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This was a spelling bee in Baltimore, MD. I got some more words from it. I was also impressed that the kids were asked for definitions. I think it was very rough. Take a look and see what you think: http://www.citypaper.com/2002-06-12/feature.htmlRemember this when you hear oldtimers saying today's kids know less than we used to.
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One of the kids flunked on seguidilla. I knew it only because in the thirties some public spirited
adults underwrote issue of some classical albums at very low prices. One of the sets I bought
was Bizet's Carmen. I still remember Carmen singing she was going to drink manzanilla and dance
the seguidilla.
seguidilla
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5Sp < seguida, a following < seguir, to follow < VL sequere: see prec.6
1 a fast Spanish dance, to the accompaniment of castanets
2 the music for this dance, in 3/4 time
3 a stanza of four to seven short lines, partly assonant, with a distinctive rhythm, orig. sung to this music
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that was fun, Bill. thanks! 
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Wordwind had a thread soon after she joined us, for which I still rejoice, about names of winds.
This is one we missed:
buran
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5Russ < Turk6 a strong NE windstorm of the steppes of Russia and Siberia, bringing blizzards in the winter and hot dust in the summer
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New to me. I flunk again. Do you?
euhemerism n.
5< L Euhemerus (< Gr Euhcmeros) + 3ISM6 the theory of the Greek writer Euhemerus (4th cent. B.C.) that the gods of mythology were deified human beings; theory that myths are based on traditional accounts of real people and events
euhe$mer[ist
n., adj.
eu[he#mer[is4tic
adj.
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burgonet
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5Fr bourguignotte, orig., fem. of Bourguignot, Burgundian, after Bourgogne, Burgundy6 a lightweight helmet or steel cap, worn in the 16th cent.
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Dear Kay Carlson, wherever you are.........She shocked all the old biddies by wearing one.
cheongsam
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5Chin6 a high-necked, closefitting dress with the skirt slit part way up the sides, traditionally worn by Chinese women
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I remember this from Dicken's Tale of Two Cities, the French babes sitting knitting,
singing it as more aristocrats were brought to be guillotined.
carmagnole
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5Fr, altered (after Carmagnola, town in Piedmont, occupied by revolutionaries in 1792) < older carmignole, kind of cap (dial. carmignola, jacket); prob. ult. < L carminare, to card wool < carmen, a card < carrere: see CARD26
1 the short jacket with wide lapels, or the costume consisting of this jacket, black trousers, a red cap, and tricolored girdle, worn by French Revolutionaries (1792)
2 a lively song and street dance popular during the French Revolution
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I mentioned this a while back. In bee hives, the bees block off any space wider than what
they need, or cracks in hive that leak either air or water, with mixture of pine or other
resins. It also keeps some large moth predators from being able to hide. But at times
it is a nuisance to beekeeper when he tries to remove frames to harvest honey. It sticks
the frames to the hive wall or to the cover, and when keeper breaks it loose, the bees
get angry and sting.
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Mutual destruction, as anticpated if there were a nuclear war.
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