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July 21st, 2022, 05:35 AM
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[Dixonary] Round 3268 HARMAN Defs - Vote Now!
Here we have 10 defs of the word HARMAN, only one of which comes from my
dictionary. There are some great inventions here - I hope I've managed to get the text decorations as you wished them. Please vote for your two favourites by public reply to this message before the deadline, which is: 09:00 UTC/GMT on Saturday 23rd July 10:00 BST in London 11:00 CET in France and the Netherlands 5:00 AM EDT in New York 2:00 AM PDT in California 21:00 NZST in New Zealand New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've voted. -- Tim L *** HARMAN *** 1. an obnoxious or despicable male. 2. Ox or horse drawn two-wheeled vehicle. 3. A style of swaddling blanket for newborns. 4. (Gr. Antiq.) A heavy-armed infantry soldier. 5. A smuggler (esp of sheep, from England to France). 6. a type of wooden saddle used by Spaniards in the 14th and 15th centuries. 7. 1. plural *harmans*, the stocks. 2. Short for *harman-beck* n.: A constable. 8. [rural Scot. obs.] a secondary officer of the law who can take evidence in cases of straying animals etc. Usually used negatively as in the phrase *dinna tell the harman* [from hardman] 9. Thought to be a threshing floor, known only from the medieval verse "Twenty turns ye harman round / Cavil, cavil all ye horses" found with an illustration of same in a copy of "The Owl and the Nightingale" (c. 1200, author unk.) 10. ermine [OF *(h)ermine* infl. by eME *harma* < OE *hearma* ‘dormouse, ferret, stoat, weasel’; remoter etymology disputed, but both poss. ult. from PIE **kʹormōn* represented by OHG *harmo* and Lithuanian *szermu̇*] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...oglegroups.com. 
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July 21st, 2022, 06:32 AM
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RE: [Dixonary] Round 3268 HARMAN Defs - Vote Now!
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4. (Gr. Antiq.) A heavy-armed infantry soldier. 5. A smuggler (esp of sheep, from England to France). for me today. Judy Madnick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dixonary/0004EDD7071507203117001002%40LAPTOP-NG0A64CK.
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July 21st, 2022, 08:24 AM
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3268 HARMAN Defs - Vote Now!
I'll fall for 2 and 7.
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July 21st, 2022, 08:35 AM
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3268 HARMAN Defs - Vote Now!
I'm with Judy on this one. 4 and 5 please.
On Thu, Jul 21, 2022, 6:35 AM Tim Lodge <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk> wrote: > Here we have 10 defs of the word HARMAN, only one of which comes from my > dictionary. There are some great inventions here - I hope I've managed to > get the text decorations as you wished them. Please vote for your two > favourites by public reply to this message before the deadline, which is: > > 09:00 UTC/GMT on Saturday 23rd July > 10:00 BST in London > 11:00 CET in France and the Netherlands > 5:00 AM EDT in New York > 2:00 AM PDT in California > 21:00 NZST in New Zealand > > > New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've > voted. > > -- Tim L > > *** HARMAN *** > > 1. an obnoxious or despicable male. > > 2. Ox or horse drawn two-wheeled vehicle. > > 3. A style of swaddling blanket for newborns. > > 4. (Gr. Antiq.) A heavy-armed infantry soldier. > > 5. A smuggler (esp of sheep, from England to France). > > 6. a type of wooden saddle used by Spaniards in the 14th and 15th > centuries. > > 7. 1. plural *harmans*, the stocks. 2. Short for *harman-beck* n.: A > constable. > > 8. [rural Scot. obs.] a secondary officer of the law who can take > evidence in cases of straying animals etc. Usually used negatively as in > the phrase *dinna tell the harman* [from hardman] > > 9. Thought to be a threshing floor, known only from the medieval verse > "Twenty turns ye harman round / Cavil, cavil all ye horses" found with an > illustration of same in a copy of "The Owl and the Nightingale" (c. 1200, > author unk.) > > 10. ermine [OF *(h)ermine* infl. by eME *harma* < OE *hearma* ‘dormouse, > ferret, stoat, weasel’; remoter etymology disputed, but both poss.. ult. > from PIE **kʹormōn* represented by OHG *harmo* and Lithuanian *szermu̇*] > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Dixonary" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...oglegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dixonary/2f5fe80c-7b95-426c-ac9a-a3449c673312n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email& utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...mail.gmail.com.
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July 21st, 2022, 09:09 AM
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3268 HARMAN Defs - Vote Now!
8 and 9. If I had 3 votes, I'd go for 10, all just for creativity - beautiful!
Deborah Fein, Ph.D. UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Department of Psychological Sciences Department of Pediatrics University of Connecticut deborah.fein (AT) uconn (DOT) edu<ht...in%40uconn.edu> ________________________________ From: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com> on behalf of Tim Lodge <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2022 6:35 AM To: Dixonary <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com> Subject: [Dixonary] Round 3268 HARMAN Defs - Vote Now! *Message sent from a system outside of UConn.* Here we have 10 defs of the word HARMAN, only one of which comes from my dictionary. There are some great inventions here - I hope I've managed to get the text decorations as you wished them. Please vote for your two favourites by public reply to this message before the deadline, which is: 09:00 UTC/GMT on Saturday 23rd July 10:00 BST in London 11:00 CET in France and the Netherlands 5:00 AM EDT in New York 2:00 AM PDT in California 21:00 NZST in New Zealand New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've voted. -- Tim L *** HARMAN *** 1. an obnoxious or despicable male. 2. Ox or horse drawn two-wheeled vehicle. 3. A style of swaddling blanket for newborns. 4. (Gr. Antiq.) A heavy-armed infantry soldier. 5. A smuggler (esp of sheep, from England to France). 6. a type of wooden saddle used by Spaniards in the 14th and 15th centuries. 7. 1. plural harmans, the stocks. 2. Short for harman-beck n.: A constable. 8. [rural Scot. obs.] a secondary officer of the law who can take evidence in cases of straying animals etc. Usually used negatively as in the phrase dinna tell the harman [from hardman] 9. Thought to be a threshing floor, known only from the medieval verse "Twenty turns ye harman round / Cavil, cavil all ye horses" found with an illustration of same in a copy of "The Owl and the Nightingale" (c. 1200, author unk.) 10. ermine [OF (h)ermine infl. by eME harma < OE hearma ‘dormouse, ferret, stoat, weasel’; remoter etymology disputed, but both poss. ult. from PIE *kʹormōn represented by OHG harmo and Lithuanian szermu̇] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com<mailto:dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dixonary/2f5fe80c-7b95-426c-ac9a-a3449c673312n%40googlegroups.com<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fd%2Fmsgid%2 Fdixonary%2F2f5fe80c-7b95-426c-ac9a-a3449c673312n%2540googlegroups.com%3Futm_medium%3D email%26utm_source%3Dfooter&data=05%7C01%7C%7C68f1 0fbc67454f9a353a08da6b04c2d3%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9d f9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C637939965445778015%7CUnkno wn%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luM zIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C& sdata=hBbUxEJjr2j9w%2FL6szrV9wRGMVabU93j13zrI%2BUS wp0%3D&reserved=0>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...od.outlook.com.
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July 21st, 2022, 12:58 PM
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3268 HARMAN Defs - Vote Now!
I vote for 7 and 9.
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July 22nd, 2022, 12:33 AM
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3268 HARMAN Defs - Vote Now!
I'll vote 7 & 8 as being very vaguely similar.
On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 10:35 PM Tim Lodge <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk> wrote: > Here we have 10 defs of the word HARMAN, only one of which comes from my > dictionary. There are some great inventions here - I hope I've managed to > get the text decorations as you wished them. Please vote for your two > favourites by public reply to this message before the deadline, which is: > > 09:00 UTC/GMT on Saturday 23rd July > 10:00 BST in London > 11:00 CET in France and the Netherlands > 5:00 AM EDT in New York > 2:00 AM PDT in California > 21:00 NZST in New Zealand > > > New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've > voted. > > -- Tim L > > *** HARMAN *** > > 1. an obnoxious or despicable male. > > 2. Ox or horse drawn two-wheeled vehicle. > > 3. A style of swaddling blanket for newborns. > > 4. (Gr. Antiq.) A heavy-armed infantry soldier. > > 5. A smuggler (esp of sheep, from England to France). > > 6. a type of wooden saddle used by Spaniards in the 14th and 15th > centuries. > > 7. 1. plural *harmans*, the stocks. 2. Short for *harman-beck* n.: A > constable. > > 8. [rural Scot. obs.] a secondary officer of the law who can take > evidence in cases of straying animals etc. Usually used negatively as in > the phrase *dinna tell the harman* [from hardman] > > 9. Thought to be a threshing floor, known only from the medieval verse > "Twenty turns ye harman round / Cavil, cavil all ye horses" found with an > illustration of same in a copy of "The Owl and the Nightingale" (c. 1200, > author unk.) > > 10. ermine [OF *(h)ermine* infl. by eME *harma* < OE *hearma* ‘dormouse, > ferret, stoat, weasel’; remoter etymology disputed, but both poss.. ult. > from PIE **kʹormōn* represented by OHG *harmo* and Lithuanian *szermu̇*] > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Dixonary" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...oglegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dixonary/2f5fe80c-7b95-426c-ac9a-a3449c673312n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email& utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...mail.gmail.com.
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July 22nd, 2022, 04:01 AM
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3268 HARMAN Defs - Vote Now!
#6 and #7 please
On Thu, 21 Jul 2022 at 11:35, Tim Lodge <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk> wrote: > Here we have 10 defs of the word HARMAN, only one of which comes from my > dictionary. There are some great inventions here - I hope I've managed to > get the text decorations as you wished them. Please vote for your two > favourites by public reply to this message before the deadline, which is: > > 09:00 UTC/GMT on Saturday 23rd July > 10:00 BST in London > 11:00 CET in France and the Netherlands > 5:00 AM EDT in New York > 2:00 AM PDT in California > 21:00 NZST in New Zealand > > > New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've > voted. > > -- Tim L > > *** HARMAN *** > > 1. an obnoxious or despicable male. > > 2. Ox or horse drawn two-wheeled vehicle. > > 3. A style of swaddling blanket for newborns. > > 4. (Gr. Antiq.) A heavy-armed infantry soldier. > > 5. A smuggler (esp of sheep, from England to France). > > 6. a type of wooden saddle used by Spaniards in the 14th and 15th > centuries. > > 7. 1. plural *harmans*, the stocks. 2. Short for *harman-beck* n.: A > constable. > > 8. [rural Scot. obs.] a secondary officer of the law who can take > evidence in cases of straying animals etc. Usually used negatively as in > the phrase *dinna tell the harman* [from hardman] > > 9. Thought to be a threshing floor, known only from the medieval verse > "Twenty turns ye harman round / Cavil, cavil all ye horses" found with an > illustration of same in a copy of "The Owl and the Nightingale" (c. 1200, > author unk.) > > 10. ermine [OF *(h)ermine* infl. by eME *harma* < OE *hearma* ‘dormouse, > ferret, stoat, weasel’; remoter etymology disputed, but both poss.. ult. > from PIE **kʹormōn* represented by OHG *harmo* and Lithuanian *szermu̇*] > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Dixonary" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...oglegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dixonary/2f5fe80c-7b95-426c-ac9a-a3449c673312n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email& utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...mail.gmail.com.
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July 22nd, 2022, 11:20 AM
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3268 HARMAN Defs - Vote Now!
A 5 might find themselves in the 7.
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July 23rd, 2022, 08:15 AM
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3268 HARMAN Defs - Vote Now!
Sorry for the delay - real life has intervened. I should be able to post
the results in about an hour's time. -- Tim L On Friday, 22 July 2022 at 17:20:32 UTC+1 Daniel Widdis wrote: > A 5 might find themselves in the 7. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...oglegroups.com.
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