Round 3205 vote for PRAAV

[Mike Shefler]

ONly got one more def in spite of the deadline extension, so here we go with

11 definitions of praav. Vote for your 2 favorites no later than 10 AM, EDT, Wednesday October 27.

1.  [Thieves slang] empty, of no value (said of a target for robbery).

2.  traditional Lithuanian stew, made with cabbage, goat and beer.

3.  [Slovene] the title of the eldest daughter in a large family where

there are many more daughters than sons.

4.  a school of thought within Hinduism, with a smaller following than

the 6 main philosophies, primarily found in Bangladesh, and

emphasizing worship and recitation of holy texts.

5.  an ardent spirit made originally esp. in Poland, chiefly distilled

from potatoes.

6.  self-important; snobbish.

7.  a hornblende-biotite granite first described by Finnish petrologist

Jakob Sederholm in 1891. When used as a building material it is also

known as Baltic Brown.

8.  in Hinduism, the quality of God as preserver and protector,

personified in Vishnu.

9.  follower, adherent.

10.  a sea-worm, of the family Nereidae.

11.  of a bird; to lose height rapidly by flying upside down.

[Debbie Embler]

6 and 7 please.

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[Judy Madnick]

1 and 11 because I have no clue and they look nice together. LOL!

 

Judy Madnick

1.  [Thieves slang] empty, of no value (said of a target for robbery).

2.  traditional Lithuanian stew, made with cabbage, goat and beer.

4.  a school of thought within Hinduism, with a smaller following than

the 6 main philosophies, primarily found in Bangladesh, and

emphasizing worship and recitation of holy texts.

5.  an ardent spirit made originally esp. in Poland, chiefly distilled

from potatoes.

6.  self-important; snobbish.

7.  a hornblende-biotite granite first described by Finnish petrologist

Jakob Sederholm in 1891. When used as a building material it is also

known as Baltic Brown.

8.  in Hinduism, the quality of God as preserver and protector,

personified in Vishnu.

[Fein, Deborah]

Not the foggiest, so I'll go with 5 and 2.  YUM.

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Deborah Fein, Ph.D.
UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychological Sciences
Department of Pediatrics
University of Connecticut
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[Johnb - co.uk]

I love the idea of an ardent spirit and it must have been imbibed in order to fly upside down

so #5 and #11 please

JohnnyB

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[Paul Keating]

I would go for the food & drink, but it doesn't look to me much like Polish or Lithuanian.  I'll take 1 and 10.

P

[Tim Lodge]

I'll suspend disbelief and vote for 7 and 8.

7.  a hornblende-biotite granite first described by Finnish petrologist

Jakob Sederholm in 1891. When used as a building material it is also

known as Baltic Brown.

8.  in Hinduism, the quality of God as preserver and protector,

personified in Vishnu.

-- Tim L 

[Tim B]

7 and 10, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

[Ann Druce]

1 and 9 for me.

 

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Ann

 

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[Efrem G Mallach]

Narrowed it down to three that seem marginally less implausible than the others, then probably tossed the real one ... anyhow, 4 and 7.

Efrem

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On Oct 25, 2021, at 12:38 PM, 'Mike Shefler' via Dixonary <dixo...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

ONly got one more def in spite of the deadline extension, so here we go with

11 definitions of praav. Vote for your 2 favorites no later than 10 AM, EDT, Wednesday October 27.

4.  a school of thought within Hinduism, with a smaller following than the 6 main philosophies, primarily found in Bangladesh, and emphasizing worship and recitation of holy texts.

[Shani Naylor]

I'll vote 1 & 8 because I don't have any better ideas.

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[Tony Abell]

I'll toss my votes away on 5 and 7:

> 5. an ardent spirit made originally esp. in Poland, chiefly distilled
> from potatoes.