[Dixonary] Round 1769 TACCADA Results

[Dodi Schultz]

Congratulations on the D0!

--Dodi

[bonnyjars]

A good D0 - congrats

JohnnyB

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> [mailto:coryphaeus (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com] On Behalf Of Kathryn Lance
> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 2:14 PM
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> Subject: [Dixonary] Round 1769 TACCADA Results
>
> Whew! I'd forgotten how much detail goes into dealing!
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> Anyway, a good round, good defs, with a clear winner: Toni
> Savage, whose descending notes (like those sung by the Canyon
> Wren), earned her a natural 6.
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> In coveted second place, with a natural 4, is Dave Cunningham
> and his nougat.
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> There was one DQ, AFTER the defs were posted, when Johnny
> Barrs recognized the real def., which was from my trusty,
> rusty, condensed OED that cannot be read without a magnifying
> glass. It was # 13, the Malaysian rice-paper plant, and it
> earned me a D0, which I guess is a nice welcome back into the
> wacky world of dealing.
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> Over to you, Toni!
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> ROUND 1769 TACCADA
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> 1. A thick pudding with raisins and minced nutmeats, often
> flavored with honey. [Shefler, 9, 14]
> Votes: Kornelis, Madnick, Abell
> Submitter, Mike Shefler, who scores 3 + 0 = 3
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> 2. Works of art created by cutting shapes from rice paper
> [Jap.] [Shepherdson, 8, 12] Votes:Lodge Submitter, Nancy
> Shepherdson, who scores 1 + 0 = 1
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> 3. A small bronze-colored annual cicada, _Tibicen Figurata_.
> [Tim Bourne, 12, 20]
> Votes:
> Submitter, Tim Bourne, who scores 0 + 0 = 0
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> 4. A mason's tool for making angles. [Judy Madnick 1, 10]
> Votes:Hirst, Carson Submitter, Judy Madnick, who scores 2 + 0 = 2
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> 5. A water plant that chokes small streams. [Wayne Scott, 8, 11]
> Votes:
> Submitter, Wayne Scott, who scores 0 + 0 = 0
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> 6. A large herbaceous lizard of the southwest United States
> and Mexico, related to the iguana. [Dan Widdis, 7, 11]
> Votes: Carson
> Submitter, Dan Widdis, who scores 1 + 0 = 1
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> 7. A folk dance of Bolivia and Peru, in which pairs of
> dancers pretend to be llamas. [Tim Lodge, 2,9]
> Votes: Hirst, Widdis
> Submitter, Tim Lodge, who scores 2 + 0 = 2
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> 8. [It.] a hard nougat, generally eaten at Christmas.
> [Cunningham, 10, 12
> ]
> Votes: Kornelis, Scott, Crom, Shepherdson Submitter, Dave
> Cunningham, who scores 4 + 0 = 4
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> 9. A kind of paper made from the sheathing bracts of zea mais
> (corn) [mexico]. [John Barrs, late DQ]
> Votes: Lodge, Shefler
> Submitter, John Barrs, a late DQ, who scores 2 + 0 = 2
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> 10. A curved steel blade, often with a vertical wooden handle
> at each end, used to chop food. [Crom, 8, 15]]
> Votes: Madnick, Cunningham
> Submitter, Scott Crom, who scores 2 + 0 = 2
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> 11. An edible holiday table decoration, shaped like a
> decorated tree, and made of a dense flourless frosted
> chocolate cake and decorations made of a variety of candies.
> [Guerri Stevens, 12, 20] Votes:Scott, Widdis Submitter,
> Guerri Stevens, who scores 2 + 0 = 2
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> 12. A series of descending notes played very rapidly,
> repeated several times. [Savage, 18, 19]
> Votes: Schultz, Stevens, Bourne, Shepherdson, Abell,
> Cunningham Submitter, Toni Savage, who scores 6 + 0 = 6!!
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> 13. The Malaysian rice-paper plant, _Scaevola lobelia_. [OED]
> Votes:
> Submitter, OED, who scores D0
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> 14. An overhanging floor in a house or building. [Abell, 1, 12]
> Votes: Schultz, Shefler
> Submitter, Tony Abell, who scores 2 + 0 = 2
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> 15. An open porch or breezeway. [Chris Carson, 4, 6]
> Votes: Stone, Crom
> Submitter, Chris Carson, who scores 2 + 0 = 2
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> 16. A firm, blue veined Italian cheese made from unskimmed
> goat's milk and aged illegally in Roman catacombs. [Hirst, 4, 7]
> Votes:
> Submitter, Bill Hirst, who scores 0 + 0 = 0
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> 17. A cylindrical oven made of clay, heated to a high heat
> over charcoal or wood, and used in India for baking bread and
> roasting meat. [Kornelis 1, 8]
> Votes:
> Submitter, Hugo Kornelis, who scores 0 + 0 = 0
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> 18. A kind of heavy-built vessel, barge, or lighter,
> intended especially for inland navigation. [Heimerson NV]
> Votes: Savage
> Submitter, Russ Heimerson, who scores 1 + 0 = 1
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> 19. A high-velocity desert wind. [Schultz 12, 14]
> Votes: Savage, Stone
> Submitter, Dodi Schultz, who scores 2 + 0 = 2
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> 20. An old word for _toccata_ q.v. [Sp.] [Keating, NV]
> Votes: Stevens, Bourne
> Submitter, Paul Keating, who scores 2 + 0 = 2
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> NO DEF: Bob Stone, 15, 19
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[Christopher Carson]

Congratulations of the D0, Kathryn. I'm glad the glitches weren't catastrophic. This seems to be the time for them, though. My son was booked on the first Continental flight that was cancelled yesterday and he just called to let me know that they had rebooked him on a flight at about noon on Christmas Day. So barring luck with standbys between Friday noon when the airport reopens and then it's going to be a hectic holiday. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas or Happy Channukah and a Prosperous New Year.

[Kathryn Lance]

Thanks to everyone for the congratulations, though I owe it all to my OED.
And I wish everyone a very happy holiday too!



KL







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[Judy Madnick]

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From: "Kathryn Lance" <klance801 (AT) comcast (DOT) net>

<< Thanks to everyone for the congratulations, though I owe it all to my OED.
<< And I wish everyone a very happy holiday too!

Belated congrats -- and you don't have to thank me. I'll accept the thanks before the congrats. LOL!

Judy

[Dave Cunningham]

Congrats as well -- this was a great word!

Dave