Round 3137 vote for RAENIN

[Mike Shefler]

Here are 13 definitions for RAENIN, one of which came from a respectable dictionary.

Vote for your 2 favorites no later than 10 ASM, EST, Wednesday, January 27.

1.  a patent medicine in composition similar to laudanum, sold in central

and eastern Europe early in the twentieth century.

2.  [Japanese] a public servant who administers community funds; a

treasurer, bursar, or tax collector.

3.  whimpering.

4.  a leaflike or scalelike plant part, usually small, sometimes showy or

brightly colored, and located just below a flower, a flower stalk, or

an inflorescence.

5.  a complex polysaccharide occurring in certain species of mosses.

6.  the chemical element that gives Scotch Whisky its 'peaty' flavor.

7.  an artificial rennin substitute used in cheese making.

8.  [So called from Wm. Raenin, of Edinburgh, who first proposed it.]

(Opt.) An instrument for experiments in polarization, consisting of a

rhomb of Iceland spar, which has been bisected obliquely at a certain

angle, and the two parts again joined with transparent cement, so

that the ordinary image produced by double refraction is thrown out

of the field by total reflection from the internal cemented surface,

and the extraordinary, or polarized, image alone is transmitted.

9.  the third sign of the Japanese zodiac.

10.  sculptures, usually small, made of volcanic stone.

11.  a tree-climbing crab found in the Marshall Ialands.

12.  the principle protein in corn (maize).

13.  a sauce prepared from fermented fish, much used by the ancient

Romans; in 16th and 17th centuries recommended (after classical

writers) as a medicine for horses.

[Judy Madnick]

I think I'll vote for those that seem least likely to me (in the order of their least likeliness!) since I don't have a good guess:

 

3.  whimpering. 

 

and

 

2.  [Japanese] a public servant who administers community funds; a treasurer, bursar, or tax collector.  

 

 

Judy Madnick

[Debbie]

6 and 7

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[Fein, Deborah]

As usual, not the slightest.  I'll go with 9 and 13. 

Deb Fein

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[Stephen Dixon]

Deborah,

I see you are a part of the University of Connecticut community. Let me just say that I have been an ardent fan of your women's basketball team since early in the 1994-95 season.

And I am looking forward to big things this season, and for the next 3-5, based on recent recruiting coups.

Go Huskies!

Steve  Dixon

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[Hero’s fall Cunningham]

2 as a maybe, and 8 for effort

Dave

[Paul Keating]

2 & 5 for me.

P

[Daniel B Widdis]

The mental image of a tree-climbing crab gets a vote. Do they climb sideways?

 

And I’ll have a glass of scotch with that.

 

4 and 11

 

[Johnb - co.uk]

with no ideas #5 and #8 please

JohnnyB

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[Tim B]

2 and 5, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

[Tony Abell]

I'll take 3 and the unpopular 10:


> 3. whimpering.

[Ryan McGill]

Let's go with 5 & 8.

[Efrem G Mallach]

With a high probability of being wrong, I'll go with the Japanese 2 and 9.

Efrem

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On Jan 25, 2021, at 4:31 PM, 'Mike Shefler' via Dixonary <dixo...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Here are 13 definitions for RAENIN, one of which came from a respectable dictionary.

Vote for your 2 favorites no later than 10 ASM, EST, Wednesday, January 27.

2.  [Japanese] a public servant who administers community funds; a treasurer, bursar, or tax collector.

[ALAN MALLACH]

I'm at a total loss, but I think I'll go with biology and chemistry. I'll try 5 and 6. 

Alan

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[Shani Naylor]

Plants for me - 4 & 5.

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[Stephen Dixon]

For reasons I can't really explain, I am taking 4 & 12.

#4  and  #12

Steve  Dixon

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