Round 3069 vote for peccaid

[Mike Shefler]

Here are 14 definitions for peccaid, only one of which is correct.

Vote for  your two favorites no later than 10 AM EDT, Saturday May 2.

1.  a short band or strap, attached by one end and buttoning at the

other, used to fasten a coat or other garment whose edges do not

overlap. Also: a similar band attached at both ends for holding a

belt or sash in place, or sewn on simply as a decorative trimming.

Now historical.

2.  in South Wales, a measure of capacity for grain, also called a hobaid

= 4 pedwran, either 5, 5½ or 6 gallons.

3.  [Obs.] to fight with a barrier between, as a martial exercise.

4.  [Obs.] a bird of the woodpecker family.

5.  [Obs.]  illegitimate; conceived in sin.

6.  [Obs.] like or related to pigs.

7.  a charity dedicated to the reestablishment of a self-sustainable

population of collared peccaries in the Natural Reserve of Iberá in

Argentina.

8.  an enzymatic substance found in the stomachs of pigs, largely

composed of pepsin and trypsin.

9.  shaped like a thorn.

10.  a fishing spear with three barbed prongs.

11.  [Theol]  a multi-thonged whip used for self flagellation [from Latin

'peccavi' I have sinned]

12.  extremist or radical in politics.

13.  a short burst of machine gun fire.

14.  easily swayed; a mob mentality.

[Judy Madnick]

I'll go with the pigs:

 

6.  [Obs.] like or related to pigs.

8.  an enzymatic substance found in the stomachs of pigs, largely composed of pepsin and trypsin.

 

Judy Madnick

Albany, NY

[Debbie]

9 and 10 please

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[ALAN MALLACH]

Mike - for some strange reason, I didn't get the list of definitions. Could you resend? 

Alan

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[Johnb - co.uk]

#1 and #2 for me please (I did read them all - honest gov)

JohnnyB

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[Paul Keating]

2 & 8 for me.

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[Tim B]

9 and 10, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

[Daniel B Widdis]

I like 2 because of the uncertainty of the measurement, and 4 because I was just birdwatching.

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[Tim Lodge]

I'm tempted by the self-flagellation whip, but I'll go for safer options with 6 and 9.

6.  [Obs.] like or related to pigs.

9.  shaped like a thorn.

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[Efrem G Mallach]

I'll go with for the long and short of it: #1 and #9.

Efrem

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On Apr 30, 2020, at 11:20 AM, Mike Shefler <sta...@salsgiver.com> wrote:

Here are 14 definitions for peccaid, only one of which is correct.

Vote for  your two favorites no later than 10 AM EDT, Saturday May 2.

1.  a short band or strap, attached by one end and buttoning at the other, used to fasten a coat or other garment whose edges do not overlap. Also: a similar band attached at both ends for holding a belt or sash in place, or sewn on simply as a decorative trimming. Now historical.

[Dave Cunningham]

1 and 2 out of lack of time to think.

Dave

[Ryan McGill]

Let's go with the longest ones, though I believe them least of all.

1 & 7

1.  a short band or strap, attached by one end and buttoning at the

other, used to fasten a coat or other garment whose edges do not

overlap. Also: a similar band attached at both ends for holding a

belt or sash in place, or sewn on simply as a decorative trimming.

Now historical.

[Shani Naylor]

2 & 10 for me. 

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[ALAN MALLACH]

Wow. None of them seem terribly likely. I'll go with 2 and 5. 

Alan

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