, a measure of negative space.
>

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[Judy Madnick]

4. a cylindrical lute made of bamboo.

6. a Jamaican bugle made from a cow's horn.


Judy Madnick
Albany, NY

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[Tim Lodge]

I've absolutely no idea for this word. I'll just guess at the bamboo lute
and the Polish skirt, 4 and 12.

4. a cylindrical lute made of bamboo.

12. [Polish, hist.] A long skirt of rich materials adorned with small
silver bells, worn to celebrate the birth of a male heir.

-- Tim L

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[Daniel Widdis]

1 and 10 to prove I can count in binary.

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[nancygoat]

I'll take 6 and 11 please.

Nancy

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[Tony Abell]

I'll go for the less obnoxious instruments, 4 and 6:

> 4. a cylindrical lute made of bamboo.

> 6. a Jamaican bugle made from a cow's horn.

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