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EnDash@aol.com
November 18th, 2013, 01:20 PM
A few players submitted definitions but then either missed the voting
deadline or chose not to cast their votes. One of those turned out to be our
winner -- And the next deal is for Tony Abell with 5 natural points.

Take it away, Tony

1: an edible, gelatinous, greenish substance lying beneath the upper
shell of a turtle
Voted for by: Johnny Barrs, Efrem Mallach
FROM AHD4 which can't vote, and scores D2

2: an Eastern ruler or official whose correct title is unknown or
irrelevant; probably derived from caliph and pasha
Voted for by nobody
FROM Tim Bourne who voted 10 and 18, and scores 0 + 0 = 0

3: a woman's folding bonnet of the late 1700's
Voted for by: Judy Madnick, Dave Cunningham, Dodi Schultz
FROM Chris Carson who voted 12 and 18, and scores 3 + 0 = 3

4: an appendage of the artificial globe, consisting of a slip of brass of
the length of a quadrant of one of the great circles of the globe, and
graduated. It may be fitted to the meridian, and being movable round to
all points of the horizon, serves as a scale in measuring altitudes,
azimuths, etc.
Voted for by: Keith Hale
FROM Dan Widdis who voted 8 and 18, and scores 1 + 0 = 1

5: a Spanish ritualized sword dance or battle dance
Voted for by: Hugo Kornelis, Millie Morgan
FROM Judy Madnick who voted 3 and 11, and scores 2 + 0 = 2

6: an apostate
Voted for by: Millie Morgan
FROM Guerri Stevens who voted 13 and 20, and scores 1 + 0 = 1

7: (Scalopendra gigantea) One of the largest representatives of the
genus Scolopendra, with a length up to 30 cm; also known as the Peruvian
giant yellow-leg centipede or Amazonian giant centipede
Voted for by nobody
FROM Hugo Kornelis who voted 5 and 15, and scores 0 + 0 = 0

8: in Muslim countries a military leader who is also royalty [ _caliph_
+ _pasha_]
Voted for by: Dan Widdis
FROM Johnny Barrs who voted *1* and 15, and scores 1 + 2 = 3*

9: a death icon in Hinduism
Voted for by nobody
FROM Dave Cunningham who voted 3 and 11, and scores 0 + 0 = 0

10: a magical gourd that was used as a device in the _Arabian Nights_ to
transport the storyteller from one tale's locale to the next
Voted for by: Tim Bourne, Tim Lodge
FROM Mike Shefler who voted 12 and 14, and scores 2 + 0 = 2

11: a processional throne usually carried on the shoulders of subjects or
acolytes
Voted for by: Judy Madnick, Dave Cunningham
FROM Jim Hart who voted 16 and 18, and scores 2 + 0 = 2

12: a quilting design consisting of entwined roses and hearts
Voted for by: Chris Carson, Mike Shefler, Efrem Mallach
FROM Nancy Shepherdson who didn't vote, and scores 3 + 0 = 3

13: the residence of the ruler, in Muslim nations
Voted for by: Guerri Stevens
FROM Keith Hale who voted 4 and 20, and scores 1 + 0 = 1

14: a widepread, vigorous creeping vine (Passiflora foetida) native to the
Caribbean and Central America, a declared a noxious weed in some
states of Australia
Voted for by: Mike Shefler, Matthew Grieco
FROM Millie Morgan who voted 5 and 6, and scores 2 + 0 = 2

15: a mildly spiced carrot soup popular in central India
Voted for by: Hugo Kornelis, Johnny Barrs
FROM Glen Boswell who didn't vote, and scores 2 + 0 = 2

16: a four-wheeled, two-horse carriage, popular in Ireland early 19th
Century.
Voted for by: Jim Hart, Tim Lodge
FROM Steve Graham who voted 17 and 21, and scores 2 + 0 = 2

17: a cavalry soldier of the Ottoman empire
Voted for by: Steve Graham, Dodi Schultz
FROM Tim Lodge who voted 10 and 16, and scores 2 + 0 = 2

18: a random mixture
Voted for by: Tim Bourne, Chris Carson, Dan Widdis, Jim Hart, Matthew
Grieco
FROM Tony Abell who didn't vote, and scores 5 + 0 = 5

19: an Australian marsupial, about 16"/40cm long. (Fm. Warlpiri _kali_,
small, and _patsh_, pouch)
Voted for by nobody
FROM Efrem Mallach who voted *1* and 12, and scores 0 + 2 = 2*

20: the eunuch having charge of a harem
Voted for by: Guerri Stevens, Keith Hale
FROM Dodi Schultz who voted 3 and 17, and scores 2 + 0 = 2

21: smoked camel meat
Voted for by: Steve Graham
FROM Matthew Grieco who voted 14 and 18, and scores 1 + 0 = 1

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