Round 3601: Vote for MELDROP

[Daniel B. Widdis]

Below are a dozen alternative definitions for MELDROP, one of which is true.

Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to take the two-for-one Black Friday deal and choose a pair of definitions you'd like in your Christmas stocking.

I'll set a 48 hour deadline, Sunday morning at 9am PST / Noon EST / 17:00 UTC / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET and 6am Monday NZDT, but will close earlier if all submitters have voted.

*** MELDROP ***

1. A hybrid species, Hyacinthoides × massartiana, produced by crosses between the common British bluebell, H. non-scripta, and the Spanish bluebell, H. hispanica.

2. A bite‑sized confection of chocolate and marshmallow, traditionally set in clusters and served as a sweet snack.

3. A section of wall or a pillar between two openings, especially a pillar dividing a large doorway in a church.

4. A person who spoils a plan or project by meddling, even if their intentions are good.

5. To drop a glass or plate on the floor.

6. A fish roe cake.

7. A globule of molten sugar.

8. The drop of mucus that forms on the end of the nose in cold weather.

9. A recompence, compensation, or atonement for injury done to persons in holy orders.

10. A unit of refractive index variation, named after Austrian physicist Franz Meldrop (1839-1891).

11. A rare, epiphytic orchid (Dracula simia) native to the high-altitude cloud forests of the Andes.

12. A brace that supports theatrical scenery walls and facades, hinged at the top to facilitate rapid set changes.

[John Barrs]

I'll stick with plants bluebells and orchids  #1 and #11

meanwhile, y'all enjoy Thanksgiving

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[Tim Bourne]

10 and 12, please.

Best wishes,  Tim B

[Eric Boxer]

I'll vote for 3 and 12.

-- Eric

[Chowie]

4 and 10

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[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll go for 3 and 12.

--Mike

[Judy Madnick]

7. A globule of molten sugar.

and

10. A unit of refractive index variation, named after Austrian physicist Franz Meldrop (1839-1891).

Judy Madnick

[Efrem Mallach]

I'll go with 8 and 9 this time.

Efrem

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> On Nov 28, 2025, at 12:01 PM, Daniel B. Widdis <wid...@dixonary.net> wrote:
>
> Below are a dozen alternative definitions for MELDROP, one of which is true.
>
> Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to take the two-for-one Black Friday deal and choose a pair of definitions you'd like in your Christmas stocking.
>
> I'll set a 48 hour deadline, Sunday morning at 9am PST / Noon EST / 17:00 UTC / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET and 6am Monday NZDT, but will close earlier if all submitters have voted.
>
> *** MELDROP ***
>
>
>

[Tim Lodge]

I don't believe any of them especially my own, but I'll vote for 6 and 9.

          6. A fish roe cake.

          9. A recompence, compensation, or atonement for injury done to persons in holy orders.

-- Tim L

[Tony Abell]

Seems botanical. 1 and 11:

> 1. A hybrid species, *Hyacinthoides* в *massartiana*, produced by crosses
> between the common British bluebell, *H. non-scripta*, and the Spanish
> bluebell, *H. hispanica*.

> 11. A rare, epiphytic orchid (*Dracula simia*) native to the high-altitude

[Paul Keating]

From the shape I think this word is dialect. 

So I picked out things that a pre-20th-century farmer, hunter or fisherman might have needed a word for. But that left too many.

Next I threw out inherent implausibility, such as #9 (because spelling) and #10 (because not Austrian).

And finally I dropped anything with drop in it.

That left me with #4. Picking another at random, I take #8.

[Shani Naylor]

I'll also vote for the plants - 1 & 11.

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[nancygoat]

I'll take 3 and 4.

Nancy

[Glenn Thomas Davis]

2 and 6 please!

—Glenn

. . .

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

—Plutarch

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