Round 3587: Vote for BEAR'S GREASE

[Daniel B. Widdis]

Here are eleven definitions for BEAR'S GREASE.  Vote for your two favorites without looking up the word!  Voting deadline is in 36 hours: at 10 pm PDT Friday October 10, which is Saturday 1 am EDT, 05:00 UTC, 6 am BST, 7 am CEST and 6 pm NZDT.

1. Cockney rhyming slang for 'lease’, as in ‘I got a bear's grease on a new Mini’.

2. The season when bears enter their dens to hibernate.

3. the rendered fat of the bear

4. Porridge and molasses.

5. Ski wax [sl.]

6. Ambergris.

7. A pomade known for its musky scent.

8. An event precipitating economic decline.

9. a slime mould of the family Acrasidae, commonly found in damp caves.

10. a phrase used to describe how tightly a bear fits in its hibernation den

11. A granular polishing agent composed of limestone dust, and beeswax, employed in metalwork to buff brass instruments and reduce tarnish.

[Tim Bourne]

6 and 9, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

[Eric Boxer]

I'll vote for 5 and 7.

-- Eric

[stamps]

I'll vote for 4 and 6.

--mike

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From: "Daniel B. Widdis" <wid...@dixonary.net>
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Sent: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 10:00:00 -0700
Subject: [Dixonary] Round 3587: Vote for BEAR'S GREASE

> Here are eleven definitions for BEAR'S GREASE. Vote for your two favorites
> without looking up the word! Voting deadline is in 36 hours: at 10
> pm PDT Friday October 10, which is Saturday 1 am EDT, 05:00 UTC, 6
> am BST, 7 am CEST and 6 pm NZDT.
>

> 1. Cockney rhyming slang for 'lease?, as in ?I got a bear's
> grease on a new Mini?.

>
> 2. The season when bears enter their dens to hibernate.
>
> 3. the rendered fat of the bear
>
> 4. Porridge and molasses.
>
> 5. Ski wax [sl.]
>
> 6. Ambergris.
>
> 7. A pomade known for its musky scent.
>
> 8. An event precipitating economic decline.
>

> 9. a slime mould of the family *Acrasidae*, commonly found in damp caves.

>
> 10. a phrase used to describe how tightly a bear fits in its
> hibernation den
>
> 11. A granular polishing agent composed of limestone dust, and
> beeswax, employed in metalwork to buff brass instruments and reduce tarnish.
>

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[Judy Madnick]

4. Porridge and molasses

 

and  

5. Ski wax [sl.]
 

Judy Madnick

[Tim Lodge]

9 and 11, please.

                9. a slime mould of the family Acrasidae, commonly found in damp caves.

               11. A granular polishing agent composed of limestone dust, and beeswax, employed in metalwork to buff brass instruments and reduce tarnish.

I'm sorry I missed the submission deadline. 

--  Tim L

[Chowie]

3(I  had to) and 11.

~Bending under the weight of His mercies~

​"For we cannot do anything against the truth, 

but only for the truth​." 

II Corinthians 13:8

[Hugo Kornelis]

Hey Dan!

I don't see my definition. Nor any that it might have been combined with. Was I past the deadline?

My votes are for:

5. Ski wax [sl.]

8. An event precipitating economic decline.

Cheers,
Hugo

Op 9-10-2025 om 19:00 schreef Daniel B. Widdis:

[Efrem Mallach]

I'll try 4 and 6.

Efrem

> On Oct 9, 2025, at 1:00 PM, Daniel B. Widdis <wid...@dixonary.net> wrote:
>
> Here are eleven definitions for BEAR'S GREASE. Vote for your two favorites without looking up the word! Voting deadline is in 36 hours: at 10 pm PDT Friday October 10, which is Saturday 1 am EDT, 05:00 UTC, 6 am BST, 7 am CEST and 6 pm NZDT.
>
>
>

> 4. Porridge and molasses.
>
>
> 6. Ambergris.

[Shani Naylor]

I'll join the crowd voting 5 & 9.

[Daniel B. Widdis]

Hugo,

As i emailed you privately before you sent this, I missed adding your def to the list when collecting the last few overnight submissions during the extended deadline.   You'll get the customary 2 DP.

I seem to be making more mistakes these days.  

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[Paul Keating]

Vox pop says it's 4, 5, 6 or 9. I don’t go along. I vote for 2 & 7.

[nancygoat]

5 and 11 please

Nancy

[Glenn Thomas Davis]

4 and 5 for me.

—Glenn

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The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

—Plutarch

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