Round 3651 GRIEBEN Defs - Vote Now!

[Tim Lodge]

Here we have 10 defs of the word GRIEBEN, only one of which comes from my dictionary.  Please vote for your two favourites by public reply to this message before the deadline:

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‏I reserve the right to close the round early if all players who have submitted a def have voted.

New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've voted.

--  Tim L

 *** GRIEBEN ***

 1.  Mourning.

 2.  Petty annoyances, trivial irritations. 

 3.  Cracklings from goose fat usually salted.

 4.  A three-bladed inboard motorboat propeller.

 5.  Made of or derived from milk or dairy products.

 6.  [Botany] A resilient species which colonises barren environments.

 7.  A small, toasted barley garnish commonly added to soups for a bit of body.

 8.  A remnant of candle wax kept after a Sabbath or festival observance as a sign of continuity or blessing.

 9.  Small bells placed by the Sami people around the necks of reindeer to enable them to be located in the dark of winter.

10.  Among 19th-century spiritualists, a malcontent spirit that interrupted or disrupted seances that were arranged to communicate with other spirits.

[Tim Bourne]

8 and 9, please.
Tim B

[Judy Madnick]

Confirming DQ.

Judy Madnick 

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[Paul Keating]

1 & 8

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Paul Keating

Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France

[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll go with 3 and 8.

--Mike

[Eric Boxer]

I'll vote for 2 and 8.

Eric

[Shani Naylor]

I'll go against the crowd and vote 5 & 9.

[Chowie]

1 and 2 

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[Efrem Mallach]

Sounds like a plural to me. I'll try 3 and 9.

Efrem

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