endash@verizon.net
October 6th, 2015, 02:38 PM
Wow! This has been one helluva play. First I picked a word that seemed ever so obscure to me; and boy, was I ever wrong -- with no less than a whopping D5 plus a pair of DQs. Second, trying to do the deal manually without my old files or even a printer proved worse than I anticipated; and I fear that I have made a dog's dinner out of the whole thing.
I think (and hope) I've finally got it right; but if not, I apologize and seek your pardon; but I don't have any way of reconstructing the original data, as my file system has rebelled on me.
In any event, if the numbers are correct, then our clear winner is Tim Lodge, with a grand total of 5 points. Real winners were runners-up Jim Hart and Paul Keating, with 4 points each.
1. a sterile vinyl bag for transport of human organs.
from Steve Graham Voted for 8 & 13
voted for by Madniick / Score (1) + (0) = 1
2. a mass or small pocket of any ore occurring in an unexpected location [Fr. _poche_ pocket]
from Johnny Barrs, who was DQ
voted for by Druce / Score: (1) + (0) = 1
3. a small swivel-gun, esp. one mounted on the back of a camel.
from Shani Naylor, who was DQ
voted for by Schultz / Score: (1) = (0) = 1
4. a system of crystallization which has three unequal axes at right angles
to each other; trimetric
from Dan Widdis Voted for *11* & 14
voted for by nobody / Score: (0) + (2) = 2
5. in sabre fencing, a parry in tierce followed by a rapid riposte and retreat
from Mike Shefler Voted for 8 & 12
voted for by Bourne, Stevens, Schultz / Score: (3) + (0) = 3
6. medieval leather coat worn as armour
from Judy Madnick Voted for 1 & 14
voted for by nobody / Score: (0) + (0) = 0
7. the portion of a nobleman’s land on which his vassals were permitted to hunt.
from Efrem Mallach Voted for 9 & *11*
voted for by nobody / Score: (0) + (2) = 2
8. underhand, secretive.
from Tim Bourne. Voted for 5 & 12
voted for by Graham, Shefler, Lodge, Keating / Score: (4) + (0) = 4
9. a Tibetan prayer wheel.
from Tim Lodge Voted for 8 & *11*
voted for by Mallach, Hart, Druce / Score: (3) + (2) = 5
10. a pustule caused by an eruptive disease.
from Guerri Stevens Voted for 5 & 13
voted for by nobody / Score: (0) + (0) = 0
11. in Tibetan Buddhism an incarnate lama or highly respected religious teacher (often used as an honorific title)
from Oxford Dictionaries (online), which has no vote
voted for by Widdis, Mallach, Lodge, Hart, Keating / Score: D5
12. a catch-basin.
from Dodi Schultz Voted for 3 & 5
voted for by Shefler, Bourne / Score: (2) + (0) = 2
13. originally a disorderly variation of English billiards as played by
British officers in India in the 19th century, in which a player who
incorrectly sank a ball into a pocket would announce "Rinpoche" and be
obliged to consume two drinks while buying one for each other player;
now applied similarly to any cue sport (pool, snooker, etc.), generally
with a lesser penalty.
from Jim Hart Voted for 9 & *11*
voted for by Graham, Stevens / Score: (2) + (2) = 4
14. an ascetic Brazilian martial-arts discipline, of and for the very poor, known chiefly abroad for its scanty training uniform [Rio
Pg., ‘broke’, lit. ‘torn trousers’]
from Paul Keating Voted for 8 & *11*
voted for by Widdis, Madnick / Score: (2) + (2) + 4
(no submission)
Ann Druce Voted for 2 & 9
Score: (0) + (0) + 0
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I think (and hope) I've finally got it right; but if not, I apologize and seek your pardon; but I don't have any way of reconstructing the original data, as my file system has rebelled on me.
In any event, if the numbers are correct, then our clear winner is Tim Lodge, with a grand total of 5 points. Real winners were runners-up Jim Hart and Paul Keating, with 4 points each.
1. a sterile vinyl bag for transport of human organs.
from Steve Graham Voted for 8 & 13
voted for by Madniick / Score (1) + (0) = 1
2. a mass or small pocket of any ore occurring in an unexpected location [Fr. _poche_ pocket]
from Johnny Barrs, who was DQ
voted for by Druce / Score: (1) + (0) = 1
3. a small swivel-gun, esp. one mounted on the back of a camel.
from Shani Naylor, who was DQ
voted for by Schultz / Score: (1) = (0) = 1
4. a system of crystallization which has three unequal axes at right angles
to each other; trimetric
from Dan Widdis Voted for *11* & 14
voted for by nobody / Score: (0) + (2) = 2
5. in sabre fencing, a parry in tierce followed by a rapid riposte and retreat
from Mike Shefler Voted for 8 & 12
voted for by Bourne, Stevens, Schultz / Score: (3) + (0) = 3
6. medieval leather coat worn as armour
from Judy Madnick Voted for 1 & 14
voted for by nobody / Score: (0) + (0) = 0
7. the portion of a nobleman’s land on which his vassals were permitted to hunt.
from Efrem Mallach Voted for 9 & *11*
voted for by nobody / Score: (0) + (2) = 2
8. underhand, secretive.
from Tim Bourne. Voted for 5 & 12
voted for by Graham, Shefler, Lodge, Keating / Score: (4) + (0) = 4
9. a Tibetan prayer wheel.
from Tim Lodge Voted for 8 & *11*
voted for by Mallach, Hart, Druce / Score: (3) + (2) = 5
10. a pustule caused by an eruptive disease.
from Guerri Stevens Voted for 5 & 13
voted for by nobody / Score: (0) + (0) = 0
11. in Tibetan Buddhism an incarnate lama or highly respected religious teacher (often used as an honorific title)
from Oxford Dictionaries (online), which has no vote
voted for by Widdis, Mallach, Lodge, Hart, Keating / Score: D5
12. a catch-basin.
from Dodi Schultz Voted for 3 & 5
voted for by Shefler, Bourne / Score: (2) + (0) = 2
13. originally a disorderly variation of English billiards as played by
British officers in India in the 19th century, in which a player who
incorrectly sank a ball into a pocket would announce "Rinpoche" and be
obliged to consume two drinks while buying one for each other player;
now applied similarly to any cue sport (pool, snooker, etc.), generally
with a lesser penalty.
from Jim Hart Voted for 9 & *11*
voted for by Graham, Stevens / Score: (2) + (2) = 4
14. an ascetic Brazilian martial-arts discipline, of and for the very poor, known chiefly abroad for its scanty training uniform [Rio
Pg., ‘broke’, lit. ‘torn trousers’]
from Paul Keating Voted for 8 & *11*
voted for by Widdis, Madnick / Score: (2) + (2) + 4
(no submission)
Ann Druce Voted for 2 & 9
Score: (0) + (0) + 0
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