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John Barrs
October 1st, 2012, 05:14 AM
This was a round where the two contenders for next dealer were apparent
quite early on

By voting for the real def Dan Widdis scored an unnatural 7 and is our
next dealer. The real winner is Jim Hart with 6 points

The "real" answer was #1 the collective term for withch doctors. Dan's
answer gave me great delight as I looked up Baslides

Over to you Dan

JohnnyB

1. witches or wizards as a class; practitioners of evil magic...
Voted for by Widdis, Madnick [From OED Online 2012 who can't vote and gave
me a D2

2. [A name adopted by the Egyptian Gnostic Basilides, containing the Greek
letters [alpha], [beta], [alpha], [tau], [alpha], [gamma], [alpha], [tau],
[iota], which, as numerals, amounted to 365. It was used to signify the
supreme deity as ruler of the 365 heavens of his system.] A mystical word
used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone
thus engraved
Voted for by Lodge, Graham, Morgan, Weltz, Shefler [From Dan Widdis who
voted for 1* and 9] and scores [5 + 2] = 7*

3. a Shinto tomb that also serves as a shrine...
Voted for by Grieco [From Tim Bourne who voted for 6 and 16] and scores [1
+ 0] = 1

4. a nocturnal rodent of South and Central American rain forests...
Voted for by Cunningham, Emery, Weltz [From Tim Lodge who voted for 2 and
16] and scores [3 + 0] = 3

5. (also _abagash_) a gourd of the Middle East...
Voted for by Schultz [From Dave Cunningham who voted for 4 and 10] and
scores [1 + 0] = 1

6. a third-century religious sect that believed their leader was the
re-incarnation of Christ...
Voted for by Bourne [From Steve Graham who voted for 2 and 18] and scores
[1 + 0] = 1

7. any of various hydrogenated vegetable oils, such as palm oil or
cottonseed oil, having a semisolid or granular consistency, used especially
in South Asian cooking...
Voted for by nobody [From Chris Carson who did not vote ] and scores [0 +
0] = 0

8. jacket and trousers worn by practitioner of judo...
Voted for by Emery [From Judy Madnick who voted for 1* and 16] and scores
[1 + 2] = 3*

9. [Sp.] a device or activity to repel cats...
Voted for by Widdis, Morgan, Shefler [From Chuck Emery who voted for 4 and
8] and scores [3 + 0] = 3

10. a special graph paper formerly used by accountants...
Voted for by Cunningham, Grieco, Abell [From Keith Hale who voted for 17
and 18] and scores [3 + 0] = 3

11. a Korean dish of small, live octopus cut into pieces and served
immediately, usually lightly seasoned with sesame and sesame oil...
Voted for by nobody [From Millie Morgan who voted for 2 and 9] and scores
[0 + 0] = 0

12. In instrumental music, notes that a composer indicates as optional when
a difficult piece is played by a less capable musician...
Voted for by Abell, Dixon, Stevens [From Efrem Mallach who voted for 13 and
17] and scores [3 + 0] = 3

13. the series of tasks a young Zulu male must perform before initiation as
a warrior...
Voted for by Mallach, Crom [From Matthew Grieco who voted for 3 and 10] and
scores [2 + 0] = 2

14. the custom in Okinawa of in-laws visiting for months at a time...
Voted for by nobody [From Tony Abell who voted for 10 and 12] and scores [0
+ 0] = 0

15. a summer wind of southeastern Europe...
Voted for by nobody [From Dodi Schultz who voted for 5 and 18] and scores
[0 + 0] = 0

16. a transitional level of well-being and mindfulness...
Voted for by Bourne, Lodge, Madnick, Dixon, Stevens, Crom [From Jim Hart
who did not vote ] and scores [6 + 0] = 6

17. an extra-long spear, or pike, used by the Macedonian armies of
Alexander...
Voted for by Hale, Mallach [From Steve Dixon who voted for 12 and 16] and
scores [2 + 0] = 2

18. a small tree having spikes of showy blue flowers...
Voted for by Graham, Hale, Schultz [From Guerri Stevens who voted for 12
and 16] and scores [3 + 0] = 3

##. -- No Def Submitted --...
[From Dick Weltz who voted for 2 and 4] and scores [0 + 0] = 0

##. -- No Def Submitted --...
[From Mike Shefler who voted for 2 and 9] and scores [0 + 0] = 0

##. -- No Def Submitted --...
[From Scott Crom who voted for 13 and 16] and scores [0 + 0] = 0

Jim Hart
October 1st, 2012, 06:25 AM
Congratulations Dan and thank you for scoring so well. I'm sorry I couldn't
give you one more vote. When the dealer set the deadline as '9pm in parts
of Oz' I thought he meant my part but apparently not, as when I checked at
about 8.50 the results were already up. I won't cut it so fine next time.

Jim

Daniel Widdis
October 1st, 2012, 07:48 AM
Dang.

From: Jim Hart <jfshart (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
Date: Monday, October 1, 2012 4:25 AM
To: Dixonary <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
Cc: Daniel Widdis <widdis (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
Subject: Re: Rnd 2341 ABATAGATI results

Congratulations Dan and thank you for scoring so well. I'm sorry I couldn't
give you one more vote. When the dealer set the deadline as '9pm in parts of
Oz' I thought he meant my part but apparently not, as when I checked at
about 8.50 the results were already up. I won't cut it so fine next time.

Jim