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Mike Shefler
November 12th, 2015, 10:00 AM
Efrem Mallach is the next dealer, however, he wrote to me that he probably
won't be able to post a new word until sometime Friday, possibly Friday
morning.
1. metallic decoration or trim, as on a vase, goblet, or dinnerware.
Submitter: Schultz Votes: *11* & 12 2 + 1 = 3
Voted for by: Naylor
2. the reinforced fabric surrounding the rotors of a hovercraft.
Submitter: Graham Votes: 5 & 12 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Stevens
3. regularly spaced ridges or beading molded into a handle.
Submitter: Abell Vote: N/V 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Lodge; Cunningham; Hale
4. a freeman of the lowest class in Anglo-Saxon England.
Submitter: Lodge Votes: 3 & *11* 2 + 1 = 3
Voted for by: Madnick
5. grout, putty, or other filler used between a baseboard and wall.
Submitter: Weltz Votes: 10 & *11* 2 + 2 = 4
Voted for by: Graham; Naylor
6. (of the larger species of cats) a low snuffling sound analogous to
the purring of smaller cat species, often made as a
greeting.
Submitter: Naylor Votes: 1 & 5 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Hale
7. the use of personal or political pressure in an effort to persuade or
to gain
support.
Submitter: Carson Vote: N/V 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
8. [Dan.] rapid, especially of time.
Submitter: Cunningham Votes: 3 & 10 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Bourne; Widdis
9. [dial.] chickadees named for their intermittent brief appearances.
[poss. comb. _flitting and
fleeting_]
Submitter: Barrs Vote: DQ DQ + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
10. [Old Norse] a gathering-place.
Submitter: Mallach Votes: *11* & 13 2 + 4 = 6
Voted for by: Weltz; Cunningham; Bourne; Madnick
11. a contest consisting of the exchange of insults, often conducted in
verse, between two
parties.
Submitter: Dictionary Vote: N/A D5
Voted for by: Schultz; Lodge; Weltz; Mallach; Widdis
12. a technique for maximizing the productivity of a resource by grouping
together tasks that make similar demands on the resource.
Originally
used in the context of trains of similar speed going in the
same
direction on a single track railroad, but has also been applied
to
pipelines, where the nature of the substance carried is also
a
factor.

Submitter: Bourne Votes: 8 & 10 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Schultz; Graham; Stevens
13. a heavy kettle with a perforated lid to allow steam to escape.
Submitter: Stevens Votes: 2 & 12 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Mallach
14. blanched; hence, a coward.
Submitter: Widdis Votes: 8 & *11* 2 + 0 = 2
Voted for by:
No def: Hale Votes: 3 & 6 0 + 0 = 0
No def: Madnick Votes: 4 & 10 0 + 0 = 0


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