John Barrs
March 31st, 2014, 06:16 AM
This was a round that gave me some problems: I know the word LEASOW as a
summer water meadow pasture. As Mike pointed out #1 and #4 are, to say the
least, similar; #4 being a definition of #1. However, when I looked LEASOW
up in OED I discovered that my memory was at fault in that historically
while being a pasture there is no original relationship to water, in fact
rather the opposite to a dry furzey rough pasture. But I was also intrigued
to discover that it is also the verb "to pasture" - both transitive and
intransitive. Not being sure whether to play this word I then looked it up
in Collins Online where they only give the verb so... I decided to play
using the OED definition for the verb. - #9 - and rely on my English
friends to go for the water meadow type of def (which they duly did,
providing defs #1 and #4) - As a point of interest, do the two Tims know
the "Brensham Trilogy" by John Moore? for that is where I first found the
word many years ago.
The results are that Tony spoiled my D0 and thus earned the next deal with
an unnatural 5 - The real winners are Tim Lodge and Dave Cunningham with 4
points each and another 5 people are on 3 points
1. a water meadow...
Voted for by Shefler, Madnick, Keating; [From Tim Bourne who voted for 4
and 8] and scores [3 + 0] = 3
2. an asymmetric whirlpool...
Voted for by nobody [From Guerri Stevens who voted for 14 and 15] and
scores [0 + 0] = 0
3. French valveless hunting horn...
Voted for by Cunningham [From Judy Madnick who voted for 1 and 16] and
scores [1 + 0] = 1
4. a summer pasture that floods in winter...
Voted for by Shefler, Bourne, Keating, Schultz [From Tim Lodge who voted
for 7 and 16] and scores [4 + 0] = 4
5. an uninformed person with strong opinions...
Voted for by nobody [From Nancy Shepherdson who voted for 7 and 8] and
scores [0 + 0] = 0
6. a variety of genetically modified soybean...
Voted for by nobody [From Steve Graham who voted for 8 and 15] and scores
[0 + 0] = 0
7. _York._ to let or allow (var. Fr. _laissez_)...
Voted for by Shepherdson, Widdis, Morgan, Lodge [From Dave Cunningham who
voted for 3 and 16] and scores [4 + 0] = 4
8. a land area providing forage for farm animals; pasture...
Voted for by Graham, Shepherdson, Bourne [From Dodi Schultz who voted for 4
and 14] and scores [3 + 0] = 3
9. [obs. or dial.] v. trans, intrans: to pasture; to graze...
Voted for by Abell [From OED Online 2014 who cannot vote and gives me a D1
10. timber worked into a wall to tie or strengthen it longitudinally...
Voted for by Mallach [From Dan Widdis who voted for 7 and 12] and scores [1
+ 0] = 1
11. a brood sow raised partially on grass in a "free-range" environment...
Voted for by nobody [From Dick Weltz who voted for 17 and 18] and scores [0
+ 0] = 0
12. [Obs.] In opposition to the proper or expected course; crosswise,
awry...
Voted for by Widdis, Hale, Abell [From Millie Morgan who voted for 7 and
18] and scores [3 + 0] = 3
13. a controversial potting soil additive, rarely in use since the late
1980s...
Voted for by nobody [From Keith Hale who voted for 12 and 14] and scores [0
+ 0] = 0
14. a subsurface ocean current that reverses itself daily according to the
tides...
Voted for by Stevens, Hale, Schultz [From Tony Abell who voted for 9* and
12] and scores [3 + 2] = 5*
15. a temporary shelter, usually of stone, erected by shepherds during
storms in the mountains...
Voted for by Graham, Stevens [From Mike Shefler who voted for 1 and 4] and
scores [2 + 0] = 2
16. _obs. or dial._ the name of a bird; in recent use, a sparrow [OE
leah-sucga fm. leah 'meadow']...
Voted for by Cunningham, Madnick, Lodge [From Paul KEATING who voted for 1
and 4] and scores [3 + 0] = 3
17. in Poland, prior to its loss of independence in 1795, a section of a
city or a region subject to a collective tax quota...
Voted for by Weltz [From Efrem Mallach who voted for 10 and 18] and scores
[1 + 0] = 1
18. a humorous verse consisting of at least two rhymed couplets in lines of
irregular length, usually about a person whose name serves as one of the
rhymes...
Voted for by Weltz, Morgan, Mallach [From Chris Carson who did not vote ]
and scores [3 + 0] = 3
Tony Abell 5*
Johnny Barrs D1
Tim Bourne 3
Chris Carson 3
Dave Cunningham 4
Steve Graham 0
Keith Hale 0
Paul Keating 3
Tim Lodge 4
Judy Madnick 1
Efrem Mallach 1
Millie Morgan 3
Dodi Schultz 3
Mike Shefler 2
Nancy Shepherdson 0
Guerri Stevens 0
Dick Weltz 0
Dan Widdis 1
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summer water meadow pasture. As Mike pointed out #1 and #4 are, to say the
least, similar; #4 being a definition of #1. However, when I looked LEASOW
up in OED I discovered that my memory was at fault in that historically
while being a pasture there is no original relationship to water, in fact
rather the opposite to a dry furzey rough pasture. But I was also intrigued
to discover that it is also the verb "to pasture" - both transitive and
intransitive. Not being sure whether to play this word I then looked it up
in Collins Online where they only give the verb so... I decided to play
using the OED definition for the verb. - #9 - and rely on my English
friends to go for the water meadow type of def (which they duly did,
providing defs #1 and #4) - As a point of interest, do the two Tims know
the "Brensham Trilogy" by John Moore? for that is where I first found the
word many years ago.
The results are that Tony spoiled my D0 and thus earned the next deal with
an unnatural 5 - The real winners are Tim Lodge and Dave Cunningham with 4
points each and another 5 people are on 3 points
1. a water meadow...
Voted for by Shefler, Madnick, Keating; [From Tim Bourne who voted for 4
and 8] and scores [3 + 0] = 3
2. an asymmetric whirlpool...
Voted for by nobody [From Guerri Stevens who voted for 14 and 15] and
scores [0 + 0] = 0
3. French valveless hunting horn...
Voted for by Cunningham [From Judy Madnick who voted for 1 and 16] and
scores [1 + 0] = 1
4. a summer pasture that floods in winter...
Voted for by Shefler, Bourne, Keating, Schultz [From Tim Lodge who voted
for 7 and 16] and scores [4 + 0] = 4
5. an uninformed person with strong opinions...
Voted for by nobody [From Nancy Shepherdson who voted for 7 and 8] and
scores [0 + 0] = 0
6. a variety of genetically modified soybean...
Voted for by nobody [From Steve Graham who voted for 8 and 15] and scores
[0 + 0] = 0
7. _York._ to let or allow (var. Fr. _laissez_)...
Voted for by Shepherdson, Widdis, Morgan, Lodge [From Dave Cunningham who
voted for 3 and 16] and scores [4 + 0] = 4
8. a land area providing forage for farm animals; pasture...
Voted for by Graham, Shepherdson, Bourne [From Dodi Schultz who voted for 4
and 14] and scores [3 + 0] = 3
9. [obs. or dial.] v. trans, intrans: to pasture; to graze...
Voted for by Abell [From OED Online 2014 who cannot vote and gives me a D1
10. timber worked into a wall to tie or strengthen it longitudinally...
Voted for by Mallach [From Dan Widdis who voted for 7 and 12] and scores [1
+ 0] = 1
11. a brood sow raised partially on grass in a "free-range" environment...
Voted for by nobody [From Dick Weltz who voted for 17 and 18] and scores [0
+ 0] = 0
12. [Obs.] In opposition to the proper or expected course; crosswise,
awry...
Voted for by Widdis, Hale, Abell [From Millie Morgan who voted for 7 and
18] and scores [3 + 0] = 3
13. a controversial potting soil additive, rarely in use since the late
1980s...
Voted for by nobody [From Keith Hale who voted for 12 and 14] and scores [0
+ 0] = 0
14. a subsurface ocean current that reverses itself daily according to the
tides...
Voted for by Stevens, Hale, Schultz [From Tony Abell who voted for 9* and
12] and scores [3 + 2] = 5*
15. a temporary shelter, usually of stone, erected by shepherds during
storms in the mountains...
Voted for by Graham, Stevens [From Mike Shefler who voted for 1 and 4] and
scores [2 + 0] = 2
16. _obs. or dial._ the name of a bird; in recent use, a sparrow [OE
leah-sucga fm. leah 'meadow']...
Voted for by Cunningham, Madnick, Lodge [From Paul KEATING who voted for 1
and 4] and scores [3 + 0] = 3
17. in Poland, prior to its loss of independence in 1795, a section of a
city or a region subject to a collective tax quota...
Voted for by Weltz [From Efrem Mallach who voted for 10 and 18] and scores
[1 + 0] = 1
18. a humorous verse consisting of at least two rhymed couplets in lines of
irregular length, usually about a person whose name serves as one of the
rhymes...
Voted for by Weltz, Morgan, Mallach [From Chris Carson who did not vote ]
and scores [3 + 0] = 3
Tony Abell 5*
Johnny Barrs D1
Tim Bourne 3
Chris Carson 3
Dave Cunningham 4
Steve Graham 0
Keith Hale 0
Paul Keating 3
Tim Lodge 4
Judy Madnick 1
Efrem Mallach 1
Millie Morgan 3
Dodi Schultz 3
Mike Shefler 2
Nancy Shepherdson 0
Guerri Stevens 0
Dick Weltz 0
Dan Widdis 1
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