Rnd 3593 JETIN: submit votes

[John Barrs]

Please submit your choice of these 13 definitions; 12 are the results of your fertile imaginations 

Vote publicly on the group by 1000 GMT 31 Oct 2025

JohnnyB

1              A synthetic resin applied to reduce friction on moving parts.

2              Med. A needle-free injector [abbr. of jet injector]

3              An unreliable companion; one who slips away when difficulty arises

4              a mineraloid substance having similar properties to jet, but less hard-wearing and more fragile

5              A memorial brooch displaying the woven hair of a deceased person. (19th C.)

6              small, imaginary creatures from Brittany along the coast of Ille-et-Vilaine and on the island of Guernsey

7              A pale mineral dust found near volcanic springs. 

8              A structural polysaccharide found in the cell walls of certain fungi, chemically similar to chitin but occurring primarily in aquatic species. Provides rigidity and water resistance

9              The ball used in the game of Basque Pelota

10              A type of flanged gasket

11              a black dye made from lignite

12              An oval velvet mask worn by travelling women in the early modern period to protect their face from the sun

13              The hole left by a piton after it is extracted from a rock face

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[Tim Bourne]

2 and 6, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

[Daniel B. Widdis]

The brooch and mask, please. 5 and 12.

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[Chowie]

11 and 13

Greetings from Nothumberland.

~Bending under the weight of His mercies~

​"For we cannot do anything against the truth, 

but only for the truth​." 

II Corinthians 13:8

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[Tim Lodge]

11 and 12, please.

             11              a black dye made from lignite

              12              An oval velvet mask worn by travelling women in the early modern period to protect their face from the sun

-- Tim L

[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll vote for 5 and 12.

--Mike

[Judy Madnick]

I don't know why I spend so much time trying to arrive at a correct response since I'm usually wrong!
 
I'll reward the authors of these definitions:

 

 5              A memorial brooch displaying the woven hair of a deceased person. (19th C.) 

and

 9              The ball used in the game of Basque Pelota

Judy Madnick

[Paul Keating]

... for to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour

R.L. Stevenson

[Eric Boxer]

I'll vote for 7 and 11.

-- Eric

[Judy Madnick]

"Life is about the journey, not the destination" works for me!

 

Judy

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Date: 10/29/2025 10:07:03 AM

Subject: RE: [Dixonary] Rnd 3593 JETIN: submit votes

[Glenn Thomas Davis]

9 and 10.

—Glenn

. . .

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

—Plutarch

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[Tony Abell]

I'll guess 11 and 12:

[Efrem Mallach]

5 and 11, methinks.

Efrem

[nancygoat]

I'll take 7 and 13.

Nancy

[Shani Naylor]

10 & 11 for me. 

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