Round 3567 vote for POCHIN

[Mike Shefler]

Here are 15 definitions for POCHIN, one of which came from a respectable dictionary.

Vote for your 2 favorites no later than 6 PM EDT, Sunday, August 3.

1.  A substituted name for an unspecified or unknown breed of dog.

2.  In Russia, a political dismissal disguised as a promotion.

3.  A charcoal pit or kiln.

4.  The dung of a cow, as it drops in a small heap.

5.  The sperm whale equivalent of the melon or echo location tissue.

6.  A type of soft cheese aged in birch bark.

7.  A small leather pouch worn by medieval scribes to hold quill-trimming
knives.

8.  Fast-growing deep-water invertebrates that anchor themselves to
underwater surfaces near hydrothermal vents and cold seeps.

9.  A small, decorative pillow used as a headrest.

10.  The practice or art of using molds to make cheese.

11.  [Scot.]  A container for water, made from the stomach of a deer.

12.  A small character at the end of justified lines of text to manage
uneven spacing.

13.  A kind of china clay used in fine pottery.

14.  A fixed-rate surcharge applied to livestock transport fees under
legacy tariff systems.

15.  A hedgehog.

[Tim Bourne]

3 and 9, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

[Chowie]

7 and 11 please

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[Judy Madnick]

I wish I could vote for three. <sigh> I'll take my chances with 6 and 7.

 

Judy Madnick

[Paul Keating]

The problem with this word is the spelling. I reckon it's either dialect or a borrowing. I choose  dialect. That gives me 3 or 15.

[Glenn Thomas Davis]

GWP. 3 and 15.

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On Fri, Aug 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM Paul Keating <dixo...@boargules.com> wrote:

The problem with this word is the spelling. I reckon it's either dialect or a borrowing. I choose  dialect. That gives me 3 or 15.

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[Rey]

My two selections are:

3. A charcoal pit or kiln.

13. A kind of china clay used in fine pottery.

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[John Barrs]

#7 and #11 please

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[Tim Lodge]

The cowpat and the clay: 4 and 13.

             4.  The dung of a cow, as it drops in a small heap.

           13.  A kind of china clay used in fine pottery.

--  Tim L

[Shani Naylor]

11 & 13, for no particular reason.

11.  [Scot.]  A container for water, made from the stomach of a deer.

13.  A kind of china clay used in fine pottery.

[Efrem Mallach]

Having eliminated all the others, I'm left with 9 and 13 - though I don't believe them either,

Efrem

> On Aug 1, 2025, at 10:59 AM, 'Mike Shefler' via Dixonary <dixo...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
> Here are 15 definitions for POCHIN, one of which came from a respectable dictionary.
> Vote for your 2 favorites no later than 6 PM EDT, Sunday, August 3.
>
>
>
>

> 9. A small, decorative pillow used as a headrest.
>

[Daniel B. Widdis]

I'm imagining Kung Fu Panda scratching his chin while deciding what to vote, and settling on food.

The cheesy 6 and 10 please

[Eric Boxer]

I'll vote for 1 and 15, the bookend option.

-- Eric

[Tony Abell]

I'm inclined to think it's a container of some kind, so 7 and 11:

> 7. A small leather pouch worn by medieval scribes to hold quill-trimming
> knives.

[nancygoat]

I'll take 6 and 11.

Nancy