Round 3594 vote for BEEVER

[Mike Shefler]

Here are 11 defintions for BEEVER, one of which came from a respectable dictionary
Vote for your 2 favorites no later than 10 AM EST, Wednesday, November 5.

1.  [Obs.] a cattle prod.

2.  [Obs.] a hedge overgrown with brambles.

3.  [obs. sl.] a cowboy.

4.  a narrow ridge formed by glacial retreat, typically found in
subarctic peatlands.

5.  a token effort made to impress authority.

6.  in a watermill, a gear assembly that converts the horizontal-axis
rotation of the wheel to a vertical axis to drive the grindstone.

7.  a synthetic fabric imitating beaver fur.

8.  a knee-length waterproof coat.

9.  to shiver, to shake, to tremble.

10.  to roam or rove about; to gad about; to stray.

11.  a hexagonal paving tile.

[Judy Madnick]

I don't like it when there are three that seem like possible definitions. I'll take 1 and 3 today (and it's probably the one I eliminated!).

 

Judy

[Chowie]

3 and 11 please

~Bending under the weight of His mercies~

​"For we cannot do anything against the truth, 

but only for the truth​." 

II Corinthians 13:8

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[Eric Boxer]

I'll vote for 6 and 10.

-- Eric

[Tim Bourne]

7 and 8, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

[nancygoat]

9 and 10 please

Nancy

[Paul Keating]

I think it might be a verb, and of the two, I choose #10.  It has a late-19th-century phraseology about it that suggests Wright, which is one of Mike’s favourite sources. I will resist the appeal of the other verb, #9, and vote for #8.

8.  a knee-length waterproof coat.

10.  to roam or rove about; to gad about; to stray.

[Tim Lodge]

I'll gad about in my waterproof coat. 8 and 10, please.

            8.  a knee-length waterproof coat.

          10.  to roam or rove about; to gad about; to stray.

--  Tim L

[Shani Naylor]

I'll vote for 3 & 4.

3.  [obs. sl.] a cowboy.

4.  a narrow ridge formed by glacial retreat, typically found in
subarctic peatlands.

[Efrem Mallach]

The connection to an older form of "beef" is so obvious that 1 and 3 have to be fake, but I'll fall for them anyhow. 

Efrem

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On Nov 3, 2025, at 11:20 AM, 'Mike Shefler' via Dixonary <dixo...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Here are 11 defintions for BEEVER, one of which came from a respectable dictionary
Vote for your 2 favorites no later than 10 AM EST, Wednesday, November 5.

1.  [Obs.] a cattle prod.

[Daniel B. Widdis]

I'll go with the gears, and I guess the hexagons since I got there without finding anything else I belived.

6 and 11.