Round 3673 vote for PATISING

[Mike Shefler]

Here are 13 definitions for PATISING, one of whoch came from a respectable dictionary.
Vote for your 2 favorites no later than 10 AM EDT, Monday, August 17.

1.  To shoe horses.

2.  The heaving and cracking of pavement as the underlying ground
settles.

3.  The making of French-style pastries and desserts (also known as
pâtisserie).

4.  An anglicised name for the Irish ceili (Scottish ceilidh).

5.  A traditional decorative plasterwork used on building walls and
exteriors, primarily featuring ornamental relief designs, incised
patterns, or stamped motifs.

6.  The ceremonial tapping of boundary stones during a parish procession.

7.  To move about restlessly in a confined space, often as a sign of
impatience or nervous anticipation.

8.  Excessive complaining about a trivial annoyance.

9.  A painting technique that results in three-dimensional accumulations
of color on parts of an artwork, with an effect similar to icing on
pastries.

10.  A condition of old paintings where lead-containing pigments have
become more transparent over time, revealing earlier layers.

11.  Splashing in water.

12.  Grinding into a powder. [Old French, making pastry, see patisserie]

13.  [Hong Kong English] A traditional licensed street stall, typically
with a small seating area, selling cooked food at low prices.

[Judy Madnick]

The short ones, 1 and 11.

Judy Madnick 

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[Tim Bourne]

3 and 9, please.

Tim B 

[John Barrs]

#9 and #11 please JohnnyB

[Eric Boxer]

I'll vote for 7 and 12.

Eric

[Daniel B. Widdis]

9 and 12 seem opposite but based on the same etymology.  One of them, or something in the middle, is likely true.

And now I'm hungry.

[Chowie]

9 and 10 please

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[Tim Lodge]

I'll take the two that seem least likely - that's a strategy which sometimes works. 4 and 13, please.

           4.  An anglicised name for the Irish ceili (Scottish ceilidh)

          13.  [Hong Kong English] A traditional licensed street stall, typically with a small seating area, selling cooked food at low prices.

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[Paul Keating]

11, because it's not as unconvincing as some others, and 13, for not selling pâtisserie.

P

[Shani Naylor]

I'll try 6 & 13

6.  The ceremonial tapping of boundary stones during a parish procession.

13.  [Hong Kong English] A traditional licensed street stall, typically
with a small seating area, selling cooked food at low prices.

[nancygoat]

Give me 5 and 11.

Nancy

[Efrem Mallach]

5 and 6.

Efrem

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> On Aug 15, 2026, at 11:22 AM, 'Mike Shefler' via Dixonary <dixo...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
> Here are 13 definitions for PATISING, one of whoch came from a respectable dictionary.
> Vote for your 2 favorites no later than 10 AM EDT, Monday, August 17.
>
>
>

[Tony Abell]

I'll take 1 and 11:

> 1. To shoe horses.

> 11. Splashing in water.