Dodi Schultz
April 4th, 2007, 12:30 AM
OOPS! A couple of votes were wrongly attributed first time around. This is
a corrected list.
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(This is a reformat, with defs and dictionary score added, from Judy's
posting, which somehow got glitched.)
1. [Scot] A bully.
Sub by Abel N/V Score 0
2. [Old Norse] deaf.
Sub by Emery N/V Score 0
3. a grommet used in a sail.
Sub by Savage DQ Score 0
4. a lateral buckle in a horse's harness.
Sub by Stevens Voted for 6 & 12 Score 0
5. Acronym for "Terrain Evenly Declining."
Sub by Scott Voted for *9* & 10 Score 2
6. [Brit. slang] A member of a London street gang.
Sub by Crom N/V Votes from Heimerson, Stevens Score 2
7. an amiable dimwit. [regional, Southern Appalachians]
Sub by Schultz DQ Vote from Muths Score 1
8. to remove thorns from flower stems, especially of roses.
Sub by Cunningham DQ Votes from Bourne, Heimerson Score 2
9. To strew or spread (newly mown grass, for example) for drying.
Sub by DICTIONARY Votes from Bourne, Muths, Scott D3
10. A ration of wild game given to feed the serfs during a time of famine.
Sub by Hirst DQ Vote from Scott Score 1
11. A scaffold lowered over the side of a ship to support workers or
caulkers.
Sub by Widdis Voted for 13 & 14 Score 0
12. [sl.] Teddy-boy - a young man adopting a particular style of dress in
the sixties, characterised by drainpipe trousers (qv).
Sub by Bourne Voted for 8 & *9* Vote from Stevens Score 3
13. a mechanical contrivance placed in fishing nets to allow the escape of
endangered marine turtles while retaining most of the catch of fish.
[<Turtle Excluder Device]
Sub by Heimerson Voted for 6 & 8 Vote from Widdis Score 1
14. to pot out in a game of tiddlywinks by a single sequence of squidges.
The act of a player to squidge (or chip) and pot all of his or her winks in
a single visit to the playing surface. [If both partners of a pair do this
in one round then they are said to have tedstered their opponents.]
Sub by Barrs DQ Vote from Widdis Score 1
NO DEF: Muths Voted for 7 & *9* Score 2
a corrected list.
* * * * * * *
(This is a reformat, with defs and dictionary score added, from Judy's
posting, which somehow got glitched.)
1. [Scot] A bully.
Sub by Abel N/V Score 0
2. [Old Norse] deaf.
Sub by Emery N/V Score 0
3. a grommet used in a sail.
Sub by Savage DQ Score 0
4. a lateral buckle in a horse's harness.
Sub by Stevens Voted for 6 & 12 Score 0
5. Acronym for "Terrain Evenly Declining."
Sub by Scott Voted for *9* & 10 Score 2
6. [Brit. slang] A member of a London street gang.
Sub by Crom N/V Votes from Heimerson, Stevens Score 2
7. an amiable dimwit. [regional, Southern Appalachians]
Sub by Schultz DQ Vote from Muths Score 1
8. to remove thorns from flower stems, especially of roses.
Sub by Cunningham DQ Votes from Bourne, Heimerson Score 2
9. To strew or spread (newly mown grass, for example) for drying.
Sub by DICTIONARY Votes from Bourne, Muths, Scott D3
10. A ration of wild game given to feed the serfs during a time of famine.
Sub by Hirst DQ Vote from Scott Score 1
11. A scaffold lowered over the side of a ship to support workers or
caulkers.
Sub by Widdis Voted for 13 & 14 Score 0
12. [sl.] Teddy-boy - a young man adopting a particular style of dress in
the sixties, characterised by drainpipe trousers (qv).
Sub by Bourne Voted for 8 & *9* Vote from Stevens Score 3
13. a mechanical contrivance placed in fishing nets to allow the escape of
endangered marine turtles while retaining most of the catch of fish.
[<Turtle Excluder Device]
Sub by Heimerson Voted for 6 & 8 Vote from Widdis Score 1
14. to pot out in a game of tiddlywinks by a single sequence of squidges.
The act of a player to squidge (or chip) and pot all of his or her winks in
a single visit to the playing surface. [If both partners of a pair do this
in one round then they are said to have tedstered their opponents.]
Sub by Barrs DQ Vote from Widdis Score 1
NO DEF: Muths Voted for 7 & *9* Score 2