[Dixonary] Round 3546 TUSHKER Voting Time!

[Efrem Mallach]

Folks,

Here are a baker's dozen definitions of TUSHKER for you to mull over, in order of increasing character count. Please vote for two of them, by public Reply to this message, by 1:30 pm in Adelaide, South Australia, on Thursday, May 22. That's 12:30 am the same day in North American EDT, and other times in other places, or about 37 1/2 hours from now. Votes cast after that may count, depending on when I arrive at my hotel and what happens after that, but I don't expect to be able to shorten the voting period even if everyone has voted. 

1. A stonecutter. 

2. [also tuschker] A child.

3. A designer hand bag maker.

4. A small, upholstered footstool.

5. A canine tooth, esp. of a horse.

6. A kind of contoured automobile seat.

7. [Scot., Shetland] A type of spade used for cutting peat.

8. [Scot.] A fixed net set in a river estuary to catch salmon returning to spawn.

9. A side tunnel in an auto or train tunnel, for use by maintenance or emergency workers.

10. An animal, such as a wild boar, that uses its tusks for digging or rooting in the ground.

11. A spiral-grooved tool used in coppersmithing to create raised rope-like patterns in sheet metal.

12. The Germanic alphabet of runes used in pagan northern Europe between the fifth and eighth centuries CE. 

13. A specialized carving tool used by Arctic explorers to sculpt ice formations in frozen tundra. Traditionally crafted from reindeer antlers and reinforced with walrus ivory, the tushker allows artists and adventurers alike to shape intricate designs in subzero conditions.

If you realize now that you know what TUSHKER means, please notify me privately. A public message at this stage, even if it's only "I know this word," can provide useful information to players who know the spheres of knowledge a person is familiar with. 

New players are welcome to join the game by voting, as long as they don't know what TUSHKER actually means.

Vote on,

Efrem

[Judy Madnick]

I'll try 1 and 11.

 

Judy Madnick

[Tim Bourne]

2 and 10, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

[Tim Lodge]

2 and 7, please.

          2. [also tuschker] A child.

          7. [Scot., Shetland] A type of spade used for cutting peat.

--  Tim L

[Eric Boxer]

I'll vote for 7 and 11.

-- Eric

[John Barrs]

#7 and #11 for me please

JohnnyB

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[France International/Mike Shefler]

It sounds like a tool, so I'll go with 7 and 11.

--Mike

[Paul Keating]

I reckon Scots. 7 & 8.

[Rey]

7 & 10.

[Chowie]

1 and 7

~Bending under the weight of His mercies~

The Eternal God is my refuge, and underneath are the Everlasting Arms. 

Deuteronomy 33:27

[Paul Keating]

That time in Adelaide is actually midnight Wednesday/Thursday EDT. South Australia has a half-hour offset from UTC, currently +9h30.

[Tony Abell]

I'll try 7 and 11:

> 7. [Scot., Shetland] A type of spade used for cutting peat.

[Daniel B. Widdis]

I'll take a peaty scotch on the rocks.  1 and 7 please.

[Shani Naylor]

I'll go Scots - 7 & 8.

[Efrem Mallach]

Correct. I hadn't realized that until we landed in Sydney. In any case, 1:30 in Adelaide governs. (I'm now at the gate for my Sydney-Adelaide flight, so the chances of my being there are pretty good.)

Efrem

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That time in Adelaide is actually midnight Wednesday/Thursday EDT. South Australia has a half-hour offset from UTC, currently +9h30.

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There is a part of Australia that is UTC+8:45 (Australia Central West Standard
Time).

--Mike


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> Correct. I hadn't realized that until we landed in Sydney. In any
> case, 1:30 in Adelaide governs. (I'm now at the gate for my Sydney-
> Adelaide flight, so the chances of my being there are pretty good.)
>
> Efrem
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> > On May 21, 2025, at 4:26 AM, Paul Keating <dixo...@boargules.com> wrote:
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> > That time in Adelaide is actually midnight Wednesday/Thursday EDT. South
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