Round 3270 SNADE Defs

Tim Lodge

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Jul 29, 2022, 3:32:17 PM7/29/22

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The deadline extension only produced two more defs, so here we have 9 defs of the word SNADE, only one of which comes from my dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites by public reply to this message before the deadline, which is:

09:00 UTC/GMT on Sunday 31st July
10:00 BST in London
11:00 CET in France and the Netherlands
5:00 AM EDT in New York
2:00 AM PDT in California
21:00 NZST in New Zealand

New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've voted.

-- Tim L

*** SNADE ***

1. Clean-shaven.

2. Something nasty.

3. [OE] a pen enclosing a small pond for keeping ducks or geese.

4. (Mediev.) a coarse sand mixed with potash to produce glass windows

5. [Cornish dialect] A piece cut from the tail of a mackerel for use as bait.

6. In English folk magic and witchcraft, a healer, diviner and breaker of spells.

7. In curling, a throw that misses the house but knocks an opponent's stone into it.

8. An ornament, such as a rosette or knot of ribbon, usually worn on the hat as a badge.

9. A piece of wood split off from timber, esp. such a piece used in building a fire, a block, a billet.

Paul Keating

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Jul 29, 2022, 3:35:51 PM7/29/22

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I vote for 3 & 8.

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Judy Madnick

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Jul 29, 2022, 3:46:05 PM7/29/22

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I'll try 3 and 4:

3. [OE] a pen enclosing a small pond for keeping ducks or geese.

4. (Mediev.) a coarse sand mixed with potash to produce glass windows

Judy Madnick

France International/Mike Shefler

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Jul 29, 2022, 3:58:20 PM7/29/22

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I'll go for 4 and 8.

Berger, Deborah

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Jul 29, 2022, 4:22:12 PM7/29/22

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3 and 5 look good to me.

Deborah Fein, Ph.D.
UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychological Sciences
Department of Pediatrics
University of Connecticut
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Daniel B Widdis

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Jul 29, 2022, 4:23:39 PM7/29/22

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Sorry I missed submitting one.

I’ll go with 5 and 8.

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The deadline extension only produced two more defs, so here we have 9 defs of the word SNADE, only one of which comes from my dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites by public reply to this message before the deadline, which is:

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Shani Naylor

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Jul 29, 2022, 10:32:11 PM7/29/22

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Ducks & curling for me. 3 & 7.

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John Barrs

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Jul 30, 2022, 7:02:03 AM7/30/22

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having no idea I will go for the two bits #5 and #9

JohnnyB

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Chowie

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Jul 30, 2022, 8:25:16 AM7/30/22

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1 and 2 please.

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Tim Lodge

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Jul 30, 2022, 9:13:08 AM7/30/22

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Date: 30/07/2022 12:59 (GMT+00:00)

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Subject: Re: [Dixonary] Round 3270 SNADE Defs - Vote Now!

1 is certainly possible, and I quite like the idea of 7.

Tony Abell

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Jul 30, 2022, 6:45:02 PM7/30/22

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I fancy the removed pieces: 5 and 9:

> 5. [Cornish dialect] A piece cut from the tail of a mackerel for use as
> bait.

Efrem Mallach

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Jul 30, 2022, 10:13:03 PM7/30/22

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Two connected to the animal kingdom: 3 snd 5.

Efrem

On Jul 29, 2022, at 3:32 PM, Tim Lodge <d...@timlodge.co.uk> wrote:

The deadline extension only produced two more defs, so here we have 9 defs of the word SNADE, only one of which comes from my dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites by public reply to this message before the deadline, which is:

09:00 UTC/GMT on Sunday 31st July
10:00 BST in London
11:00 CET in France and the Netherlands
5:00 AM EDT in New York
2:00 AM PDT in California
21:00 NZST in New Zealand

New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've voted.

-- Tim L

*** SNADE ***

3. [OE] a pen enclosing a small pond for keeping ducks or geese.
5. [Cornish dialect] A piece cut from the tail of a mackerel for use as bait.

Tim Lodge

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Jul 31, 2022, 4:53:15 AM7/31/22

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There will be a slight delay - I'll post results at about 1130 BST/6.30AM EDT.

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