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Old January 26th, 2018, 08:40 PM
Efrem G Mallach
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Default [Dixonary] Vote in Round 2867, ABACULUS

Folks,

Here are exactly a dozen definitions of ABACULUS. One of them is correct. There may be alternate realities in which the other eleven are correct, but we don't know about them (unless eleven players are channeling them). They have been edited for format consistency and are in ascending order by character count, which may not correspond to visual length in your email display font. Please vote for two that you like for any reason (such as, but not necessarily, thinking that they might be correct in our reality) by public Reply to this message before the deadline that follows the list.

1. a small metal gate.

2. [Obs. Med.] the spine.

3. a small tile used in a mosaic.

4. an ancient grave mound; a barrow.

5. a profoundly unwise person or policy.

6. a grain of sand, a measure of time (see _Cumaean Sibyl_).

7. a number leaving the same remainder when divided into two others.

8. computer age version of an abacus with inbuilt algorithms available by squeezing the balls

9. a short-lived popular name for the difference engine designed by Charles Babbage (1791-1871).

10. the primordial matter of the universe, orig. conceived as composed of neutrons at high temperature and density.

11. a subtractive timepiece used to show time remaining until a deadline, commonly used to mark time at sporting events.

12. an intermediate irrigation ditch in ancient Egypt, probably fed from the Nile by Archimedean screw and in turn feeding into a field ditch.

The deadline for voting is 47+ hours from now: 9 pm on Sunday, Jan. 28, in US EST. According to timeanddate.com <http://timeanddate.com/>, that is:



and other times in other places. You may want to check the conversion that applies to you. That site, though good, doesn't claim to be perfect. The North American and European times look right to me, but I'm less sure of the Antipodean conversions.

New players are welcome to vote, even if you didn't submit a definition for this word - as are, of course, veteran players who happened not to. Full rules at http://www.dixonary.net/game-rules-and-advice/rules <http://www.dixonary.net/game-rules-and-advice/rules> .

Happy voting,

Efrem


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