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Tony Abell
August 12th, 2018, 01:44 PM
Find below 12 definitions of culrage, one of which comes from a dictionary. The
remainder come from the fertile imaginations of the players.

Vote for two by way of a public response to this message before the deadline.
You may vote even if you did not submit a definition, but you may NOT vote if you
are disqualified (see the rules at http://www.dixonary.net). The voting deadline
shall be:

Monday, 11:00pm EDT 13-Aug-2018
Monday, 08:00pm PDT 13-Aug-2018
Tuesday, 04:00am BST 14-Aug-2018
Tuesday, 05:00am CEDT 14-Aug-2018
Tuesday, 01:00pm AEST 14-Aug-2018
Tuesday 2018-08-14 0300Z


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1. A smoky outdoor fire that is lit to keep off insects or protect plants
against frost.

2. A series of small parallel cuts used for smallpox and other inoculations.

3. Offcuts of cloth set aside for the personal use of tailors and dressmakers.

4. Smartweed.

5. Scrapings recovered from the bottom of a barrel.

6. [Obs.] celery.

7. Difficulty parting with physical possessions.

8. That which is skimmed off, filtered, rejected.

9. Negligence or undue delay in fulfilling legal duty.

10. The rudimentary stage of a bodily organ, especially in an embryo.

11. Australian slang for Indian Summer.

12. [Theol. Obs.] God's wrath, specifically to sins of neglect.


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Shani Naylor
August 12th, 2018, 02:27 PM
I'll vote for the plants 4 & 6.



On 13/08/2018 6:44 AM, "Tony Abell" <hello (AT) isanybodyhome (DOT) com> wrote:

>
> Find below 12 definitions of culrage, one of which comes from a
> dictionary. The
> remainder come from the fertile imaginations of the players.
>
> Vote for two by way of a public response to this message before the
> deadline.
> You may vote even if you did not submit a definition, but you may NOT vote
> if you
> are disqualified (see the rules at http://www.dixonary.net). The voting
> deadline
> shall be:
>
> Monday, 11:00pm EDT 13-Aug-2018
> Monday, 08:00pm PDT 13-Aug-2018
> Tuesday, 04:00am BST 14-Aug-2018
> Tuesday, 05:00am CEDT 14-Aug-2018
> Tuesday, 01:00pm AEST 14-Aug-2018
> Tuesday 2018-08-14 0300Z
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 1. A smoky outdoor fire that is lit to keep off insects or protect plants
> against frost.
>
> 2. A series of small parallel cuts used for smallpox and other
> inoculations.
>
> 3. Offcuts of cloth set aside for the personal use of tailors and
> dressmakers.
>
> 4. Smartweed.
>
> 5. Scrapings recovered from the bottom of a barrel.
>
> 6. [Obs.] celery.
>
> 7. Difficulty parting with physical possessions.
>
> 8. That which is skimmed off, filtered, rejected.
>
> 9. Negligence or undue delay in fulfilling legal duty.
>
> 10. The rudimentary stage of a bodily organ, especially in an embryo.
>
> 11. Australian slang for Indian Summer.
>
> 12. [Theol. Obs.] God's wrath, specifically to sins of neglect.
>
>
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Dave Cunningham
August 12th, 2018, 04:46 PM
1 and 9 lest I actually think …

Dave

On Sunday, August 12, 2018 at 2:44:09 PM UTC-4, Tony Abell wrote:
>
>
> Find below 12 definitions of culrage, one of which comes from a
> dictionary. The
> remainder come from the fertile imaginations of the players.
>
> Vote for two by way of a public response to this message before the
> deadline.
> You may vote even if you did not submit a definition, but you may NOT vote
> if you
> are disqualified (see the rules at http://www.dixonary.net). The voting
> deadline
> shall be:
>
> Monday, 11:00pm EDT 13-Aug-2018
> Monday, 08:00pm PDT 13-Aug-2018
> Tuesday, 04:00am BST 14-Aug-2018
> Tuesday, 05:00am CEDT 14-Aug-2018
> Tuesday, 01:00pm AEST 14-Aug-2018
> Tuesday 2018-08-14 0300Z
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 1. A smoky outdoor fire that is lit to keep off insects or protect
> plants
> against frost.
>
> 2. A series of small parallel cuts used for smallpox and other
> inoculations.
>
> 3. Offcuts of cloth set aside for the personal use of tailors and
> dressmakers.
>
> 4. Smartweed.
>
> 5. Scrapings recovered from the bottom of a barrel.
>
> 6. [Obs.] celery.
>
> 7. Difficulty parting with physical possessions.
>
> 8. That which is skimmed off, filtered, rejected.
>
> 9. Negligence or undue delay in fulfilling legal duty.
>
> 10. The rudimentary stage of a bodily organ, especially in an embryo.
>
> 11. Australian slang for Indian Summer.
>
> 12. [Theol. Obs.] God's wrath, specifically to sins of neglect.
>
>
>

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Judy Madnick
August 12th, 2018, 06:46 PM
5. Scrapings recovered from the bottom of a barrel.

8. That which is skimmed off, filtered, rejected.

Judy

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Daniel Widdis
August 12th, 2018, 11:06 PM
9 could lead to 12.



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Tim Lodge
August 13th, 2018, 07:40 AM
4 and 6 look suitably unlikely.

4. Smartweed.

6. [Obs.] celery.

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Guerri Stevens
August 13th, 2018, 08:21 AM
I vote for 7 and 8.

Guerri

On 8/12/2018 2:44 PM, Tony Abell wrote:
>
> 7. Difficulty parting with physical possessions.
>
> 8. That which is skimmed off, filtered, rejected.
>

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France International/Mike Shefler
August 13th, 2018, 09:05 AM
I'll go with 4 and 8.


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Ryan McGill
August 13th, 2018, 11:03 AM
I like this crop. Few good puns, too. I'm eliminating anything that seems
like it's based off of "cull" and going with 6 & 9.


>
> 6. [Obs.] celery.
>
> 9. Negligence or undue delay in fulfilling legal duty.
>
>
>

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—Keith Hale—
August 13th, 2018, 11:52 AM
2 & 3 stood out for me, this round!
-Keith-

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Efrem G Mallach
August 13th, 2018, 01:43 PM
For lack of a better idea, I'll go with the short ones: 4 and 6.

Efrem

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> On Aug 12, 2018, at 2:44 PM, Tony Abell <hello (AT) isanybodyhome (DOT) com> wrote:
>
>
> Find below 12 definitions of culrage, one of which comes from a dictionary. The
> remainder come from the fertile imaginations of the players.
>
> Vote for two by way of a public response to this message before the deadline.
> You may vote even if you did not submit a definition, but you may NOT vote if you
> are disqualified (see the rules at http://www.dixonary.net). The voting deadline
> shall be:
>
> Monday, 11:00pm EDT 13-Aug-2018
> Monday, 08:00pm PDT 13-Aug-2018
> Tuesday, 04:00am BST 14-Aug-2018
> Tuesday, 05:00am CEDT 14-Aug-2018
> Tuesday, 01:00pm AEST 14-Aug-2018
> Tuesday 2018-08-14 0300Z
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> 4. Smartweed.
>
>
> 6. [Obs.] celery.

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nancyshepherdson
August 13th, 2018, 04:07 PM
My def is not there, Tony. Was it too late?

Nancy
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Stephen Dixon
August 13th, 2018, 04:33 PM
I will go for:

#4 - because it is something I could use

#7 - because it sounds like a real thing

On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 2:44 PM, Tony Abell <hello (AT) isanybodyhome (DOT) com> wrote:

>
> Find below 12 definitions of culrage, one of which comes from a
> dictionary. The
> remainder come from the fertile imaginations of the players.
>
> Vote for two by way of a public response to this message before the
> deadline.
> You may vote even if you did not submit a definition, but you may NOT vote
> if you
> are disqualified (see the rules at http://www.dixonary.net). The voting
> deadline
> shall be:
>
> Monday, 11:00pm EDT 13-Aug-2018
> Monday, 08:00pm PDT 13-Aug-2018
> Tuesday, 04:00am BST 14-Aug-2018
> Tuesday, 05:00am CEDT 14-Aug-2018
> Tuesday, 01:00pm AEST 14-Aug-2018
> Tuesday 2018-08-14 0300Z
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 1. A smoky outdoor fire that is lit to keep off insects or protect plants
> against frost.
>
> 2. A series of small parallel cuts used for smallpox and other
> inoculations.
>
> 3. Offcuts of cloth set aside for the personal use of tailors and
> dressmakers.
>
> 4. Smartweed.
>
> 5. Scrapings recovered from the bottom of a barrel.
>
> 6. [Obs.] celery.
>
> 7. Difficulty parting with physical possessions.
>
> 8. That which is skimmed off, filtered, rejected.
>
> 9. Negligence or undue delay in fulfilling legal duty.
>
> 10. The rudimentary stage of a bodily organ, especially in an embryo.
>
> 11. Australian slang for Indian Summer.
>
> 12. [Theol. Obs.] God's wrath, specifically to sins of neglect.
>
>
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Tony Abell
August 14th, 2018, 06:37 AM
Sorry, Nancy, I can find no trace of your definition submission, neither in my
mailbox nor on the Google Groups website. But I'll award you two dealer
points anyway.

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On 2018-08-13 at 17:07 nancyshepherdson wrote:

> My def is not there, Tony.Â* Was it too late?


> Nancy


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August 14th, 2018, 01:54 PM
That's weird.

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Sorry, Nancy, I can find no trace of your definition submission, neither in my mailbox nor on the Google Groups website. But I'll award you two dealer points anyway.

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On 2018-08-13 at 17:07 nancyshepherdson wrote:

> My def is not there, Tony. Was it too late?


> Nancy


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