Millie Morgan
August 23rd, 2010, 01:22 AM
Here for your bewilderment are 19 HANSELIN definitions, only one of which is
endorsed by a dictionary.
Please send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message
before the deadline:
8:00am Wed 25/8/ Melb.
3:00pm Tue 24/8 PDT
5:00pm Tue 24/8 CDT
6:00pm Tue 24/8 EDT
11:00pm Tue 24/8 BST
Happy voting,
Millie
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HANSELIN
1: handmade vellum paper
2: a waxy substance secreted by termites
3: a freshwater ciliate protozoan
4: An elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift
5: crooked stick used by butchers for hanging carcasses
6: of or pertaining to the Han dynasty, particularly those parts of the
Great Wall of China built during the Han period (206 BCE to 220 CE).
7: 1. the first sale for a store. 2. a token of good luck given at the
start of the year. (also _handsel_ )
8: a 17th century fur- and fish-trading guild encompassing primarily the
Hanseatic cities of Lübeck, Danzig, and Königsberg
9: a man-at-arms aboard a ship of the Hanseatic League
10: distinctive tunics or jackets worn by merchants of the Hanseatic League
(see entry) to ensure mutual help
11: (Obs.) A kind of jacket or `slop', worn by men in the 14th c.
12: (Obsolete) A jester's cap; a cockscomb.
13: a mitten
14: a merchant's wife
15: a person from a backwoods area
16: An ester of glycerol and palmitic acid.
17: A family of pharmaceuticals which improve endurance and resistance to
disease
18: an antibiotic derived from the mountain rue, _Anemonella hansela_, used
esp. to treat certain infections of the respiratory system
19: a reduction produced from sap oozed by the bark of certain eucalypts.
Commonly used in dermatological and cosmetic preparations
endorsed by a dictionary.
Please send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message
before the deadline:
8:00am Wed 25/8/ Melb.
3:00pm Tue 24/8 PDT
5:00pm Tue 24/8 CDT
6:00pm Tue 24/8 EDT
11:00pm Tue 24/8 BST
Happy voting,
Millie
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HANSELIN
1: handmade vellum paper
2: a waxy substance secreted by termites
3: a freshwater ciliate protozoan
4: An elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift
5: crooked stick used by butchers for hanging carcasses
6: of or pertaining to the Han dynasty, particularly those parts of the
Great Wall of China built during the Han period (206 BCE to 220 CE).
7: 1. the first sale for a store. 2. a token of good luck given at the
start of the year. (also _handsel_ )
8: a 17th century fur- and fish-trading guild encompassing primarily the
Hanseatic cities of Lübeck, Danzig, and Königsberg
9: a man-at-arms aboard a ship of the Hanseatic League
10: distinctive tunics or jackets worn by merchants of the Hanseatic League
(see entry) to ensure mutual help
11: (Obs.) A kind of jacket or `slop', worn by men in the 14th c.
12: (Obsolete) A jester's cap; a cockscomb.
13: a mitten
14: a merchant's wife
15: a person from a backwoods area
16: An ester of glycerol and palmitic acid.
17: A family of pharmaceuticals which improve endurance and resistance to
disease
18: an antibiotic derived from the mountain rue, _Anemonella hansela_, used
esp. to treat certain infections of the respiratory system
19: a reduction produced from sap oozed by the bark of certain eucalypts.
Commonly used in dermatological and cosmetic preparations