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Dodi Schultz
November 25th, 2012, 11:46 PM
Two players zeroed in on #1, the real definition of cicurate: Johnny Barrs
(surprise!) and Mike Shefler. And Mike's our next dealer, with a total of
nine points, since #12, a combined def using scarring verbs submitted by
him and by Gary Mason, received seven votes, making Gary the real winner.
The runner-up is Efrem Mallach, whose scar-related adjective, #4, was
chosen by six voters. FYI, cicurate and cicatrix (scar) are from different
Latin roots.

Details, below. Take it away, Mike!


1. to tame. [Obs.]
Submitter: Dictionary / Vote: N/A / D2
Voted for by: Shefler; Barrs

2. to talk profusely or idly.
Submitter: Madnick / Votes: 3 & 8 / 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:

3. to empty or drain completely.
Submitter: Abell / Votes: 12 & 13 / 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Madnick

4. of or relating to scar tissue.
Submitter: Mallach / Votes: 9 & 10 / 0 + 6 = 6
Voted for by: Hale; Weltz; Hart; Dixon; Bourne; Crom

5. a method of titration used in wine making.
Submitter: Emery / Vote: N/V / 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Stevens

6. having a handle or a part resembling a handle.
Submitter: Carson / Votes: 11 & 16 / 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Mason; Boswell

7. unwillingness to make any non-trivial decisions.
Submitter: Stevens / Votes: 5 & 18 / 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Widdis; Graham

8. one who excites contentions and quarrels. [Obs.]
Submitter: Widdis / Votes: 7 & 18 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Madnick; Lodge

9. of or related to cicadas (or, incorrectly, locusts).
Submitter: Cunningham / Votes: 10 & 15 / 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Mallach

10. to make a chirping noise by rubbing hind legs together (insects).
Submitter: Graham / Votes: 7 & 16 / 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Mallach; Cunningham

11. to sort or file in chronological order, rather than alphabetical.
Submitter: Hale / Votes: 4 & 18 / 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Carson

12. to scar or disfigure; to mark with scars, usually as tribal ritual.
Submitter: Shefler / Votes: *1* & 14 / 2 + 7 = 9
Submitter: Mason / Votes: 6 & 18 / 0 + 7 = 7
Voted for by: Abell; Weltz; Hart; Lodge; Morgan; Bourne; Crom

13. a vicar (Anglican) assigned to serve multiple parishes in rotation.
Submitter: Weltz / Votes: 4 & 12 / 0 + 4 = 4
Voted for by: Abell; Barrs; Dixon; Morgan

14. of plants, bearing sharp structures that are not necessarily spines,
thorns, or prickles.
Submitter: Hart / Votes: 4 & 12 / 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Shefler

15. _v._ to poison with hemlock; _adj._ poisoned by hemlock [_cicuta
sp., esp. water hemlock, _c. maculata_]
Submitter: Barrs / Votes: *1* & 13 / 2 + 1 = 3
Voted for by: Cunningham

16. to separate liquids and semi-liquids by means of a centrifuge which
passes an electrical charge through the sample.
Submitter: Dixon / Votes: 4 & 13 / 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Carson; Graham; Boswell

17. a tropical parasitic disease endemic to Central America and northern
parts of South America; it is carried by sandflies and affects the
liver of victims.
Submitter: Lodge / Votes: 8 & 12 / 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:

18. arranged in one or more groups of five, so placed that four occupy
the corners of a square or rectangle and the fifth occupies its
center; esp. of a group or plantation of trees laid out in this
manner.
Submitter: Morgan / Votes: 12 & 13 / 0 + 4 = 4
Voted for by: Stevens; Widdis; Hale; Mason

No def: Bourne / Votes: 4 & 12 / 0 + 0 = 0

No def: Crom / Votes: 4 & 12 / 0 + 0 = 0

No def: Boswell / Votes: 6 & 16 / 0 + 0 = 0