Tim Bourne
April 8th, 2007, 05:02 PM
This was a lively round, with the lead changing several
times. The next deal is for Nancy Shepherdson with 5
unnatural points, with Mike Shefler being the real winner
with 4 unnatural points. No hope of a D0, but at least this
was a round with not a single DQ!
There was some debate about the combination of definitions,
and I did have some decisions to make. Those submitted by
Mike Shefler and Scott Crom (#10) were identical in the
first three words, and I simply couldn't leave them
uncombined. It was tempting to combine with them #6, but I
felt that was sufficiently different to stay separate. As
someone pointed out, numbers 1 and 13 were also similar,
but not enough so for me to feel they had to be combined.
I'm sorry about all the trouble with the emailing of
definitions. I've never had trouble with that email address
before, and it seems to be back to normal now. Maybe the
moral is not to deal over a public holiday!
1: a servant.
Voted for by: Dave Cunningham
FROM Toni Savage who voted *5* and 13, and scores 1 + 2 =
3*
2: a candlemaker.
Voted for by nobody
FROM Bill Hirst who voted 4 and 7, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
3: a trailer hitch
Voted for by nobody
FROM Bob Stone who voted 4 and 10, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
4: bird excrement (N. Eng. sl.)
Voted for by: Chris Carson, Bill Hirst, Bob Stone
FROM Nancy Shepherdson who voted *5* and 11, and scores 3
+ 2 = 5*
5: inform against; implicate; betray.
Voted for by: Toni Savage, Mike Shefler, Nancy
Shepherdson, Paul Keating, Russ Heimerson
FROM Concise Oxford Dictionary which can't vote, and
scores D5
6: [Neb. Sl.] a nag; a worn-out horse
Voted for by: Scott Crom
FROM Russ Heimerson who voted *5* and 14, and scores 1 + 2
= 3*
7: [Brit. slang] toast with butter and jelly.
Voted for by: Johnny Barrs, Bill Hirst
FROM Guerri Stevens who voted 9 and 15, and scores 2 + 0 =
2
8: obs. N. dial. baptize [OE _dyppan_ infl by _dab_]
Voted for by nobody
FROM Paul Keating who voted *5* and 14, and scores 0 + 2 =
2*
9: a mixture of clay and straw used as a building
material.
Voted for by: Johnny Barrs, Guerri Stevens, Tony Abell
FROM Chris Carson who voted 4 and 14, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
10: an old horse put out to pasture (shortened from
_Dobbin_).
Voted for by: Tony Abell, Bob Stone
FROM Mike Shefler who voted *5* and 16, and scores 2 + 2 =
4*
FROM Scott Crom who voted 6 and 16, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
11: 1. a lascivious old man 2. a disagreeable elderly
relative
Voted for by: Nancy Shepherdson, Dodi Schultz, Dan Widdis
FROM Tony Abell who voted 9 and 10, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
12: [numis.] one quarter of a Spanish 8 reals coin, the
traditional "two bits."
Voted for by: Dan Widdis
FROM Dave Cunningham who voted 1 and 13, and scores 1 + 0
= 1
13: 1. a low-ranking household servant. 2. a person hired
for removal of trash or debris; a janitor.
Voted for by: Toni Savage, Dave Cunningham
FROM Dodi Schultz who voted 11 and 16, and scores 2 + 0 =
2
14: a steel rod with a rounded tip which is used to form
wet mortar between bricks or masonry stones.
Voted for by: Chris Carson, Paul Keating, Russ Heimerson
FROM Wayne Scott who didn't vote, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
15: a small lump -usually of earth or clay as thrown up by
horses hooves [to dobbin someone is to spatter them with
mud]
Voted for by: Guerri Stevens
FROM Johnny Barrs who voted 7 and 9, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
16: a mechanism consisting in general of an escape wheel
and an anchor, used especially in timepieces to control
movement of the wheel and to provide periodic energy
impulses to a pendulum or balance.
Voted for by: Mike Shefler, Dodi Schultz, Scott Crom
FROM Dan Widdis who voted 11 and 12, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
Best wishes,
Tim B
times. The next deal is for Nancy Shepherdson with 5
unnatural points, with Mike Shefler being the real winner
with 4 unnatural points. No hope of a D0, but at least this
was a round with not a single DQ!
There was some debate about the combination of definitions,
and I did have some decisions to make. Those submitted by
Mike Shefler and Scott Crom (#10) were identical in the
first three words, and I simply couldn't leave them
uncombined. It was tempting to combine with them #6, but I
felt that was sufficiently different to stay separate. As
someone pointed out, numbers 1 and 13 were also similar,
but not enough so for me to feel they had to be combined.
I'm sorry about all the trouble with the emailing of
definitions. I've never had trouble with that email address
before, and it seems to be back to normal now. Maybe the
moral is not to deal over a public holiday!
1: a servant.
Voted for by: Dave Cunningham
FROM Toni Savage who voted *5* and 13, and scores 1 + 2 =
3*
2: a candlemaker.
Voted for by nobody
FROM Bill Hirst who voted 4 and 7, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
3: a trailer hitch
Voted for by nobody
FROM Bob Stone who voted 4 and 10, and scores 0 + 0 = 0
4: bird excrement (N. Eng. sl.)
Voted for by: Chris Carson, Bill Hirst, Bob Stone
FROM Nancy Shepherdson who voted *5* and 11, and scores 3
+ 2 = 5*
5: inform against; implicate; betray.
Voted for by: Toni Savage, Mike Shefler, Nancy
Shepherdson, Paul Keating, Russ Heimerson
FROM Concise Oxford Dictionary which can't vote, and
scores D5
6: [Neb. Sl.] a nag; a worn-out horse
Voted for by: Scott Crom
FROM Russ Heimerson who voted *5* and 14, and scores 1 + 2
= 3*
7: [Brit. slang] toast with butter and jelly.
Voted for by: Johnny Barrs, Bill Hirst
FROM Guerri Stevens who voted 9 and 15, and scores 2 + 0 =
2
8: obs. N. dial. baptize [OE _dyppan_ infl by _dab_]
Voted for by nobody
FROM Paul Keating who voted *5* and 14, and scores 0 + 2 =
2*
9: a mixture of clay and straw used as a building
material.
Voted for by: Johnny Barrs, Guerri Stevens, Tony Abell
FROM Chris Carson who voted 4 and 14, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
10: an old horse put out to pasture (shortened from
_Dobbin_).
Voted for by: Tony Abell, Bob Stone
FROM Mike Shefler who voted *5* and 16, and scores 2 + 2 =
4*
FROM Scott Crom who voted 6 and 16, and scores 2 + 0 = 2
11: 1. a lascivious old man 2. a disagreeable elderly
relative
Voted for by: Nancy Shepherdson, Dodi Schultz, Dan Widdis
FROM Tony Abell who voted 9 and 10, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
12: [numis.] one quarter of a Spanish 8 reals coin, the
traditional "two bits."
Voted for by: Dan Widdis
FROM Dave Cunningham who voted 1 and 13, and scores 1 + 0
= 1
13: 1. a low-ranking household servant. 2. a person hired
for removal of trash or debris; a janitor.
Voted for by: Toni Savage, Dave Cunningham
FROM Dodi Schultz who voted 11 and 16, and scores 2 + 0 =
2
14: a steel rod with a rounded tip which is used to form
wet mortar between bricks or masonry stones.
Voted for by: Chris Carson, Paul Keating, Russ Heimerson
FROM Wayne Scott who didn't vote, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
15: a small lump -usually of earth or clay as thrown up by
horses hooves [to dobbin someone is to spatter them with
mud]
Voted for by: Guerri Stevens
FROM Johnny Barrs who voted 7 and 9, and scores 1 + 0 = 1
16: a mechanism consisting in general of an escape wheel
and an anchor, used especially in timepieces to control
movement of the wheel and to provide periodic energy
impulses to a pendulum or balance.
Voted for by: Mike Shefler, Dodi Schultz, Scott Crom
FROM Dan Widdis who voted 11 and 12, and scores 3 + 0 = 3
Best wishes,
Tim B