Round 3147 MEEDYERN Defs

Tim Lodge

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Mar 3, 2021, 5:36:13 AM3/3/21

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Several of you commented that you found this a difficult word to define, so thanks for coming up with some cracking good ones. Here we have 14 imaginative defs of the word MEEDYERN, 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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*** MEEDYERN ***

1. A spring-fed pond.

2. Greedy for bribes, covetous.

3. [Arch. Theol.] the wages of sin.

4. A primitive hand-turned grain mill.

5. Toward the right; on the right side.

6. [Maine] A lobster too small to sell legally.

7. [Irish] Kilt or pleated skirt traditionally worn by men.

8. [Scot.] Aside, on or to one side; awry; off from the straight line.

9. [OE] collectively, the rights and responsibilities of a tenant farmer.

10. [Am. Midwest] the descendants of the siblings of one's great-grandparents.

11. With _the_ and _plural_ agreement. Those who love ease or luxury, considered as a class.

12. in the language of Chaucer's England, someone with an excessive fondness for strong drink.

13. [Wood Working] A bench with a revolving cutter head slightly protruding above its surface, for dressing boards.

14. [Irish, obs.] a brightly colored, striped linen tunic worn for the Celtic festival of Bealtaine, rarely seen today.

Paul Keating

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Mar 3, 2021, 6:30:29 AM3/3/21

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2, 11 & 12 all have the element of 'fondness' credibly rendering *yern*. But I only have two votes. I mistrust *meed* for 'drink' because the vowel looks wrong. So, 2 & 11.

Johnb - co.uk

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Mar 3, 2021, 6:44:13 AM3/3/21

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#2 and #12 please

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France International/Mike Shefler

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Mar 3, 2021, 8:42:08 AM3/3/21

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I'll go with 5 and 11.

Debbie

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Mar 3, 2021, 8:47:59 AM3/3/21

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4 and 5 please

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I'll go with 5 and 11.

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Tim Lodge

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Mar 3, 2021, 10:56:39 AM3/3/21

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Tim Bourne has voted by email for 4 and 13.

Judy Madnick

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Mar 3, 2021, 11:00:52 AM3/3/21

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They may be "cracking good" definitions, but that makes it difficult to make a choice!

I'll go with these:

7. [Irish] Kilt or pleated skirt traditionally worn by men.

and

14. [Irish, obs.] a brightly colored, striped linen tunic worn for the Celtic festival of Bealtaine, rarely seen today.

Judy Madnick

Fein, Deborah

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Mar 3, 2021, 12:35:55 PM3/3/21

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9 and 14, please. Deb

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Hero’s fall Cunningham

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Mar 3, 2021, 1:50:51 PM3/3/21

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5 as being wrong, and 12 as almost sane.

Dave

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Tim-

Hmm. I’ll try 2 and 9, please.

Alan

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Ryan McGill

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Mar 3, 2021, 3:42:32 PM3/3/21

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Let's go with the off-kilter (but not kilted) 5 and 8.

Shani Naylor

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Mar 3, 2021, 6:54:46 PM3/3/21

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I'll vote 1 & 14 for no particular reason.

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Daniel B Widdis

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Mar 3, 2021, 10:37:04 PM3/3/21

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6 reminds me of the crayfish/crawfish/crawdad discussion several rounds ago.

And 14 for the redundant “obs.” and “rarely seen today”.

nancygoat

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Mar 4, 2021, 1:38:51 AM3/4/21

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I'll take 5 and 8 also.

Nancy

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