Tony Abell
August 25th, 2015, 06:24 AM
Even John Barrs was not sure if he was DQ for this round, and ultimately decided
he wasn't. Despite that strong indication of word obscurity, no fewer than five
players divined the dictionary definition of halsen. Two of them, Jim Hart and
Dodi Schultz, tied the dictionary for real winner ranking. Tim Lodge racked up six
unnatural points with his short-bladed knife, and wins the deal.
So take it away, Tim!
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1. The lowest rank of nobility in Sweden, equivalent to a Baronet.
Voted for by Dick Weltz, Guerri Stevens
SOURCE: Dave Cunningham, who voted 3 and 7, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
2. Travel by land, typically by foot or bicycle, but occasionally used for
travel on horseback.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: Guerri Stevens, who voted 1 and 10, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
3. Wool. [Obs.]
Voted for by Dodi Schultz, Tim Lodge, Steve Graham, Dave Cunningham
SOURCE: Dan Widdis, who voted 4 and 10, and scores 4 + 0 = 4
4. A sharp short-bladed knife used by saddle-makers and other leather workers
to cut complex curves.
Voted for by Judy Madnick, Jim Hart, Dan Widdis, Shani Naylor
SOURCE: Tim Lodge, who voted 3 and *9*, and scores 4 + 2 = 6*
5. A kind of Portuguese cold soup.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: Tim Bourne, who voted 11 and 12, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
6. Cursed; ill-fated.
Voted for by Efrem Mallach, John Barrs, Steve Graham
SOURCE: Dodi Schultz, who voted 3 and *9*, and scores 3 + 2 = 5*
7. Battlement or turret on the outer wall of a castle.
Voted for by Efrem Mallach, Keith Hale, Dave Cunningham
SOURCE: Judy Madnick, who voted 4 and 8, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
8. One of several large masses of silicified sandstone or conglomerate found
on or near the ground surface in England and Brittany and believed to be
the erosional remains of a sedimentary bed deposited during the Tertiary
Period. These masses were used by Neolithic peoples as monoliths.
Voted for by Judy Madnick
SOURCE: Chris Carson, who didn't vote, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
9. Divine, predict.
Voted for by Dodi Schultz, Jim Hart, Mike Shefler, John Barrs, Tim Lodge
SOURCE: Merriam-Webster's Unabridged, which cannot vote, and scores D5
10. A politician who unintentionally misleads voters during an election
campaign [named for Swedish Member of Parliament Georg Halsen (1895-1966)].
Voted for by Mike Shefler, Dan Widdis, Guerri Stevens
SOURCE: Shani Naylor, who voted 4 and 12, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
11. Various plants used by the old herbalists to cure sore throats - by the
doctrine of signatures (which see
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctrine_of_signatures>) the flowers look
like throats [OE. _halse_ the neck].
Voted for by Tim Bourne
SOURCE: John Barrs, who voted 6 and *9*, and scores 1 + 2 = 3*
12. An ancient grain (_Triticum turgidum_); the flour from this.
Voted for by Shani Naylor, Tim Bourne, Keith Hale
SOURCE: Jim Hart, who voted 4 and *9*, and scores 3 + 2 = 5*
13. A type of German, or German-style, Christmas cookie.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: Dick Weltz, who voted 1 and 15, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
14. An ice-covered lake in Antarctica named for Dr. G. B. Halsen, a professor
of biology at the University of Helsinki.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: Keith Hale, who voted 7 and 12, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
15. Nonsense word given an invented definition by a dictionary publisher so
that its appearance in another dictionary will serve as evidence of
plagiarism.
Voted for by Dick Weltz
SOURCE: Efrem Mallach, who voted 6 and 7, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
No definition submitted
Steve Graham, who voted 3 and 6, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
No definition submitted
Mike Shefler, who voted *9* and 10, and scores 0 + 2 = 2*
SUMMARY
Player Def# Voted for Points, N+U=T
------------------------------ ---- ----------- ---------------
Barrs ........................ 11 6 & *9* 1 + 2 = 3
Bourne ....................... 5 11 & 12 0 + 0 = 0
Carson ....................... 8 N/V 1 + 0 = 1
Cunningham ................... 1 3 & 7 2 + 0 = 2
Graham ....................... 3 & 6 0 + 0 = 0
Hale ......................... 14 7 & 12 0 + 0 = 0
Hart ......................... 12 4 & *9* 3 + 2 = 5
Lodge ........................ 4 3 & *9* 4 + 2 = 6
M-W Unabridged ............... 9 N/A D5
Madnick ...................... 7 4 & 8 3 + 0 = 3
Mallach ...................... 15 6 & 7 1 + 0 = 1
Naylor ....................... 10 4 & 12 3 + 0 = 3
Schultz ...................... 6 3 & *9* 3 + 2 = 5
Shefler ...................... *9* & 10 0 + 2 = 2
Stevens ...................... 2 1 & 10 0 + 0 = 0
Weltz ........................ 13 1 & 15 0 + 0 = 0
Widdis ....................... 3 4 & 10 4 + 0 = 4
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he wasn't. Despite that strong indication of word obscurity, no fewer than five
players divined the dictionary definition of halsen. Two of them, Jim Hart and
Dodi Schultz, tied the dictionary for real winner ranking. Tim Lodge racked up six
unnatural points with his short-bladed knife, and wins the deal.
So take it away, Tim!
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1. The lowest rank of nobility in Sweden, equivalent to a Baronet.
Voted for by Dick Weltz, Guerri Stevens
SOURCE: Dave Cunningham, who voted 3 and 7, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
2. Travel by land, typically by foot or bicycle, but occasionally used for
travel on horseback.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: Guerri Stevens, who voted 1 and 10, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
3. Wool. [Obs.]
Voted for by Dodi Schultz, Tim Lodge, Steve Graham, Dave Cunningham
SOURCE: Dan Widdis, who voted 4 and 10, and scores 4 + 0 = 4
4. A sharp short-bladed knife used by saddle-makers and other leather workers
to cut complex curves.
Voted for by Judy Madnick, Jim Hart, Dan Widdis, Shani Naylor
SOURCE: Tim Lodge, who voted 3 and *9*, and scores 4 + 2 = 6*
5. A kind of Portuguese cold soup.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: Tim Bourne, who voted 11 and 12, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
6. Cursed; ill-fated.
Voted for by Efrem Mallach, John Barrs, Steve Graham
SOURCE: Dodi Schultz, who voted 3 and *9*, and scores 3 + 2 = 5*
7. Battlement or turret on the outer wall of a castle.
Voted for by Efrem Mallach, Keith Hale, Dave Cunningham
SOURCE: Judy Madnick, who voted 4 and 8, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
8. One of several large masses of silicified sandstone or conglomerate found
on or near the ground surface in England and Brittany and believed to be
the erosional remains of a sedimentary bed deposited during the Tertiary
Period. These masses were used by Neolithic peoples as monoliths.
Voted for by Judy Madnick
SOURCE: Chris Carson, who didn't vote, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
9. Divine, predict.
Voted for by Dodi Schultz, Jim Hart, Mike Shefler, John Barrs, Tim Lodge
SOURCE: Merriam-Webster's Unabridged, which cannot vote, and scores D5
10. A politician who unintentionally misleads voters during an election
campaign [named for Swedish Member of Parliament Georg Halsen (1895-1966)].
Voted for by Mike Shefler, Dan Widdis, Guerri Stevens
SOURCE: Shani Naylor, who voted 4 and 12, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
11. Various plants used by the old herbalists to cure sore throats - by the
doctrine of signatures (which see
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctrine_of_signatures>) the flowers look
like throats [OE. _halse_ the neck].
Voted for by Tim Bourne
SOURCE: John Barrs, who voted 6 and *9*, and scores 1 + 2 = 3*
12. An ancient grain (_Triticum turgidum_); the flour from this.
Voted for by Shani Naylor, Tim Bourne, Keith Hale
SOURCE: Jim Hart, who voted 4 and *9*, and scores 3 + 2 = 5*
13. A type of German, or German-style, Christmas cookie.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: Dick Weltz, who voted 1 and 15, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
14. An ice-covered lake in Antarctica named for Dr. G. B. Halsen, a professor
of biology at the University of Helsinki.
Voted for by nobody
SOURCE: Keith Hale, who voted 7 and 12, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
15. Nonsense word given an invented definition by a dictionary publisher so
that its appearance in another dictionary will serve as evidence of
plagiarism.
Voted for by Dick Weltz
SOURCE: Efrem Mallach, who voted 6 and 7, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
No definition submitted
Steve Graham, who voted 3 and 6, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
No definition submitted
Mike Shefler, who voted *9* and 10, and scores 0 + 2 = 2*
SUMMARY
Player Def# Voted for Points, N+U=T
------------------------------ ---- ----------- ---------------
Barrs ........................ 11 6 & *9* 1 + 2 = 3
Bourne ....................... 5 11 & 12 0 + 0 = 0
Carson ....................... 8 N/V 1 + 0 = 1
Cunningham ................... 1 3 & 7 2 + 0 = 2
Graham ....................... 3 & 6 0 + 0 = 0
Hale ......................... 14 7 & 12 0 + 0 = 0
Hart ......................... 12 4 & *9* 3 + 2 = 5
Lodge ........................ 4 3 & *9* 4 + 2 = 6
M-W Unabridged ............... 9 N/A D5
Madnick ...................... 7 4 & 8 3 + 0 = 3
Mallach ...................... 15 6 & 7 1 + 0 = 1
Naylor ....................... 10 4 & 12 3 + 0 = 3
Schultz ...................... 6 3 & *9* 3 + 2 = 5
Shefler ...................... *9* & 10 0 + 2 = 2
Stevens ...................... 2 1 & 10 0 + 0 = 0
Weltz ........................ 13 1 & 15 0 + 0 = 0
Widdis ....................... 3 4 & 10 4 + 0 = 4
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