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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Dear All,<BR>
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Eric wins! Those of you who guessed incorrectly are encouraged to say “Baa! Humbug!”<BR>
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David<BR>
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ERIC: ean - n. - (geol.) A bowl-shaped formation of coarse alluvial deposits, overlain by finer sediment.<BR>
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Linda (2) + Pierre (2) + Hutch (1) + Correct Guess (1) = 6 points<BR>
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JEAN-JOSEPH: ean - n. - an arched section of brickwork at the top of a window well.<BR>
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Judith (2) + Hutch (2) + Pierre (1) = 5 points<BR>
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LINDA: ean – pronoun - (Scottish dialect) any.<BR>
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Ranjit (2) + Correct Guess (1) = 3 points<BR>
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HUTCH: ean - adj. - (bot.) blossoming in morning, esp. before sunrise [worshiper of Eos, goddess of dawn]<BR>
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Eric (2) + Judith (1) = 3 points<BR>
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ELLIOTT: ean - n. - divination by auscultation of the babble of infants.<BR>
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0 points<BR>
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SHAKESPEARE’S WORDS: ean – v. - to bring forth lambs.<BR>
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Linda (1) + Eric (1) = 2 points<BR>
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RANJIT: ean – v. - to lose one's hat, toupee, etc., while bowing.<BR>
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0 points<BR>
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PIERRE: ean - v. - to relieve pressure on the umbilical cord of a farm animal being born breech by pulling the legs.<BR>
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0 points<BR>
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JUDITH: ean – adj. - (Northumberland dialect) vanished.<BR>
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Ranjit (1) = 1 point</SPAN></FONT>
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