Jim Hart
May 24th, 2012, 02:28 AM
You all knew of course that this durn wasn't a variation on darn or damn.
Three of you also deduced or guessed that it is a doorpost.
The votes were looking like a 3-way tie at one point but Dodi jumped ahead
by knowing her doorposts and is our next dealer with a very creditable 8,
ahead of the real winner Mike Shefler.
In my dealing haste or senility I managed to mislay two definitions, so
apologies and dealer points to Toni and Keith.
1. To complain.
from Chris Carson
who voted for: nobody and scored 1 + 0 = 1
2. grumpy; cantankerous; ill-natured.
from Mike Shefler
who voted for: 14 & 15 and scored 6 + 0 = 6
3. diploid wheat; mainly used to make pasta
from Johnny Barrs
who voted for: 10 * & 17 and scored 2 + 2 = 4
4. A large paddle used in churning butter.
from Frances Wetzstein
who voted for: 3 & 17 and scored 2 + 0 = 2
5. a fungous blight attacking the stems of plants
from Dan Widdis
who voted for: 4 & 16 and scored + 0 = 0
6. An eruptive disease in pigs, arising from immoderate feeding
from Millie Morgan
who voted for: 8 & 9 and scored 1 + 0 = 1
7. to deceive; to conspire against. Dodi Schultz
who voted for: 10 * & 17 and scored 6 + 2 = 8
8. a feathered cap.
from Bill Bensburg
who voted for: 6 & 10 * and scored 1 + 2 = 3
9. a hard-wearing felt used to make hats.
from Tim Lodge
who voted for: 1 & 7 and scored 3 + 0 = 3
10. a doorpost.
from Chambers Dictionary who doesn't vote and scored 3 + 0 = D3
11. a young tapir.
from Guerri Stevens
who voted for: 9 & 16 and scored + 0 = 0
12. thick mineral pitch.
from Judy Madnick
who voted for: 4 & 17 and scored 1 + 0 = 1
13. composite material sometimes used for pothole repair.
from Nancy Shepherdson
who voted for: 3 & 12 and scored + 0 = 0
14. (obs) a general term for all the furniture, clothing and other items
jettisoned by overpacked settlers plying the trails, e.g. the Bozeman
Trail, by wagon train to the American West in the 18th Century.
from Steve Graham
who voted for: 15 & 17 and scored 3 + 0 = 3
15. used clothing made available to all hands on sailing ships.
from Chuck Emery (tdi)
who voted for: 2 & 7 and scored 4 + 0 = 4
16. a hollow dried gourd with a pronounced neck used for darning socks as
an alternative to the more common wooden darning egg
from Dick Weltz
who voted for: 7 & 15 and scored 2 + 0 = 2
17. An irrigation pond contained by a rock and soil berm.
from Tony Abell
who voted for: 2 & 7 and scored 5 + 0 = 5
18. The hole cut in river ice to facilitate ice-fishing.
from Jim Zorbas
who voted for: 2 & 7 and scored + 0 = 0
[No def] from Tim Bourne
who voted for: 2 & 9 and scored + 0 = 0
[Mislaid def] from Toni Savage
who voted for: 2 & 14 and scored + 0 = 0
[Mislaid def] from Keith Hale
who voted for: 14 & 15 and scored + 0 = 0
[No def] from Scott Crom
who voted for: 2 & 7 and scored + 0 = 0
Three of you also deduced or guessed that it is a doorpost.
The votes were looking like a 3-way tie at one point but Dodi jumped ahead
by knowing her doorposts and is our next dealer with a very creditable 8,
ahead of the real winner Mike Shefler.
In my dealing haste or senility I managed to mislay two definitions, so
apologies and dealer points to Toni and Keith.
1. To complain.
from Chris Carson
who voted for: nobody and scored 1 + 0 = 1
2. grumpy; cantankerous; ill-natured.
from Mike Shefler
who voted for: 14 & 15 and scored 6 + 0 = 6
3. diploid wheat; mainly used to make pasta
from Johnny Barrs
who voted for: 10 * & 17 and scored 2 + 2 = 4
4. A large paddle used in churning butter.
from Frances Wetzstein
who voted for: 3 & 17 and scored 2 + 0 = 2
5. a fungous blight attacking the stems of plants
from Dan Widdis
who voted for: 4 & 16 and scored + 0 = 0
6. An eruptive disease in pigs, arising from immoderate feeding
from Millie Morgan
who voted for: 8 & 9 and scored 1 + 0 = 1
7. to deceive; to conspire against. Dodi Schultz
who voted for: 10 * & 17 and scored 6 + 2 = 8
8. a feathered cap.
from Bill Bensburg
who voted for: 6 & 10 * and scored 1 + 2 = 3
9. a hard-wearing felt used to make hats.
from Tim Lodge
who voted for: 1 & 7 and scored 3 + 0 = 3
10. a doorpost.
from Chambers Dictionary who doesn't vote and scored 3 + 0 = D3
11. a young tapir.
from Guerri Stevens
who voted for: 9 & 16 and scored + 0 = 0
12. thick mineral pitch.
from Judy Madnick
who voted for: 4 & 17 and scored 1 + 0 = 1
13. composite material sometimes used for pothole repair.
from Nancy Shepherdson
who voted for: 3 & 12 and scored + 0 = 0
14. (obs) a general term for all the furniture, clothing and other items
jettisoned by overpacked settlers plying the trails, e.g. the Bozeman
Trail, by wagon train to the American West in the 18th Century.
from Steve Graham
who voted for: 15 & 17 and scored 3 + 0 = 3
15. used clothing made available to all hands on sailing ships.
from Chuck Emery (tdi)
who voted for: 2 & 7 and scored 4 + 0 = 4
16. a hollow dried gourd with a pronounced neck used for darning socks as
an alternative to the more common wooden darning egg
from Dick Weltz
who voted for: 7 & 15 and scored 2 + 0 = 2
17. An irrigation pond contained by a rock and soil berm.
from Tony Abell
who voted for: 2 & 7 and scored 5 + 0 = 5
18. The hole cut in river ice to facilitate ice-fishing.
from Jim Zorbas
who voted for: 2 & 7 and scored + 0 = 0
[No def] from Tim Bourne
who voted for: 2 & 9 and scored + 0 = 0
[Mislaid def] from Toni Savage
who voted for: 2 & 14 and scored + 0 = 0
[Mislaid def] from Keith Hale
who voted for: 14 & 15 and scored + 0 = 0
[No def] from Scott Crom
who voted for: 2 & 7 and scored + 0 = 0