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Old January 22nd, 2020, 05:00 AM
Johnb - co.uk
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Default 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.
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