[Dixonary] Round 2117 MANDYAS call for votes

[Tim B]

As usual, this was not a good time to get the deal, with our grandson's birthday today and my wife's
birthday and our wedding anniversary both on Monday! The definitions come to you a little later than
intended, as I've just got back from an exhausting day at Legoland. I shall have to make the voting
deadline Monday morning, and may well not be able to compile the results until an hour or two later
than stated.

Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before the deadline,
which is 8 am BST on Monday 28 June. That will be 0700 GMT/UTC, about 3 am in New York, or midnight
Sunday/Monday on the West Coast.

New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this round. Don't look in a dictionary.

1: an invitation; a summons.

2: a variety of swamp-grass.

3: a tropical kidney disease.

4: fingerless belay climbing gloves.

5: a sheepskin tambor with connected balls.

6: a small pit viper of east-central Africa.

7: badly cooked or unappetizing food or drink.

8: speech or writing full of bitter condemnation.

9: an intricate dance characterized by variations in tempo.

10: a form of cloak worn by monks and bishops in the E. Church

11: a term of reference for Egypt during the reign of Rameses II.

12: [Hindi] sayings attributed to a god (see all Lat. _verbum dei_)

13: a mythical siren having the upper torso of a woman and the body of a lion.

14: a decorative tag or tip for a cord or ribbon, usually of gold and sometimes set with gemstones
or enameled.

15: _Gram._ the loss of a medial vowel, due generally to stress accent elsewhere in the word, as
opposed to _sandhi_ [Skt]

16: [OE Mandy = Maundy} the purse of coins given by the sovereign (England) on Maundy Thursday to
deserving citizens - one man and one woman for each year of the sovereign's reign - Begun by King
Edward 1st (1272-1307) originally coin of the realm was used; since 1822 it consists of specially
minted coins, "Maundy Money", which are however legal tender.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[Dodi Schultz]

> As usual, this was not a good time to get the deal, with our
> grandson's birthday today and my wife's birthday and our wedding
> anniversary both on Monday!

Congratulations to one and all!

> I . . . may well not be able to compile the results until an hour or
> two later than stated.

We'll all try very hard to muster up forgiveness.

Meanwhile, since in your exhaustion you've forgotten to include the real
definition, I'll offer points to the authors of:

> 7: badly cooked or unappetizing food or drink.

and

> 8: speech or writing full of bitter condemnation.

--Dodi

[Chris Carson]

I'll go for 1 and 6 this time.

Chris

Sent from my iPhone

On Jun 26, 2010, at 4:46 PM, Tim B <dixonary (AT) siam (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

> As usual, this was not a good time to get the deal, with our grandson's birthday today and my wife's birthday and our wedding anniversary both on Monday! The definitions come to you a little later than intended, as I've just got back from an exhausting day at Legoland. I shall have to make the voting deadline Monday morning, and may well not be able to compile the results until an hour or two later than stated.
>
> Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before the deadline, which is 8 am BST on Monday 28 June. That will be 0700 GMT/UTC, about 3 am in New York, or midnight Sunday/Monday on the West Coast.
>
> New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this round. Don't look in a dictionary.
>
> 1: an invitation; a summons.
>
> 2: a variety of swamp-grass.
>
> 3: a tropical kidney disease.
>
> 4: fingerless belay climbing gloves.
>
> 5: a sheepskin tambor with connected balls.
>
> 6: a small pit viper of east-central Africa.
>
> 7: badly cooked or unappetizing food or drink.
>
> 8: speech or writing full of bitter condemnation.
>
> 9: an intricate dance characterized by variations in tempo.
>
> 10: a form of cloak worn by monks and bishops in the E. Church
>
> 11: a term of reference for Egypt during the reign of Rameses II.
>
> 12: [Hindi] sayings attributed to a god (see all Lat. _verbum dei_)
>
> 13: a mythical siren having the upper torso of a woman and the body of a lion.
>
> 14: a decorative tag or tip for a cord or ribbon, usually of gold and sometimes set with gemstones or enameled.
>
> 15: _Gram._ the loss of a medial vowel, due generally to stress accent elsewhere in the word, as opposed to _sandhi_ [Skt]
>
> 16: [OE Mandy = Maundy} the purse of coins given by the sovereign (England) on Maundy Thursday to deserving citizens - one man and one woman for each year of the sovereign's reign - Begun by King Edward 1st (1272-1307) originally coin of the realm was used; since 1822 it consists of specially minted coins, "Maundy Money", which are however legal tender.
>
> Best wishes,
> Tim B.
>

[Daniel B. Widdis]

2 and 13 please

--
Dan

[Millie Morgan]

I agree with Dodi ... I don't think it's any of them either!
Let's try 1 and 12:

> 1: an invitation; a summons.
> 12: [Hindi] sayings attributed to a god (see all Lat. _verbum dei_)

All the best
Millie

[Judy Madnick]

<< 2: a variety of swamp-grass.

<< 6: a small pit viper of east-central Africa.


Judy Madnick

[EnDash@aol.com]

Numbers 5 and 14 please.

-- Dick Weltz

[Toni Savage]

12 abd 16 please.
*-- Toni Savage



----- Original Message ----
From: Tim B <dixonary (AT) siam (DOT) co.uk>
To: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
Sent: Sat, June 26, 2010 4:46:36 PM
Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2117 MANDYAS call for votes

As usual, this was not a good time to get the deal, with our grandson's birthday
today and my wife's birthday and our wedding anniversary both on Monday! The
definitions come to you a little later than intended, as I've just got back from
an exhausting day at Legoland. I shall have to make the voting deadline Monday
morning, and may well not be able to compile the results until an hour or two
later than stated.

Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one),
before the deadline, which is 8 am BST on Monday 28 June. That will be 0700
GMT/UTC, about 3 am in New York, or midnight Sunday/Monday on the West Coast.

New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this round. Don't
look in a dictionary.

1: an invitation; a summons.

2: a variety of swamp-grass.

3: a tropical kidney disease.

4: fingerless belay climbing gloves.

5: a sheepskin tambor with connected balls.

6: a small pit viper of east-central Africa.

7: badly cooked or unappetizing food or drink.

8: speech or writing full of bitter condemnation.

9: an intricate dance characterized by variations in tempo.

10: a form of cloak worn by monks and bishops in the E. Church

11: a term of reference for Egypt during the reign of Rameses II.

12: [Hindi]* sayings attributed to a god (see all Lat. _verbum dei_)

13: a mythical siren having the upper torso of a woman and the body of a lion.

14: a decorative tag or tip for a cord or ribbon, usually of gold and sometimes
set with gemstones or enameled.

15: _Gram._ the loss of a medial vowel, due generally to stress accent elsewhere
in the word, as opposed to _sandhi_ [Skt]

16: [OE Mandy = Maundy} the purse of coins given by the sovereign (England) on
Maundy Thursday to deserving citizens - one man and one woman for each year of
the sovereign's reign -* Begun by King Edward 1st (1272-1307) originally coin of
the realm was used; since 1822 it consists of specially minted coins, "Maundy
Money", which are however legal tender.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 1 and 14.

Guerri

Tim B wrote:
>
> 1: an invitation; a summons.
>
> 14: a decorative tag or tip for a cord or ribbon, usually of gold and
> sometimes set with gemstones or enameled.

[Dave Cunningham]

11 because no one got the nad joke I made, and 12 because I have yet to see a non-mythical siren.

Dave

[Paul Keating]

5 and 12.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague

[Tim Bourne]

> 11 because no one got the nad joke I made, and 12 because I have yet to
> see a non-mythical siren.

Did you mean 11 and 13, Dave? It was 13 that referred to a mythical siren.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[Tim Lodge]

To remind myself of a terrific trip to India a couple of years ago,
I'll go for the Hindi and the Sanskrit:

> 12: [Hindi] sayings attributed to a god (see all Lat. _verbum dei_)
>
> 15: _Gram._ the loss of a medial vowel, due generally to stress accent elsewhere in the word, as
> opposed to _sandhi_ [Skt]

-- Tim L

[Tim Lodge]

Dave

>> 11 because no one got the nad joke I made <<

I got it, FWIW. "Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

-- Tim L

[Dave Cunningham]

11 and 13 -- fumble fingered this week.

Dave

[Scott Crom]

I'll have 8 and 9, please.

Scott

[Matthew]

I vote for:

2: a variety of swamp-grass.

and

14: a decorative tag or tip for a cord or ribbon, usually of gold and
sometimes set with gemstones
or enameled.

Matthew Grieco

[Tony Abell]

How many people have tropical kidneys? I think I'll give that one a pass and
land on 4 and 5, since I can't clearly picture either:

> 4: fingerless belay climbing gloves.

> 5: a sheepskin tambor with connected balls.

[Chuck]

Tim -

I'll go for:

1: an invitation; a summons.

and

16: [OE Mandy = Maundy} the purse of coins given by the sovereign
(England) on Maundy Thursday to deserving citizens - one man and one
woman for each year of the sovereign's reign - Begun by King Edward 1st
(1272-1307) originally coin of the realm was used; since 1822 it
consists of specially minted coins, "Maundy Money", which are however
legal tender.

Thanks,

Chuck