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Tony Abell
November 22nd, 2013, 07:31 AM
Millie actually voted 4 and 16, so Dan Widdis has only 5 points and Steve
Graham has 2. Amended results are below.

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1. An Indian police or customs officer.
Voted for by Efrem Mallach
SOURCE: Judy Madnick, who voted 3 and 13, and scores 1 + 0 = 1

2. Formerly, a mercenary foot soldier in Hungary, now, a halberdier of a
Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German or Hungarian courts.
Voted for by Dave Cunningham, Dick Weltz, Mike Shefler
SOURCE: Dan Widdis, who voted *7* and 14, and scores 3 + 2 = 5*

3. A free-floating buoy designed to capture information on oceanic currents
and weather.
Voted for by Dave Cunningham, Steve Graham, Judy Madnick, Mike Shefler
SOURCE: Tim Lodge, who voted *7* and 12, and scores 4 + 2 = 6*

4. A small, Central American monkey.
Voted for by Millie Morgan, Dodi Schultz
SOURCE: Steve Graham, who voted 3 and 14, and scores 2 + 0 = 2

5. A coastal area (chiefly Brazil).
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: Dave Cunningham, who voted 2 and 3, and scores 0 + 0 = 0

6. Any of various hard resins obtained chiefly in Southeast Asia from trees in
the families _Araucariaceae_, _Burseraceae_, and _Dipterocarpaceae_, for
use in varnishes and lacquers.
Voted for by Matthew Grieco
SOURCE: Chris Carson, who didn't vote, and scores 1 + 0 = 1

7. A flowing coat dress with a full skirt and train worn by women during the
Renaissance.
Voted for by Tim Lodge, Dodi Schultz, Dan Widdis, John Barrs, Keith Hale
SOURCE: Merriam-Webster's Unabridged, which cannot vote, and scores D5

8. A pot for making hot beverages.
Voted for by Tim Bourne
SOURCE: Guerri Stevens, who voted 12 and 16, and scores 1 + 0 = 1

9. A turret or cupola atop a Moorish castle.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: Mike Shefler, who voted 2 and 3, and scores 0 + 0 = 0

10. A natural insecticide similar to _quassia_ [qv] from shrubs of the
subtropical simaroubia genus; also the name of a red wood from simaroubia
sp. which is highly prized in Europe for veneer work.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: John Barrs, who voted *7* and 14, and scores 0 + 2 = 2*

11. [Arabic] A newborn lamb.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: Matthew Grieco, who voted 6 and 13, and scores 0 + 0 = 0

12. The coarse, purified middlings of durum wheat used in making maftoul and
couscous.
Voted for by Tim Lodge, Dick Weltz, Guerri Stevens
SOURCE: Millie Morgan, who voted 4 and 16, and scores 3 + 0 = 3

13. Nepalese oven, similar to the Indian tandoor.
Voted for by Matthew Grieco, Tim Bourne, Judy Madnick
SOURCE: Efrem Mallach, who voted 1 and 14, and scores 3 + 0 = 3

14. A long, full cloak or mantle, usually bordered in fur or velvet.
Voted for by Dan Widdis, John Barrs, Steve Graham, Efrem Mallach, Keith
Hale
SOURCE: Dodi Schultz, who voted 4 and *7*, and scores 5 + 2 = 7*

15. A temporary state of equivalence among two or more variable components.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: Dick Weltz, who voted 2 and 12, and scores 0 + 0 = 0

16. A small domestic samovar.
Voted for by Millie Morgan, Guerri Stevens
SOURCE: Tim Bourne, who voted 8 and 13, and scores 2 + 0 = 2

No definition submitted
Keith Hale, who voted *7* and 14, and scores 0 + 2 = 2*

SUMMARY

Player Def# Voted for Points, N+U=T
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Barrs ........................ 10 *7* & 14 0 + 2 = 2
Bourne ....................... 16 8 & 13 2 + 0 = 2
Carson ....................... 6 N/V 1 + 0 = 1
Cunningham ................... 5 2 & 3 0 + 0 = 0
Graham ....................... 4 3 & 14 2 + 0 = 2
Grieco ....................... 11 6 & 13 0 + 0 = 0
Hale ......................... *7* & 14 0 + 2 = 2
Lodge ........................ 3 *7* & 12 4 + 2 = 6
M-W Unabridged ............... 7 N/A D5
Madnick ...................... 1 3 & 13 1 + 0 = 1
Mallach ...................... 13 1 & 14 3 + 0 = 3
Morgan ....................... 12 4 & 16 3 + 0 = 3
Schultz ...................... 14 4 & *7* 5 + 2 = 7
Shefler ...................... 9 2 & 3 0 + 0 = 0
Stevens ...................... 8 12 & 16 1 + 0 = 1
Weltz ........................ 15 2 & 12 0 + 0 = 0
Widdis ....................... 2 *7* & 14 3 + 2 = 5

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