[Dixonary] Round 3530 DROMON voting time!

[Efrem Mallach]

Folks,

To quote Lewis Carroll's walrus, "the time has come." Below are fourteen possible definitions of DROMON, ordered by character count. One is its real meaning. The others were proposed by players to be named later. Your task is to vote for two of them - because you think they might be correct, because you want to reward their writers' creativity, or because your random number generator (e.g., =RANDBETWEEN(1,14) in Excel) produced their numbers. 

Voting will close in 36+ hours from now:

Boston, USA             Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 9:00 am EDT

Chicago, USA           Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 8:00 am CDT

Los Angeles, USA       Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 6:00 am PDT

Wellington, New Zealand Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 2:00 am NZDT

Paris, France           Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 2:00 pm CET

London, United Kingdom Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 1:00 pm GMT

or perhaps earlier if all those who submitted definitions have voted. So, if you didn't submit one but would like to vote, please vote early or let us know that you intend to. 

New players are welcome to vote, as long as you don't know what DROMON means and don't look it up before voting. 

The definitions are:

1. [Gk.] An architectural hemisphere.

2. An elder in traditional Persian cultures.

3. A Byzantine galley powered by both oars and sails.

4. [Iceland] A summons to appear and give testimony before the Alþingi.

5. A fixed marker or device used to indicate a preferred or established course.

6. A stone slab closing the entrance to a Neolithic tomb, such as a tumulus or long barrow.

7. A red dragon-like worm living in wells and not capable of flying but still very dangerous.

8. A control station for verifying and adjusting the actions of up to two dozen military drones. 

9. A spicy noodle dish with vegetables that has been a staple in Japan since early in the Meiji era (1868-1912).

10. In a body of fresh water, that part of the environment composed of a sandy beach and bottom lakeward from the water line. 

11. A geometric figure that consists of two parallel lines that form the facing sides of a rectangle [ < Gk drómos ‘race-course, avenue’]

12. A fan made of metal, leather, silk, parchment or feathers, intended to keep away insects from a priest or noble, as well as to show honour.

13. A stone not forming part of a stone circle, but believed to be associated with it, perhaps indicating a bearing of some astronomical feature.

14. A flowering plant in the baobab family, native to Madagascar. Fully mature specimens can assume the form of an American football, balanced on a small base, swelling in the middle to as much as sixteen feet.

Efrem

[Shani Naylor]

I'll vote for the stones, 6 & 13.

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[hugo]

I'll fall for 4 and 6

Hugo

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[Chowie]

2 and 13 please

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[Daniel B Widdis]

I believe the etymology of 11 and think it might apply to 3 as well.​

[Tim Bourne]

Let's try 5 and 6, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

[collect]

3 and 11 this time …

Dave

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[Judy Madnick]

Trying something different to spread the votes around:

9. A spicy noodle dish with vegetables that has been a staple in Japan since early in the Meiji era (1868-1912).

 

and
 

[Eric Boxer]

Rock n' Roll! I'll vote for 6 and 13.

-- Eric

[Tim Lodge]

I'll vote for 1 and 13:

            1. [Gk.] An architectural hemisphere. 

           13. A stone not forming part of a stone circle, but believed to be associated with it, perhaps indicating a bearing of some astronomical feature.

-- Tim L

[Paul Keating]

I'll follow Dan and Dave. 3 and 11.

P

[nancygoat]

I'll take 2 and 3.

Nancy