[Dixonary] Round 2694 ZURLA Defs - Vote Now!

Here are 18 carefully-crafted defs of the word ZURLA, only one of which
came from my dictionary. Please vote by public reply to this message
before the deadline of:

10:00 CEDT on Sunday 27th March
or 09:00 BST for the dealer
or 4:00 AM EDT
or 1:00 AM PDT
or 19:00 AEDT in Melbourne
or 21:00 NZDT in Wellington

E&OE of course, due to the clocks going forward here in the UK.

New players are always welcome to join the game at any stage - just don't
look up the word until after you've voted.


-- Tim L


*** ZURLA ***

1. A male gypsy dancer.














2. A recumbent tricycle.














3. A phantom; an apparition.














4. Another name for the hula hoop.













5. [Afrik. dial.] surely, certainly.














6. Fretful excitement. [Obs. or Local]













7. Fashion term for zebra-like patterns.













8. Having greatly impaired vision; blind.













9. A musical instrument similar to a harp.













10. An anise-flavored 30-proof Spanish liqueur.












11. A carved teak bench on which Indonesian tribal leaders sit during
ceremonies.









12. [Pers.] a member of the elite palace guard during Iran's Pahlavi
dynasty (1925-79).









13. A sailor's (whaler's, etc.) name for a sudden violent squall, orig. in
the Straits of Magellan.








14. [Music.] A kind of shawm similar to the Turkish _zurna_, introduced
into Macedonia and neighbouring Balkan states by Romany peoples.



15. Grammatical triple number, contrasting with singular, dual and plural
[Tolomako, 'those three', referring to the three pronouns that exhibit it]



16. A contrivance used by Mongolian horsemen to carry someone unable to
ride across rough country, consisting of a sort of hammock slung between
two closely-harnessed horses.
17. [13th Cent.] a mixture of tree branches and stones, which could be
doused with oil and set aflame, used to fill the space between the outer
and inner faces of a fortification wall.
18. A tetragonal silicate of calcium and aluminium, occurring as
honey-yellow crystals in igneous and metamorphic rocks and many slags.
Also: any of a group of related minerals which includes this species,
having the general formula A2BZSiO7 (where A = Na or Ca, B = Al, Be, Mg, or
Zn, and Z = Al or Si).

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