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Daniel Widdis
October 2nd, 2012, 10:08 PM
Seventeen definitions for SCROOP follow, sixteen of which came from the
creative minds of your fellow players. Please vote for two (preferably both
by your fellow players, so they get points), by public reply to this
message, before deadline, which is 6:00 AM PDT on Thursday, October 04,
2012, or 9:00 AM EDT, 13:00 UTC, and 23:00 in Melbourne.

1. A modicum.
2. [Rare] A raven.
3. Share of profits or royalties.
4. Cotton batting used in upholstery.
5. The crisp rustle of silk or a similar fabric.
6. A friction match containing little or no sulphur.
7. Unsuitable, usually referring to a marriage partner.
8. Obsolete name for a male actor playing a female role.
9. [naut.] Debris accumulated in the scuppers of a sailing
boat.
10. Bacterial film that develops on the surface of water in
a cooling tower.
11. The thick mucus secreted by the parapodal glands of
terrestrial mollusks.
12. [Obs.] New Orleans 19th Century restaurant jargon for "shellfish of the
day."
13. Small pieces of stone chipped off a large block in
shaping it for use in construction.
14. A milder form of the bubonic plague that affected much
of Europe in the fourteenth century.
15. The liquid used in the liming stage of the leather
tanning process; also called _milk of lime_.
16. A highly contagious ectoparasitic disease of sheep due
to infestation with _Psoroptes ovis_ mites.
17. [or _scruple_] 1. In Chaldean chronology, the 1/1080
part of an hour; a division of time used by the Jews,
Arabs, &c.. 2. Scruple of half duration, an arc of the
moon's orbit, which the moon's center describes from the
beginning of an eclipse to the middle.

—Keith Hale—
October 3rd, 2012, 12:38 AM
I will throw a point to 2 and to 9, please.

Tim Lodge
October 3rd, 2012, 04:37 AM
I'll try the bird and the disease:

> *2. [Rare] A raven.
>
> 16. A highly contagious ectoparasitic disease of sheep due
> * * to infestation with _Psoroptes ovis_ mites.

-- Tim L

Guerri Stevens
October 3rd, 2012, 04:47 AM
I vote for 3 and 8.

Guerri

Daniel Widdis wrote:
> 3. Share of profits or royalties.
> 8. Obsolete name for a male actor playing a female role.

John Barrs
October 3rd, 2012, 05:13 AM
Now that is interesting; that no-one thought it might be a verb. I shall
consequently go for the dice and it drops me on #5 so I'll also add 10 and
go for #15 - at least they are both about fabrics

JohnnyB


> 5. The crisp rustle of silk or a similar fabric.
>
> 15. The liquid used in the liming stage of the leather
> tanning process; also called _milk of lime_.
>
>

Tim B
October 3rd, 2012, 05:27 AM
10 and 16, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

Judy Madnick
October 3rd, 2012, 08:33 AM
scroop: 10 and 15, please.

Judy Madnick
Jacksonville, FL

Efrem Mallach
October 3rd, 2012, 09:24 AM
Picking prime numbers didn't work last time, so I'll take 4 and 15.

If history is any indication, this will probably fulfill your request of "preferably both by your fellow players, so they get points."

Thanks,

Efrem

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On Oct 2, 2012, at 11:08 PM, Daniel Widdis wrote:

> Seventeen definitions for SCROOP follow, sixteen of which came from the creative minds of your fellow players. Please vote for two (preferably both by your fellow players, so they get points), by public reply to this message, before deadline, which is 6:00 AM PDT on Thursday, October 04, 2012, or 9:00 AM EDT, 13:00 UTC, and 23:00 in Melbourne.
>
> 4. Cotton batting used in upholstery.
>
> 15. The liquid used in the liming stage of the leather tanning process; also called _milk of lime_.

EnDash@aol.com
October 3rd, 2012, 09:30 AM
I'll take a shot at numbers 1 and 10.





1. A modicum.




10. Bacterial film that develops on the surface of water in
a cooling tower.

-- Dick Weltz

Steve Graham
October 3rd, 2012, 09:34 AM
15 and 16 please

Steve Graham
Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 2, 2012, at 21:08, Daniel Widdis <widdis (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

> Seventeen definitions for SCROOP follow, sixteen of which came from the creative minds of your fellow players. Please vote for two (preferably both by your fellow players, so they get points), by public reply to this message, before deadline, which is 6:00 AM PDT on Thursday, October 04, 2012, or 9:00 AM EDT, 13:00 UTC, and 23:00 in Melbourne.
>
> 1. A modicum.
> 2. [Rare] A raven.
> 3. Share of profits or royalties.
> 4. Cotton batting used in upholstery.
> 5. The crisp rustle of silk or a similar fabric.
> 6. A friction match containing little or no sulphur.
> 7. Unsuitable, usually referring to a marriage partner.
> 8. Obsolete name for a male actor playing a female role.
> 9. [naut.] Debris accumulated in the scuppers of a sailing
> boat.
> 10. Bacterial film that develops on the surface of water in
> a cooling tower.
> 11. The thick mucus secreted by the parapodal glands of
> terrestrial mollusks.
> 12. [Obs.] New Orleans 19th Century restaurant jargon for "shellfish of the day."
> 13. Small pieces of stone chipped off a large block in
> shaping it for use in construction.
> 14. A milder form of the bubonic plague that affected much
> of Europe in the fourteenth century.
> 15. The liquid used in the liming stage of the leather
> tanning process; also called _milk of lime_.
> 16. A highly contagious ectoparasitic disease of sheep due
> to infestation with _Psoroptes ovis_ mites.
> 17. [or _scruple_] 1. In Chaldean chronology, the 1/1080
> part of an hour; a division of time used by the Jews,
> Arabs, &c.. 2. Scruple of half duration, an arc of the
> moon's orbit, which the moon's center describes from the
> beginning of an eclipse to the middle.
>

France International/Mike Shefler
October 3rd, 2012, 10:41 AM
I'll go for 5 and 16.

Dodi Schultz
October 3rd, 2012, 01:23 PM
Don't believe any. I'll vote for

> 1. A modicum.

and

> 5. The crisp rustle of silk or a similar fabric.

—Dodi

thejazzmonger
October 3rd, 2012, 01:25 PM
No clue! Give me:

#4 - cotton batting

#15 - tanning liquid

--
steve "thejazzmonger" dixon

Matthew
October 3rd, 2012, 01:46 PM
my votes go to:

> *1. A modicum.
and
> *4. Cotton batting used in upholstery.

--Matthew Grieco

Millie Morgan
October 3rd, 2012, 04:31 PM
My votes go to 13 and 17

13. Small pieces of stone ...
and.
17. the scruple


Thanks Dan
--Millie

scott crom
October 3rd, 2012, 07:08 PM
I'll have 1 and 8, please.

Scott

Chris Carson
October 3rd, 2012, 08:26 PM
9 and 12 for me.

Chris

Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 2, 2012, at 11:08 PM, Daniel Widdis <widdis (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

> Seventeen definitions for SCROOP follow, sixteen of which came from the creative minds of your fellow players. Please vote for two (preferably both by your fellow players, so they get points), by public reply to this message, before deadline, which is 6:00 AM PDT on Thursday, October 04, 2012, or 9:00 AM EDT, 13:00 UTC, and 23:00 in Melbourne.
>
> 1. A modicum.
> 2. [Rare] A raven.
> 3. Share of profits or royalties.
> 4. Cotton batting used in upholstery.
> 5. The crisp rustle of silk or a similar fabric.
> 6. A friction match containing little or no sulphur.
> 7. Unsuitable, usually referring to a marriage partner.
> 8. Obsolete name for a male actor playing a female role.
> 9. [naut.] Debris accumulated in the scuppers of a sailing
> boat.
> 10. Bacterial film that develops on the surface of water in
> a cooling tower.
> 11. The thick mucus secreted by the parapodal glands of
> terrestrial mollusks.
> 12. [Obs.] New Orleans 19th Century restaurant jargon for "shellfish of the day."
> 13. Small pieces of stone chipped off a large block in
> shaping it for use in construction.
> 14. A milder form of the bubonic plague that affected much
> of Europe in the fourteenth century.
> 15. The liquid used in the liming stage of the leather
> tanning process; also called _milk of lime_.
> 16. A highly contagious ectoparasitic disease of sheep due
> to infestation with _Psoroptes ovis_ mites.
> 17. [or _scruple_] 1. In Chaldean chronology, the 1/1080
> part of an hour; a division of time used by the Jews,
> Arabs, &c.. 2. Scruple of half duration, an arc of the
> moon's orbit, which the moon's center describes from the
> beginning of an eclipse to the middle.
>

Jim Hart
October 4th, 2012, 07:45 AM
I'll take 1 and 2 please

Jim