Mike Shefler
December 12th, 2017, 08:53 AM
Tim Lodge is the run-away winner of this round with 8 natural points.
The English Dialect Dictionary nocks up another D0. Great source of words.
1. an Assyrian rock carving.
Submitter: Mallach Votes: 5 & 10 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Bourne
2. a kind of precious stone credited with magical properties.
Submitter: Naylor Votes: 5 & 8 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Abell
3. former abbreviation for "megahertz," eventually simplified to "mgh."
Submitter: Madnick Votes: 5 & 10 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
4. the big toe.
Submitter: EDD Vote: N/A D0
Voted for by:
5. [Sc.] in whisky production, the product of the first coarse grinding
of the malt to prepare it for fermentation.
Submitter: Lodge Votes: 6 & 10 0 + 8 = 8
Voted for by: Mallach; Naylor; Madnick; Cunningham; Hale; Carson; Barrs
Stevens
6. a linn, waterfall or source of a stream.
Submitter: Cunningham Votes: 5 & 8 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Lodge
7. a counting marker on a Sumerian abacus.
Submitter: Hale Votes: 5 & 9 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Bourne
8. a low-lying meadow in a river valley.
Submitter: Carson Votes: 5 & 9 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Naylor; Cunningham
9. one of several kinds of sand fly.
Submitter: Bourne Votes: 1 & 7 0 + 4 = 4
Voted for by: Hale; Carson; Barrs; Abell
10. [Arabic] a junk yard. [a generalised version of _megh-car_ which was
a vast heap of British army officers' cars totally unsuited to desert
conditions which were abandoned near Basra after being bulldozed into
a heap by the BEF in 1915]
Submitter: Barrs Votes: 5 & 9 0 + 4 = 4
Voted for by: Mallach; Madnick; Lodge; Stevens
No def: Stevens Votes: 5 & 10 2DP + 0 + 0 = 2
No def: Abell Votes: 2 & 9 0 + 0 = 0
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The English Dialect Dictionary nocks up another D0. Great source of words.
1. an Assyrian rock carving.
Submitter: Mallach Votes: 5 & 10 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Bourne
2. a kind of precious stone credited with magical properties.
Submitter: Naylor Votes: 5 & 8 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Abell
3. former abbreviation for "megahertz," eventually simplified to "mgh."
Submitter: Madnick Votes: 5 & 10 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
4. the big toe.
Submitter: EDD Vote: N/A D0
Voted for by:
5. [Sc.] in whisky production, the product of the first coarse grinding
of the malt to prepare it for fermentation.
Submitter: Lodge Votes: 6 & 10 0 + 8 = 8
Voted for by: Mallach; Naylor; Madnick; Cunningham; Hale; Carson; Barrs
Stevens
6. a linn, waterfall or source of a stream.
Submitter: Cunningham Votes: 5 & 8 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Lodge
7. a counting marker on a Sumerian abacus.
Submitter: Hale Votes: 5 & 9 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Bourne
8. a low-lying meadow in a river valley.
Submitter: Carson Votes: 5 & 9 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Naylor; Cunningham
9. one of several kinds of sand fly.
Submitter: Bourne Votes: 1 & 7 0 + 4 = 4
Voted for by: Hale; Carson; Barrs; Abell
10. [Arabic] a junk yard. [a generalised version of _megh-car_ which was
a vast heap of British army officers' cars totally unsuited to desert
conditions which were abandoned near Basra after being bulldozed into
a heap by the BEF in 1915]
Submitter: Barrs Votes: 5 & 9 0 + 4 = 4
Voted for by: Mallach; Madnick; Lodge; Stevens
No def: Stevens Votes: 5 & 10 2DP + 0 + 0 = 2
No def: Abell Votes: 2 & 9 0 + 0 = 0
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