Paul Keating
May 13th, 2015, 02:17 PM
Several players submitted definitions that made it clear they recognized in -by
(from Old Norse bý-r, Swedish and Danish by, ‘dwelling-place, farm,
village, township, town’) either a village (3: Cunningham; 9: Lodge), or
the proper name of a settlement (17: Bourne).
(This form may still survive in NE bye-law.)
So it was something of a surprise that the five correct guesses at the real
definition
<http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/111648?p=emailAqblwwfXZkY3Q&d=111648> (15)
didn’t overlap these perceptive submissions more closely.
Keith Hale’s butler’s knot received the most votes.
But it was closely by followed by Tim Bourne’s Iron Age pottery, which is
very close to the real definition. Lyngby is a municipality in Denmark
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongens_Lyngby>, just north of Copenhagen,
and the word identifies Stone Age tools fashioned from reindeer horn that
were first discovered there. And there really is a place in Yorkshire
called Lynby. Unlike its Danish near-namesake, Lynby in East Yorkshire
doesn’t have a royal predicate. But that is not surprising, because it
appears to be only a campsite
<http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=1065>: so, not Lynby
Regis.
There is no reason to be puzzled that Mike Shefler’s very prompt rolling
scores post went out over an hour before this one. I send Mike an
alphabetical summary of the scores when voting closes. So he can get to
work independently on the rolling scores. But I went to eat dinner when I
was halfway through preparing this post, and Mike, by contrast, was very
fast off the mark.
1. A fruit, Eriobotrya japonica similar to an apricot, but smaller, sweeter
and having a reddish-brown color, grown in Japan and Korea.
Votes from: Bourne and Madnick
Submitted by: Shefler, who scores natural 2.
2. A butler’s knot, tied on cabinets of wine and expensive household items
and foods to detect theft.
Votes from: Abell, Barrs, Carson, Stevens, Weltz and Widdis
Submitted by: Hale, who scores natural 6.
3. In England, any of several villages [AS lyng by, a village on a long or
strong river].
Vote from: Widdis
Submitted by: Cunningham, who scores natural 1.
4. 1. Affectation of speech or manner. 2. An imaginary mountain flower.
Votes from: Abell and Madnick
Submitted by: Naylor, who scores 2 + 2, total 4.
5. Australian slang for a product that has been recalled.
No votes
Submitted by: Stevens.
6. A small geometric figure woven into fabric.
No votes
Submitted by: Carson.
7. A threat; an imminent danger.
Vote from: Stevens
Submitted by: Schultz, who scores 1 + 2, total 3.
8. South Africa. A taxicab.
Votes from: Graham, Hale and Lodge
Submitted by: Abell, who scores natural 3.
9. A fortified village.
Votes from: Cunningham and Naylor
Submitted by: Lodge, who scores 2 + 2, total 4.
10. To tell large stories.
Vote from: Shefler
Submitted by: Widdis, who scores natural 1.
11. A small monkey of Malaysia.
Vote from: Shefler
Submitted by: Madnick, who scores natural 1.
12. A rural Norwegian midsummer festival.
Votes from: Bourne, Hart and Schultz
Submitted by: Mallach, who scores 3 + 2, total 5.
13. A rope and bridle used to train horses. [OF loigne]
Vote from: Hale
Submitted by: Barrs, who scores 1 + 2, total 3.
14. A koala bear cub that has been rejected by its mother.
No votes
Submitted by: Weltz.
15. Used attrib. or ellipt. to designate a mesolithic culture of the Baltic
area or its artefacts.
Votes from: Barrs, Lodge, Mallach, Naylor and Schultz
Real definition from OED 3 (1976)
16. Nickname of the red-cheeked Dunnart (Sminthopsis virginiae), an
Indonesian marsupial.
No votes
Submitted by: Graham.
17. A type of Iron Age pottery, named for a settlement in Yorkshire where
several unbroken examples were found.
Votes from: Carson, Cunningham, Mallach and Weltz
Submitted by: Bourne, who scores natural 4.
18. A flabby benthopelagic fish of the order Pleuronectiformes, also known
as the cusk-eel, noted for having the largest ears and the smallest brain
relative to its body size of all known vertebrates.
Votes from: Graham and Hart
Submitted by: Hart, who scores natural 1.
Player
Def
Voted for
Votes
Guess
Total
Hale
2
8 & 13
6
6
Mallach
12
15 & 17
3
2
5
Bourne
17
1 & 12
4
4
Lodge
9
8 & 15
2
2
4
Naylor
4
9 & 15
2
2
4
Abell
8
2 & 4
3
3
Barrs
13
2 & 15
1
2
3
Schultz
7
12 & 15
1
2
3
Shefler
1
10 & 11
2
2
Cunningham
3
9 & 17
1
1
Hart
18
12 & 18
1
1
Madnick
11
1 & 4
1
1
Widdis
10
2 & 3
1
1
Graham
16
8 & 18
0
0
Weltz
14
2 & 17
0
0
Carson
6
2 & 17
0
0
Stevens
5
2 & 7
0
0
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(from Old Norse bý-r, Swedish and Danish by, ‘dwelling-place, farm,
village, township, town’) either a village (3: Cunningham; 9: Lodge), or
the proper name of a settlement (17: Bourne).
(This form may still survive in NE bye-law.)
So it was something of a surprise that the five correct guesses at the real
definition
<http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/111648?p=emailAqblwwfXZkY3Q&d=111648> (15)
didn’t overlap these perceptive submissions more closely.
Keith Hale’s butler’s knot received the most votes.
But it was closely by followed by Tim Bourne’s Iron Age pottery, which is
very close to the real definition. Lyngby is a municipality in Denmark
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongens_Lyngby>, just north of Copenhagen,
and the word identifies Stone Age tools fashioned from reindeer horn that
were first discovered there. And there really is a place in Yorkshire
called Lynby. Unlike its Danish near-namesake, Lynby in East Yorkshire
doesn’t have a royal predicate. But that is not surprising, because it
appears to be only a campsite
<http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=1065>: so, not Lynby
Regis.
There is no reason to be puzzled that Mike Shefler’s very prompt rolling
scores post went out over an hour before this one. I send Mike an
alphabetical summary of the scores when voting closes. So he can get to
work independently on the rolling scores. But I went to eat dinner when I
was halfway through preparing this post, and Mike, by contrast, was very
fast off the mark.
1. A fruit, Eriobotrya japonica similar to an apricot, but smaller, sweeter
and having a reddish-brown color, grown in Japan and Korea.
Votes from: Bourne and Madnick
Submitted by: Shefler, who scores natural 2.
2. A butler’s knot, tied on cabinets of wine and expensive household items
and foods to detect theft.
Votes from: Abell, Barrs, Carson, Stevens, Weltz and Widdis
Submitted by: Hale, who scores natural 6.
3. In England, any of several villages [AS lyng by, a village on a long or
strong river].
Vote from: Widdis
Submitted by: Cunningham, who scores natural 1.
4. 1. Affectation of speech or manner. 2. An imaginary mountain flower.
Votes from: Abell and Madnick
Submitted by: Naylor, who scores 2 + 2, total 4.
5. Australian slang for a product that has been recalled.
No votes
Submitted by: Stevens.
6. A small geometric figure woven into fabric.
No votes
Submitted by: Carson.
7. A threat; an imminent danger.
Vote from: Stevens
Submitted by: Schultz, who scores 1 + 2, total 3.
8. South Africa. A taxicab.
Votes from: Graham, Hale and Lodge
Submitted by: Abell, who scores natural 3.
9. A fortified village.
Votes from: Cunningham and Naylor
Submitted by: Lodge, who scores 2 + 2, total 4.
10. To tell large stories.
Vote from: Shefler
Submitted by: Widdis, who scores natural 1.
11. A small monkey of Malaysia.
Vote from: Shefler
Submitted by: Madnick, who scores natural 1.
12. A rural Norwegian midsummer festival.
Votes from: Bourne, Hart and Schultz
Submitted by: Mallach, who scores 3 + 2, total 5.
13. A rope and bridle used to train horses. [OF loigne]
Vote from: Hale
Submitted by: Barrs, who scores 1 + 2, total 3.
14. A koala bear cub that has been rejected by its mother.
No votes
Submitted by: Weltz.
15. Used attrib. or ellipt. to designate a mesolithic culture of the Baltic
area or its artefacts.
Votes from: Barrs, Lodge, Mallach, Naylor and Schultz
Real definition from OED 3 (1976)
16. Nickname of the red-cheeked Dunnart (Sminthopsis virginiae), an
Indonesian marsupial.
No votes
Submitted by: Graham.
17. A type of Iron Age pottery, named for a settlement in Yorkshire where
several unbroken examples were found.
Votes from: Carson, Cunningham, Mallach and Weltz
Submitted by: Bourne, who scores natural 4.
18. A flabby benthopelagic fish of the order Pleuronectiformes, also known
as the cusk-eel, noted for having the largest ears and the smallest brain
relative to its body size of all known vertebrates.
Votes from: Graham and Hart
Submitted by: Hart, who scores natural 1.
Player
Def
Voted for
Votes
Guess
Total
Hale
2
8 & 13
6
6
Mallach
12
15 & 17
3
2
5
Bourne
17
1 & 12
4
4
Lodge
9
8 & 15
2
2
4
Naylor
4
9 & 15
2
2
4
Abell
8
2 & 4
3
3
Barrs
13
2 & 15
1
2
3
Schultz
7
12 & 15
1
2
3
Shefler
1
10 & 11
2
2
Cunningham
3
9 & 17
1
1
Hart
18
12 & 18
1
1
Madnick
11
1 & 4
1
1
Widdis
10
2 & 3
1
1
Graham
16
8 & 18
0
0
Weltz
14
2 & 17
0
0
Carson
6
2 & 17
0
0
Stevens
5
2 & 7
0
0
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