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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3044 SPARSILE Defs - Vote Now!
#3 and #12 please
I think that earlier I mistakenly voted to Tim rather than the group *JohnnyB* On 21/01/2020 22:34, Tim Lodge wrote: > Here we have 12 defs of the word SPARSILE, only one of which came from > my dictionary.Â* Please vote for your two favoutites by public reply to > this message before the deadline, which is: > > Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 09:00 UTC/GMT on Thursday 23rd January > Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 10:00 CET > Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 4:00 AM EST > Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 1:00 AM PST > Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 20:00 AEDT in Melbourne > Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* 22:00 NZDT in New Zealand > > New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after > you've voted. > > --Â* Tim L > > Â**** SPARSILE *** > > Â*1. A picket fence. > > 2. Open to change. > > 3. Of a star: Not included in any constellation. > > 4. [Bot.] Having a hard sheath surrounding the stem. > > 5. In weaving, the cord or wire through which each thread is passed > into the warp. > > 6. a rocky grass covered islet completely covered only at spring > high-tides and storms. > > 7. _Naut._(_var._ of"Sparsail" q.v.,)a sail with two sheets set at the > stern of a dinghy. > > 8. To spring back, especially to resume a former position or structure > after being stretched or compressed. > > 9. a form of rigging in which a sail's angle of attack can be changed > by adjusting sheets attached to its spar. > > 10. (Typog.) a letter, or style of type, having a broader face than is > usual for a letter or type of the same height. > > 11. a class of goods manufactured from flexible materials, mainly used > in 17th century shipping manifests and rarely seen thereafter. > > 12. A sudden shift or slippage of the strata in a mine, often caused > by the collapse of a supporting pillar; a mining incident or accident > caused by this. > > -- > 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/di...oglegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dixonary/417bb395-6b20-4271-aa9c-b949a4d2810c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&u tm_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...hn-barrs.co.uk. |
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