John Barrs
October 25th, 2013, 10:16 AM
Firstly my best wishes to Keith - I hope you recover quickly without lots
of pain.
This was an quiet round
I couldn't resist playing the word when I discovered it is or was dialect
from Hampshire (among other places). I knew it growing up but not as simple
blackberry, (#15) but rather it is associated with the time of year when
one gets those magical golden misty mornings and all the blackberries are
covered with silvery gossamer. As a child I assumed it was a local
corruption of bramble plus kite for when the gossamer dries out and sets
sail. Anyway...
Tim Lodge, Dave Cunningham scored 5 and by rolling scores Tim is our next
dealer
The real winner s are Millie Morgan, Nancy Shepherdson, Tim Bourne with 4
points
over to you Tim
1. a cuckold...
Voted for by Hale, Shepherdson [From Matthew Grieco who voted for 6 and 13]
and scores [2 + 0] = 2
2. a particularly clumsy person...
Voted for by nobody [From Dick Weltz who voted for 6 and 9] and scores [0 +
0] = 0
3. a frightening figure; a spectre or ghost...
Voted for by nobody [From Dodi Schultz who voted for 8 and 15*] and scores
[0 + 2] = 2*
4. official or legal acknowledgement of a mistake...
Voted for by Cunningham, Morgan [From Judy Madnick who voted for 6 and 16]
and scores [2 + 0] = 2
5. a term of opprobrium for a public official who is astoundingly
inefficient...
Voted for by nobody [From Guerri Stevens who voted for 10 and 11] and
scores [0 + 0] = 0
6. in the former British Indian Army, an officer's native batman or
personal servant...
Voted for by Weltz, Madnick, Grieco, Emery, Boswell [From Tim Lodge who
voted for 8 and 12] and scores [5 + 0] = 5
7. (from Ger., also bumblekeit): a tendency to move or act in an awkward
or confused manner; a tendency to speak in a confused or indistinct way...
Voted for by nobody [From Efrem Mallach who did not vote ] and scores [0 +
0] = 0
8. an iron arsenate sulphate mineral which forms nodules with a reniform
(kidney-shaped) surface. In the Middle Ages it was collected from
overgrown pit heaps in Central Europe and used for poisoning fieldmice and
other field vermin
Voted for by Lodge, Shepherdson, Shefler, Schultz [From Millie Morgan who
voted for 4 and 11] and scores [4 + 0] = 4
9. the samara or fruit of the sycamore maple, so called because of the
apparent flying of the wing-shaped fruit; a parachute shaped in the form
of a samara...
Voted for by Weltz, Bourne, Emery, Graham, Shefler [From Dave Cunningham
who voted for 4 and 16] and scores [5 + 0] = 5
10. colloquial (southeastern U.S.) name of the white-tailed kite, Elanus
leucunus...
Voted for by Stevens [From Steve Graham who voted for 9 and 13] and scores
[1 + 0] = 1
11. an innocent person set up to take the blame for an illegal act; a
scapegoat...
Voted for by Morgan, Stevens [From Mike Shefler who voted for 8 and 9] and
scores [2 + 0] = 2
12. to rush along without important information...
Voted for by Lodge [From Keith Hale who voted for 1 and 16] and scores [1 +
0] = 1
13. the seed of the milkweed plant...
Voted for by Bourne, Grieco, Graham, Abell [From Nancy Shepherdson who
voted for 1 and 8] and scores [4 + 0] = 4
14. a South American sea bird...
Voted for by nobody [From Chuck Emery who voted for 6 and 9] and scores [0
+ 0] = 0
15. [dial] a blackberry...
Voted for by Schultz, Boswell [From OED Online 2013 and therefore
registers D2
16. dragonfly...
Voted for by Cunningham, Madnick, Hale, Abell [From Tim Bourne who voted
for 9 and 13] and scores [4 + 0] = 4
##. -- No Def Submitted --...
[From Glen Boswell who voted for 6 and 15*] and scores [0 + 2] = 2*
##. -- No Def Submitted --...
[From Tony Abell who voted for 13 and 16] and scores [0 + 0] = 0
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of pain.
This was an quiet round
I couldn't resist playing the word when I discovered it is or was dialect
from Hampshire (among other places). I knew it growing up but not as simple
blackberry, (#15) but rather it is associated with the time of year when
one gets those magical golden misty mornings and all the blackberries are
covered with silvery gossamer. As a child I assumed it was a local
corruption of bramble plus kite for when the gossamer dries out and sets
sail. Anyway...
Tim Lodge, Dave Cunningham scored 5 and by rolling scores Tim is our next
dealer
The real winner s are Millie Morgan, Nancy Shepherdson, Tim Bourne with 4
points
over to you Tim
1. a cuckold...
Voted for by Hale, Shepherdson [From Matthew Grieco who voted for 6 and 13]
and scores [2 + 0] = 2
2. a particularly clumsy person...
Voted for by nobody [From Dick Weltz who voted for 6 and 9] and scores [0 +
0] = 0
3. a frightening figure; a spectre or ghost...
Voted for by nobody [From Dodi Schultz who voted for 8 and 15*] and scores
[0 + 2] = 2*
4. official or legal acknowledgement of a mistake...
Voted for by Cunningham, Morgan [From Judy Madnick who voted for 6 and 16]
and scores [2 + 0] = 2
5. a term of opprobrium for a public official who is astoundingly
inefficient...
Voted for by nobody [From Guerri Stevens who voted for 10 and 11] and
scores [0 + 0] = 0
6. in the former British Indian Army, an officer's native batman or
personal servant...
Voted for by Weltz, Madnick, Grieco, Emery, Boswell [From Tim Lodge who
voted for 8 and 12] and scores [5 + 0] = 5
7. (from Ger., also bumblekeit): a tendency to move or act in an awkward
or confused manner; a tendency to speak in a confused or indistinct way...
Voted for by nobody [From Efrem Mallach who did not vote ] and scores [0 +
0] = 0
8. an iron arsenate sulphate mineral which forms nodules with a reniform
(kidney-shaped) surface. In the Middle Ages it was collected from
overgrown pit heaps in Central Europe and used for poisoning fieldmice and
other field vermin
Voted for by Lodge, Shepherdson, Shefler, Schultz [From Millie Morgan who
voted for 4 and 11] and scores [4 + 0] = 4
9. the samara or fruit of the sycamore maple, so called because of the
apparent flying of the wing-shaped fruit; a parachute shaped in the form
of a samara...
Voted for by Weltz, Bourne, Emery, Graham, Shefler [From Dave Cunningham
who voted for 4 and 16] and scores [5 + 0] = 5
10. colloquial (southeastern U.S.) name of the white-tailed kite, Elanus
leucunus...
Voted for by Stevens [From Steve Graham who voted for 9 and 13] and scores
[1 + 0] = 1
11. an innocent person set up to take the blame for an illegal act; a
scapegoat...
Voted for by Morgan, Stevens [From Mike Shefler who voted for 8 and 9] and
scores [2 + 0] = 2
12. to rush along without important information...
Voted for by Lodge [From Keith Hale who voted for 1 and 16] and scores [1 +
0] = 1
13. the seed of the milkweed plant...
Voted for by Bourne, Grieco, Graham, Abell [From Nancy Shepherdson who
voted for 1 and 8] and scores [4 + 0] = 4
14. a South American sea bird...
Voted for by nobody [From Chuck Emery who voted for 6 and 9] and scores [0
+ 0] = 0
15. [dial] a blackberry...
Voted for by Schultz, Boswell [From OED Online 2013 and therefore
registers D2
16. dragonfly...
Voted for by Cunningham, Madnick, Hale, Abell [From Tim Bourne who voted
for 9 and 13] and scores [4 + 0] = 4
##. -- No Def Submitted --...
[From Glen Boswell who voted for 6 and 15*] and scores [0 + 2] = 2*
##. -- No Def Submitted --...
[From Tony Abell who voted for 13 and 16] and scores [0 + 0] = 0
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