ROUND 3564 - AFFUAGE - VOTE NOW!

[Judy Madnick]

Here are 15 definitions for the word AFFUAGE shared exactly as I received them, but only one is correct. Please send your votes by responding to the Dixonary group with what you believe are two definitions most likely to have come from a dictionary before the deadline, which is TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2025, Eastern Time or the corresponding time where you live! https://www.timeanddate.com Any misspellings, weird spacing, etc., are my fault and not an indication of the accuracy of a particular definition.

Good luck!

Judy Madnick

 

1.  (fm Dutch: afwegen) To weigh the pros and cons

 

2. A disease of the eye causing corneas to become brittle; left untreated, the condition can result in blindness and fatal infection.

 

3. A feeling of weariness and discontent resulting from having or pursuing wealth.

 

4. A measure of consanguinity.

 

5. A tableside serving practice of maintaining delicate sauces at precise serving temperature over a spirit lamp. [< Fr. au feu 'on the fire' + age]

 

6. A traditional French method of distressing linen by repeated striking with a wooden mallet.

 

7. detritus from trimming of trees or bushes, used as fuel for furnaces or stoves.

 

8. Excess milk foam that overspills the rim of a cup in making a coffee drink such as a latte.

 

9. Rich and abundant.

 

10. The act of sharpening (a blade, etc); sharpness (esp. of a charcoal pencil).

 

11, The right to cut wood in a forest for firewood.

 

12. The shifting of sand dunes due to wind erosion.

 

13. To make something more pleasant or gentle.

 

14, to overfill a car tank with petrol (or diesel)

 

15. [Obs.] To extinguish a fire.

 

[Judy Madnick]

Please add the deadline time as 9 a.m. Tuesday, July 22nd.

 

Thanks!

 

Judy

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[Shani Naylor]

I'll kick off by voting 6 & 11.

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[stamps]

I'm going to go with 3 and 15.

--mike

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[Daniel B. Widdis]

I'll go with the firewood from my local convenience store:  7-11.

[Tim Bourne]

5 and 6, please.

Best wishes, Tim.

[hugo]

I'll try my luck with 5 and 9.

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Onderwerp: [Dixonary] ROUND 3564 - AFFUAGE - VOTE NOW!

[Paul Keating]

From the shape it could be a French verbal noun. But not from a French verb I know, so it would have to be an old word. 

Those observations eliminate the verbs: 1, 13–15, and the adjective: 9, and the evidently modern: 2–6, 8. And 7 is undictionarylike.  

But if it turns out to be a creative romanization of あ 不 あ げ then my reasoning falls flat.

Even so, I’ll take 11 and 12.

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Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France

[Rey]

First and last, 1 & 15.

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[John Barrs]

there are two overspills but both refer to modern items and I agree with Paul that this is probably an old word. Without any other reason I'll chose #6 and #7

6. A traditional French method of distressing linen by repeated striking with a wooden mallet.

 

7. detritus from trimming of trees or bushes, used as fuel for furnaces or stoves.

JohnnyB

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[Tim Lodge]

I can't really find any that I believe, but I'll cote for 9 and 13.

            6. A traditional French method of distressing linen by repeated striking with a wooden mallet.

       13. To make something more pleasant or gentle.

--  Tim L

[Paul Keating]

Was that 6 or 9 for the first vote?

[Chowie]

8 and 15

~Bending under the weight of His mercies~

​"For we cannot do anything against the truth, 

but only for the truth​." 

II Corinthians 13:8

[Judy Madnick]

Looks like it should be 6 since he fully quoted that definition. I hope Tim responds!

 

Judy

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From: "Paul Keating" <dixo...@boargules.com>

To: dixo...@googlegroups.com;

Date: 7/21/2025 8:11:28 AM

Subject: RE: [Dixonary] Re: ROUND 3564 - AFFUAGE - VOTE NOW!

Was that 6 or 9 for the first vote?

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Date: 21/07/2025 13:56 (GMT+01:00)

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Subject: [Dixonary] Re: ROUND 3564 - AFFUAGE - VOTE NOW!

I can't really find any that I believe, but I'll cote for 9 and 13.

            6. A traditional French method of distressing linen by repeated striking with a wooden mallet.

[Tim Lodge]

Sorry,  Paul. My votes were for 6 and 13.

-- Tim L

[Paul Keating]

No need to apologize, I've done it too. I only asked because it has caused miscounts. Google Mail shows a snippet of the content next to the subject line. If that shows "I vote for x and y", a dealer might be forgiven for looking no further.

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Paul Keating

Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France

[Glenn Thomas Davis]

11 and 12, please.

—Glenn

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

—Plutarch

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[Eric Boxer]

I'll vote for 7 and 15.

-- Eric

[nancygoat]

I'll take 4 and 15.

Nancy

[Efrem Mallach]

10 and 11, please. 

Efrem 

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On Jul 21, 2025, at 1:01 AM, Judy Madnick <jmad...@gmail.com> wrote:



Here are 15 definitions for the word AFFUAGE shared exactly as I received them, but only one is correct. Please send your votes by responding to the Dixonary group with what you believe are two definitions most likely to have come from a dictionary before the deadline, which is TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2025, Eastern Time or the corresponding time where you live! https://www.timeanddate.com Any misspellings, weird spacing, etc., are my fault and not an indication of the accuracy of a particular definition.

Good luck!

Judy Madnick

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[Judy Madnick]

Although I see that you sent your votes at 7:06 a.m., I didn't receive them until well after I sent the results, which was at 8:24 a.m. Looking online at the Google Groups Dixonary site, I see that your definitions were received there at 9:47 a.m. 

 

I have no idea why that would have happened and wonder whether dealer points are appropriate when the issue is slow email delivery. HELP!

 

Judy Madnick

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From: "Efrem Mallach" <efrem....@gmail.com>

To: dixo...@googlegroups.com;

Date: 7/22/2025 7:06:46 AM

Subject: Re: [Dixonary] ROUND 3564 - AFFUAGE - VOTE NOW!

[Efrem Mallach]

Judy,

I’m in Kotor, Montenegro, with spotty Internet access. The first time stamp is when I hit Send. The second is when it went out. Not under my control, but not your fault. It was late, period. I don’t expect any special consideration. 

Efrem

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[Judy Madnick]

Efrem,

 

And this email arrived almost instantaneously! I'll go with whatever you think unless anyone else has a better idea.

 

Judy

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Date: 7/22/2025 10:44:44 AM

[Paul Keating]

Counting those votes would not change the outcome. It would give me one more point and Efrem two more points. It's up to Mike to include them or not. Either way, no dealer points. It's not as if a def went missing.

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I .. wonder whether dealer points are appropriate when the issue is slow email delivery. 

[Judy Madnick]

Thanks for that explanation!

Judy

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[Efrem Mallach]

It arrived quickly because I’n on tip of a mountain was a good connection. It’s random. Do whatever makes sense to you.  Gotta run. 

E

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