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Dodi Schultz
October 23rd, 2006, 12:11 AM
The word was HORST, and the real def was #12, the land between the fault
lines; John Barrs and Bill Hirst, undeterred by competing geological
creations, guessed right.

John also got three points for his woodland (#15), giving him a total of
five and the next deal. Other three-pointers were Gerri Stevens' weathered
rock (#11) and Paul Keating's / Tim Lodge's water-created formations
(#19)--which I mulled over quite a while and finally decided were too close
not to be combined.

FOR THOSE WHO CARE (OTHERS: SKIP THIS PARAGRAPH), a note re the real def:
After I've picked a word, I check other dictionaries to see if they've done
more interesting wording. I ended up sticking with AHD's def, which I'd
picked originally, but found interesting technical differences. Note the
"lies between TWO FAULTS" in #12. The Concise OED agreed; M-W just said
"faults," no number; Chambers settled for "ONE OR MORE faults"; and Random
House demanded that the area in question be "bounded on AT LEAST TWO SIDES
by faults." Further, note the AHD's neutral "higher than surrounding land."
Not so the others. Random says that area "has risen," the COED that it's
been "raised"--while M-W views the adjacent area as "depressed" and
Chambers says that the ground around the horst "has subsided." All except
the COED say the word derives from the German for "thicket"; the COED says
it's from the German for "heap."

Here are the details and scores:

1. sour.
Submitter: Crom Votes: 2 & 10 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:

2. _Ger_ a barrel-maker or cooper.
Submitter: Emery Vote: N/V 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Crom; Cunningham

3. _Du_ the nest of a bird of prey.
Submitter: Kornelis Vote: DQ DQ + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Danielson; Lodge

4. _Ger_ the black-crowned night heron.
Submitter: Heimerson Votes: 10 & 14 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Shefler; Danielson

5. a common garden weed of western Europe.
Submitter: Savage Votes: 6 & 18 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Madnick

6. _Archaic_ heard; spec. in "thou horst."
Submitter: Cunningham Votes: 2 & 19 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Savage; Shefler

7. a shaft in a glacier caused by water running down a crack.
Submitter: Madnick Votes: 5 & 9 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Stevens

8. a rock fragment or grain resulting from the breakdown of larger
rocks.
Submitter: Carson Votes: 9 & 11 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Barrs

9. a type of woodworking file used primarily to apply crosshatching on
cabinet trim.
Submitter: Lance Votes: 15 & 19 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Madnick; Carson

10. any of the diagonal beams that strengthen the walls of traditional
Alpine houses.
Submitter: Abell Vote: DQ DQ + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Crom; Heimerson

11. _Geol_ a rock formation produced by uneven weathering of rock layers
with differing hardness.
Submitter: Stevens Votes: 7 & 17 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Carson; Hirst; Stone

12. a mass of the earth's crust that lies between two faults and is
higher than the surrounding land.
Submitter: Dict (AHD) Vote: N/A D2
Voted for by: Hirst; Barrs

13. a highly spiced stew of eastern Europe made with beets, cabbage,
onions, potatoes, and goat meat.
Submitter: Hirst Votes: 11 & *12* 2 + 0 = 2
Voted for by:

14. in Slavic mythology, a type of homunculus thought to be responsible
for milk souring, crops failing, etc.
Submitter: Shefler Votes: 4 & 6 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Heimerson

15. a grove or woodland. [arch.; more usually "hurst" and now found only
in such place names as Lyndhurst, Oakhorst, etc.]
Submitter: Barrs Votes: 8 & *12* 2 + 3 = 5
Voted for by: Lance; Widdis; Stone

16. a Brazilian dish consisting of an assortment of sliced meats, such as
tongue and sausage, and side dishes, including rice, beans, collard
greens, oranges, and hot pepper sauce.
Submitter: Widdis Votes: 15 & 19 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:

17. a card game ancestral to whist, played with a full deck by two teams
of two players, in which the last card dealt indicates trump, tricks
of four cards are played, and a point is scored for each trick over
six won by each team.
Submitter: Stone Votes: 11 & 15 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Stevens

18. a name for various fungi (popularly called rust, smut, mildew, etc.)
parasitic on grain and certain other plants; formerly regarded as a
distinct genus but now known to be only the intermediate stage of the
Horestidae or rust fungi. Usu. with capital.
Submitter: Danielson Votes: 3 & 4 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Savage; Lodge

19. _Geol_ 1. a bowl-like formation, standing clear of the surrounding
plain, that is caused by water erosion acting together with the
subsidence of underlying dolomitic rock. 2. any irregular mound or
ridge of gravel, sand, etc., deposited by water derived from melting
glaciers. [Ger. Horst, "nest"]
Submitter: Keating Vote: N/V 0 + 3 = 3
Submitter: Lodge Votes: 3 & 18 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Cunningham; Lance; Widdis

* * * * *

Player Def# Voted for Points
------------------------------ ---- ----------- ---------------
Abell ........................ 10 DQ DQ + 2 = 2
Barrs ........................ 15 8 & *12* 2 + 3 = 5
Carson ....................... 8 9 & 11 0 + 1 = 1
Crom ......................... 1 2 & 10 0 + 0 = 0
Cunningham ................... 6 2 & 19 0 + 2 = 2
Danielson .................... 18 3 & 4 0 + 2 = 2
Dict (AHD) ................... 12 N/A D2
Emery ........................ 2 N/V 0 + 2 = 2
Heimerson .................... 4 10 & 14 0 + 2 = 2
Hirst ........................ 13 11 & *12* 2 + 0 = 2
Keating ...................... 19 N/V 0 + 3 = 3
Kornelis ..................... 3 DQ DQ + 2 = 2
Lance ........................ 9 15 & 19 0 + 2 = 2
Lodge ........................ 19 3 & 18 0 + 3 = 3
Madnick ...................... 7 5 & 9 0 + 1 = 1
Savage ....................... 5 6 & 18 0 + 1 = 1
Shefler ...................... 14 4 & 6 0 + 1 = 1
Stevens ...................... 11 7 & 17 0 + 3 = 3
Stone ........................ 17 11 & 15 0 + 1 = 1
Widdis ....................... 16 15 & 19 0 + 0 = 0

Dave Cunningham
October 23rd, 2006, 07:30 AM
I am curious -- how can Chambers have something lie between ONE fault at all? Ever?

Dave