Round 3023 - Adelaster - The Defs

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Stephen Dixon

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Oct 27, 2019, 10:50:51 AM10/27/19
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Here we go, with thirteen excellent definitions for ** ADELASTER ** only one of which is real.

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8 PM EDT Monday, October 28 - US
Midnight GMT/UTC  (London)
1:00 AM Tuesday, October 29  (Paris)
2:00 AM  Tuesday, October 29  (Jerusalem)
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9:00 Am  Tuesday, October 29  (Tokyo)
11:00 AM Tuesday, October 29  (Sydney, AUS)

ADELASTER:

1.      an embossed official seal affixed to documents issued by a government body, proving their authenticity.   

2.      one who entertains foolish speculations.  

3.      a neutron star; sometimes also used for a black-hole [Gk, adelos = unseen + aster = star]

4.      the principal magistrate, comparable to a mayor, of a city or town in the Netherlands, Flanders, Austria, or Germany.

5.      a small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.

6.      a kind of pottage, of which a mess was offered to the Kings of England on their coronation-day, by the lord of the manor of Addington in Surrey, being the ‘service’ by which that manor was held. 

7.      an ornamental houseplant having mostly roundish leaves with dominant white veins; provisional name for a plant whose flowers are unknown.

8.      a mounted spearman in the Persian army; a formation of such spearmen.

9.      a medicinal poultice made of flowers and herbs.

10.   a hybrid flower patented by Luther Burbank in 1912.

11.   a form of flexible last for boot-making.

12.   a patented device to assist with the donning of a corset.

13.   a clerical figure who anoints royalty with divine blessing.


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France International/Mike Shefler

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Oct 27, 2019, 11:36:09 AM10/27/19
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I'll go with 4 and 12.
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Dave Cunningham

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Oct 27, 2019, 2:22:02 PM10/27/19
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3 and 4 because of the font switch.

Dave

Stephen Dixon

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Oct 27, 2019, 2:31:46 PM10/27/19
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Well, that's just my screw-up from moving things around. Having to handle the definitions and the posting manually, I had so many versions before I posted it that it makes me look extra stupid for the inconsistency.

It should be taken as no kind of clue.

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Tim B

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Oct 27, 2019, 3:15:27 PM10/27/19
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7 and 8, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

Judy Madnick

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Oct 27, 2019, 3:22:27 PM10/27/19
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1.      an embossed official seal affixed to documents issued by a government body, proving their authenticity.   

13.   a clerical figure who anoints royalty with divine blessing.


 
Judy Madnick
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Debbie

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Oct 27, 2019, 3:48:45 PM10/27/19
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8 and 12 please.

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Tim Lodge

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Oct 27, 2019, 5:55:06 PM10/27/19
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It might be 5, or 8, but probably neither!

5.      a small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.

8.      a mounted spearman in the Persian army; a formation of such spearmen.

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Tony Abell

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Oct 27, 2019, 6:31:57 PM10/27/19
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I'll nod to the officials, 4 and 13:

> 4. the principal magistrate, comparable to a mayor, of
> a city or town in the Netherlands, Flanders, Austria, or Germany.

Efrem G Mallach

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Oct 27, 2019, 6:47:56 PM10/27/19
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Nos. 1 and 4 appeal to me for no particular reason.

Efrem

On Oct 27, 2019, at 10:50 AM, Stephen Dixon <steved...@gmail.com> wrote:

Here we go, with thirteen excellent definitions for ** ADELASTER ** only one of which is real.

Vote for TWO by publicly replying to this message. new voter/players are welcome but do not look up the word until after you have sent your vote.

The deadline for voting will be:

8 PM EDT Monday, October 28 - US
Midnight GMT/UTC  (London)
1:00 AM Tuesday, October 29  (Paris)
2:00 AM  Tuesday, October 29  (Jerusalem)
3:00 AM  Tuesday, October 29  (Moscow)
9:00 Am  Tuesday, October 29  (Tokyo)
11:00 AM Tuesday, October 29  (Sydney, AUS)

ADELASTER:
1.      an embossed official seal affixed to documents issued by a government body, proving their authenticity.   

Shani Naylor

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Oct 27, 2019, 8:41:12 PM10/27/19
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2 & 12 for me because I am foolishly speculating about what the patented corset device might look like. 



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Stephen Dixon

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Oct 27, 2019, 9:29:05 PM10/27/19
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Hahaha... Whatever works, Shani.

nancygoat

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Oct 27, 2019, 10:07:54 PM10/27/19
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None of the above.  Or if I'm forced to answer: 2 and 9

Nancy

Daniel B Widdis

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Oct 27, 2019, 11:56:28 PM10/27/19
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6 because “a kind of” is often the def, and 3 for the etymology

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Ryan McGill

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Oct 28, 2019, 11:33:53 AM10/28/19
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10 & 11 to spread that def-love around.
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