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Tim Lodge
November 7th, 2016, 05:30 AM
Three perceptive players managed to guess that VAMBRASH means 'to
brandish'. Mike Shefler (Def 6) and Johnny Barrs (Def 7) both got 6
points, but two of Johnny's were gained by guessing correctly, while Mike's
natural 6 propels him into the dealer's chair.

Over to you, Mike.

-- Tim L

*** VAMBRASH ***

1. a wine cask.
Submitter: Efrem Mallach Votes: 6 & 7 Score: 1 + 0 = 1
Voted for by: Dan Widdis

2. a pale green color.
Submitter: Tony Abell Votes: 0 & 0 Score: 1 + 0 = 1
Voted for by: Mike Shefler

3. _Obs.rare_ to brandish.
Submitter: OED Votes: 0 & 0 Score: 3 + 0 = 3
Voted for by: Johnny Barrs, Dan Widdis, Dave Cunningham

4. a thin unleavened flatbread of Armenian origin.
Submitter: Chris Carson Votes: 5 & 6 Score: 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by: Nobody

5. nonsense; confused mixture of unrelated things.
Submitter: Judy Madnick Votes: 6 & 7 Score: 4 + 0 = 4
Voted for by: Chris Carson, Shani Naylor, Guerri Stevens, Tim Bourne

6. a small circular shield or buckler, often spiked.
Submitter: Mike Shefler Votes: 2 & 7 Score: 6 + 0 = 6
Voted for by: Efrem Mallach, Chris Carson, Judy Madnick, Dave Cunningham,
Tim Bourne, Keith Hale

7. _Obs.rare_ a piece of armour to cover the forearm.
Submitter: Johnny Barrs Votes: 3 & 8 Score: 4 + *2* = 6
Voted for by: Efrem Mallach, Judy Madnick, Mike Shefler, Keith Hale

8. (a) The dunlin. (b) The sanderling. (c) An African weaver bird.
Submitter: Dan Widdis Votes: 1 & 3 Score: 2 + *2* = 4
Voted for by: Johnny Barrs, Shani Naylor

9. as a term of contempt: A base, despicable, or vile fellow; a rascal.

Submitter: Shani Naylor Votes: 5 & 8 Score: 1 + 0 = 1
Voted for by: Guerri Stevens

10. a collection of defensive measures taken by a castle's residents when
under siege.
Submitter: Guerri Stevens Votes: 5 & 9 Score: 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by: Nobody

11. _Indonesian Dutch_ a relative of the _wombat_ found in New
Guinea. (from _Dharak_ "wam-brah")
Submitter: Dave Cunningham Votes: 3 & 6 Score: 0 + *2* = 2
Voted for by: Nobody

12. No Def: Tim Bourne Votes: 5 & 6 Score: 0 + 0 = 0

13. No Def: Keith Hale Votes: 6 & 7 Score: 0 + 0 = 0


Def Vote 1 Vote 2 Tot Votes Guess DP Score








Mike Shefler 6 2 7 6 0 0 6
Johnny Barrs 7 3 8 4 2 0 6
Judy Madnick 5 6 7 4 0 0 4
Dan Widdis 8 1 3 2 2 0 4
OED 3 0 0 3 0 0 3
Dave Cunningham 11 3 6 0 2 0 2
Efrem Mallach 1 6 7 1 0 0 1
Tony Abell 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
Shani Naylor 9 5 8 1 0 0 1
Chris Carson 4 5 6 0 0 0 0
Guerri Stevens 10 5 9 0 0 0 0
Tim Bourne 12 5 6 0 0 0 0
Keith Hale 13 6 7 0 0 0 0









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