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Old August 2nd, 2022, 12:39 PM
Paul Keating
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Default Re: [Dixonary] Round 3271 vote for tanbaste

4 & 5.

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On Tue, 2 Aug 2022, 17:19 'Mike Shefler' via Dixonary, <
dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com> wrote:

> Here are 10 definitions for TANBASTE, one of which came from a respectable
> dictionary.
> Vote for your two favorites no later than 10 AM, EDT, Thursday, August 4.
>
> 1. a light weight highly maneuverable French tank manufactured by
> Renault in WW2.
>
> 2. the move in Morris Dancing where diagonal partners hit sticks.
>
> 3. the widespread belief that the temple bell is sounded to invite the
> deity to accept the worship and prayers in the Hindu temple: "I ring
> this bell indicating the invocation of divinity, so that virtuous and
> noble forces enter (my home and heart); and the demonic and evil
> forces from within and without, depart".
>
> 4. a strong poison formerly used in Madagascar to determine the guilt or
> otherwise of crime suspects.
>
> 5. the bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and broken by a
> mill, for tanning hides; so called both before and after it has been
> used.
>
> 6. in wrestling, the practice of trying to make people believe that
> wrestlers are particular characters, when in fact they are only
> pretending to be those characters.
>
> 7. to blacken, make dirty, smut, smudge. Also in figurative context.
>
> 8. the name given by Cornish miners to the native tungstate of iron and
> manganese; wolfram.
>
> 9. a male brothel attendant.
>
> 10. unruly behavior.
>
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