[Dixonary] Round 3124 OXER Voting Time

Folks,

A respectable 14 definitions of OXER follow. One - only one - is correct. The rest are products of your imaginations. They have been edited, very slightly, for format consistency and are in ascending order by character count.. That might not always correspond to visual length in your email display font.

Please vote for two by Reply to this message before the deadline that follows the list. If you realize on seeing the definitions that you know what OXER means, let me know by private email to emallach (AT) verizon (DOT) net <mailto:emallach (AT) verizon (DOT) net>.

1. the aubergine.

2. a short-sleeved sweater.

3. a lazy or feckless person; an idler.

4. a wading shorebird with a reddish bill.

5. the western cattle egret Bubulcus ibis.

6. slang term for a native of Auckland, New Zealand.

7. in equestrian competition, a horse jump with two rails.

8. [obs.] a neckerchief, often made of silk or other soft material.

9. [obs. Yorkshire dial.] an eight year old, or a small child; poss. from German acht.

10. a minor local ruler or official of the Persian Parthian and Sasanian Empires (248 BC–651 AD).

11. a large serving platter, usually silver but sometimes gold, on which meat would be served in medieval times.

12. a spicy stew, similar to Irish or Mulligan stew; popular as the basis for civic fund-raisers in the American Midwest.

13. [Mach.] a rolled bar or plate of iron having one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted.

14. colloquial for "oxpecker" [endemic to Sub-Saharan savannah, one of two species of bird that ride large mammals feeding on insects and ticks that infest the hide of these animals]

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Vote away!

Efrem

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