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mshefler
September 4th, 2006, 09:08 PM
Tim Lodge's lookout wins the deal with an unnatural 8. Five of you
guessed the Punch-and-Judy man, full details at:

http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-swa1.htm

It's all yours, Tim.

1. The mortise which receives the foot of the mizzen on a ketch.
Submitter: Heimerson Votes: 6 & *7* 2 + 2 = 4
Voted for by: Bourne; Scott

2. A sweatshop (from The Swatchel-Cove Company, Boston clothing mfr of
the 1880s).
Submitter: Abell Votes: 11 & 12 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Widdis

3. [Austral. sl.] A cottage, flat, etc. kept for trysting.
Submitter: Schultz Votes: 6 & 15 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:

4. A shallow rocky swamp or fen.
Submitter: Shepherdson Votes: 6 & 13 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Hirst; Lance

5. A cove or bay whose entrance is so narrow or twisting that the bay
itself cannot be seen from the open water.
Submitter: Crom Votes: 6 & 12 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Hirst; Widdis; Stone

6. [Brit. sl.] A lookout employed to watch out for police near illegal
street traders or card-trick operators.
Submitter: Lodge Votes: *7* & 13 2 + 6 = 8
Voted for by: Heimerson; Schultz; Shepherdson; Crom; Cunningham; Barrs

7. The Punch-and-Judy man or his assistant who did the supporting patter
and who interpreted Punch's less intelligible squawks.
Submitter: Shefler Vote: N/A D5
Voted for by: Heimerson; Lodge; Cunningham; Muths; Barrs

8. A dessert of thinly sliced apples, pears, and peaches, sometimes
including walnuts or pecans, encased in phyllo dough amd baked as
individual servings.
Submitter: Hirst Votes: 4 & 5 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Selby

9. [Geol.] A deep rift that causes tectonic plates to move apart (named
after it's discoverers, N. Swatchel and P. Cove).
Submitter: Savage Votes: 12 & 14 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Muths; Selby

10. A cabinet in a haberdashery.
Submitter: Cunningham Votes: 6 & *7* 2 + 0 = 2
Voted for by:

11. A finishing technique for vinyl flooring that extends up the wall.
Submitter: Muths Votes: *7* & 9 2 + 2 = 4
Voted for by: Abell; Bourne

12. In Irish mythology, the place where drowned babies are washed ashore;
hence, a place of false safety.
Submitter: Lance Votes: 4 & 16 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Abell; Crom; Savage

13. An architectural feature consisting of a niche in a pillar.
Submitter: Bourne Votes: 1 & 11 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Shepherdson; Lodge; Stone

14. [Arch. & Obs.] The craftsman responsible for mixing colour batches
for cloth dyeing in the Lancashire cotton mills.
Submitter: Barrs Votes: 6 & *7* 2 + 1 = 3
Voted for by: Savage

15. The section of the ocean below 6,000 meters.
Submitter: Madnick Vote: N/V 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Schultz

16. A row or double row of horse barns at a racetrack, having a separate
stall for each horse and fronting a walkway.
Submitter: Widdis Votes: 2 & 5 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Lance; Scott

No def: Stone Votes: 5 & 13 0 + 0 = 0

No def: Scott Votes: 1 & 16 0 + 0 = 0

No def: Selby Votes: 8 & 9 0 + 0 = 0