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Dodi Schultz
May 27th, 2007, 05:39 PM
No question about it: Chuck's lashing out, #3, and Nancy's totally shot
state, #15, were the big favorites. Nancy, with four votes, lucks out as
the real winner; Chuck, with six, gets the deal for round 1813--which is as
it should be: he's one of the tiny minority not observing a Monday holiday,
it being Memorial Day in the US and bank holiday in the UK.

The true def is #12, the holy-water basin. Johnny, who reads dictionaries
for fun, knew that; Chris guessed it and spoiled my potential D0.

Over to you, Chuck!

--Dodi


1. [obs.] to fester.
Submitter: Abell Votes: 3 & 10 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Lodge; Madnick

2. [Scot.] a dry, persistent cough.
Submitter: Lodge Votes: 1 & 15 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Crom; Widdis

3. [Du.] to lash out or strike someone.
Submitter: Emery Vote: N/V 0 + 6 = 6
Voted for by: Abell; Madnick; Heimerson; Cunningham; Hirst; Crom

4. a kind of stone edging for a flower bed.
Submitter: Savage Vote: N/V 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Hirst

5. foot-covering as part of a suit of armour.
Submitter: Madnick Votes: 1 & 3 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:

6. just clear of the bottom; used of an anchor.
Submitter: Carson Votes: 11 & *12* 2 + 1 = 3
Voted for by: Shepherdson

7. an old unit of land area equal to 120 acres.
Submitter: Heimerson Votes: 3 & 15 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Cunningham; Scott

8. [Dutch] a stairway, especially one of stone.
Submitter: Cunningham Votes: 3 & 7 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Stevens

9. a ravine or gully, esp. in mountainous terrain.
Submitter: Hirst Votes: 3 & 4 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Shepherdson

10. to make step-shaped excavations in the mining of ore.
Submitter: Shefler Vote: N/V 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Abell

11. a wooden bucket used to carry grain on a shoulder yoke.
Submitter: Scott Votes: 7 & 16 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Carson

12. a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
Submitter: Dictionary Vote: N/A D1
Voted for by: Carson

13. a raised, grass-covered area in a garden, used as a bench.
Submitter: Stevens Votes: 8 & 15 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:

14. the act of crashing a plane into a naval vessel. [Jap. sl.]
Submitter: Barrs Vote: DQ DQ + 0 = 0
Voted for by:

15. sunk in sorrow, sleep, indolence, etc.; exhausted with trouuble,
travel, etc.; worn out with fatigue or weariness. [obs.]
Submitter: Shepherdson Votes: 6 & 9 0 + 4 = 4
Voted for by: Lodge; Heimerson; Stevens; Widdis

16. a large, very smooth bulge in the otherwise sheer, vertical cliff
face of a mountain, which is very difficult to traverse in any
direction.
Submitter: Crom Votes: 2 & 3 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Scott

17. a school of abstract art characterized by the use of geometric shapes
and brilliant colors to create optical illusions, as of motion, and
free the art of all but visual associations.
Submitter: Widdis Votes: 2 & 15 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:

* * * * *

Player Def# Voted for Points
------------------------------ ---- ----------- ---------------
Abell ........................ 1 3 & 10 0 + 2 = 2
Barrs ........................ 14 DQ DQ + 0 = 0
Carson ....................... 6 11 & *12* 2 + 1 = 3
Crom ......................... 16 2 & 3 0 + 1 = 1
Cunningham ................... 8 3 & 7 0 + 1 = 1
Dictionary (Random House)..... 12 N/A D1
Emery ........................ 3 N/V 0 + 6 = 6
Heimerson .................... 7 3 & 15 0 + 2 = 2
Hirst ........................ 9 3 & 4 0 + 1 = 1
Lodge ........................ 2 1 & 15 0 + 2 = 2
Madnick ...................... 5 1 & 3 0 + 0 = 0
Savage ....................... 4 N/V 0 + 1 = 1
Scott ........................ 11 7 & 16 0 + 1 = 1
Shefler ...................... 10 N/V 0 + 1 = 1
Shepherdson .................. 15 6 & 9 0 + 4 = 4
Stevens ...................... 13 8 & 15 0 + 0 = 0
Widdis ....................... 17 2 & 15 0 + 0 = 0

Wayne Scott, M.D.
May 27th, 2007, 06:59 PM
Chuck was born in California, and I think he has kept his U.S. citizenship.
It's HIS Memorial Day, too.

Wayne

If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die I want to go where they
went.
--Will Rogers


> [Original Message]
> From: Dodi Schultz <SCHULTZ (AT) compuserve (DOT) com>
> To: <Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
> Date: 5/27/2007 4:29:17 PM
> Subject: [Dixonary] Round 1812, STOUP: The Scores
>
>
>
> No question about it: Chuck's lashing out, #3, and Nancy's totally shot
> state, #15, were the big favorites. Nancy, with four votes, lucks out as
> the real winner; Chuck, with six, gets the deal for round 1813--which is
as
> it should be: he's one of the tiny minority not observing a Monday
holiday,
> it being Memorial Day in the US and bank holiday in the UK.
>
> The

Dodi Schultz
May 27th, 2007, 08:19 PM
>> Chuck was born in California, and I think he has kept his U.S.
>> citizenship. It's HIS Memorial Day, too.

I guess I knew Chuck had been born in the US (didn't know California). But
he now lives in Canada, Wayne, and THAT country's not shutting down on
Monday.

--Dodi

Wayne Scott, M.D.
May 27th, 2007, 08:39 PM
OK, OK. But if you and I were having a rendezvous in Paris this weekend
(drool, drool) we'd still be observing Memorial Day. As a matter of fact,
today and tomorrow when I leave the house I'll be wearing my cap with the
label "WWII and Korea Veteran" and my 9 medals on it.

Patriotic in Peru

If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die I want to go where they
went.
--Will Rogers


> [Original Message]
> From: Dodi Schultz <SCHULTZ (AT) compuserve (DOT) com>
> To: <Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
> Date: 5/27/2007 6:21:08 PM
> Subject: [Dixonary] Round 1812, STOUP: The Scores
>
>
>
> >> Chuck was born in California, and I think he has kept his U.S.
> >> citizenship. It's HIS Memorial Day, too.
>
> I guess I knew Chuck had been born in the US (didn't know California). But
> he now lives in Canada, Wayne, and THAT country's not shutting down on
> Monday.
>
> --Dodi

Tim Lodge
May 28th, 2007, 07:46 AM
Dodi

I don't - usually - read dictionaries for fun, but as soon as I saw
the results I realised I should have recognised the word. I was a bit
distracted by the red herrings: STOEP and STOOP (which has 6
different headword entries in the OED).

-- Tim L

JohnnyB
May 28th, 2007, 08:25 AM
Dodi

> The true def is #12, the holy-water basin. Johnny, who reads
> dictionaries for fun, knew that; Chris guessed it and spoiled
> my potential D0.
>


Don't keep it a secret if you know how I can get paid for it :-)

JohnnyB

Chuck Emery
May 28th, 2007, 05:57 PM
Drat! I've just picked this up on my way out the door. I should have had a
word ready to sling out there, but as it happens I do not. So I will have
to get back to you all with a word in the next 6 hours or so.

My apologies,

Chuck
PS. I own my own company and took the day off, sorry.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dodi Schultz" <SCHULTZ (AT) compuserve (DOT) com>
To: <Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 6:39 PM
Subject: [Dixonary] Round 1812, STOUP: The Scores


>
>
> No question about it: Chuck's lashing out, #3, and Nancy's totally shot
> state, #15, were the big favorites. Nancy, with four votes, lucks out as
> the real winner; Chuck, with six, gets the deal for round 1813--which is
> as
> it should be: he's one of the tiny minority not observing a Monday
> holiday,
> it being Memorial Day in the US and bank holiday in the UK.
>
> The true def is #12, the holy-water basin. Johnny, who reads dictionaries
> for fun, knew that; Chris guessed it and spoiled my potential D0.
>
> Over to you, Chuck!
>
> --Dodi
>
>
> 1. [obs.] to fester.
> Submitter: Abell Votes: 3 & 10 0 + 2 = 2
> Voted for by: Lodge; Madnick
>
> 2. [Scot.] a dry, persistent cough.
> Submitter: Lodge Votes: 1 & 15 0 + 2 = 2
> Voted for by: Crom; Widdis
>
> 3. [Du.] to lash out or strike someone.
> Submitter: Emery Vote: N/V 0 + 6 = 6
> Voted for by: Abell; Madnick; Heimerson; Cunningham; Hirst; Crom
>
> 4. a kind of stone edging for a flower bed.
> Submitter: Savage Vote: N/V 0 + 1 = 1
> Voted for by: Hirst
>
> 5. foot-covering as part of a suit of armour.
> Submitter: Madnick Votes: 1 & 3 0 + 0 = 0
> Voted for by:
>
> 6. just clear of the bottom; used of an anchor.
> Submitter: Carson Votes: 11 & *12* 2 + 1 = 3
> Voted for by: Shepherdson
>
> 7. an old unit of land area equal to 120 acres.
> Submitter: Heimerson Votes: 3 & 15 0 + 2 = 2
> Voted for by: Cunningham; Scott
>
> 8. [Dutch] a stairway, especially one of stone.
> Submitter: Cunningham Votes: 3 & 7 0 + 1 = 1
> Voted for by: Stevens
>
> 9. a ravine or gully, esp. in mountainous terrain.
> Submitter: Hirst Votes: 3 & 4 0 + 1 = 1
> Voted for by: Shepherdson
>
> 10. to make step-shaped excavations in the mining of ore.
> Submitter: Shefler Vote: N/V 0 + 1 = 1
> Voted for by: Abell
>
> 11. a wooden bucket used to carry grain on a shoulder yoke.
> Submitter: Scott Votes: 7 & 16 0 + 1 = 1
> Voted for by: Carson
>
> 12. a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
> Submitter: Dictionary Vote: N/A D1
> Voted for by: Carson
>
> 13. a raised, grass-covered area in a garden, used as a bench.
> Submitter: Stevens Votes: 8 & 15 0 + 0 = 0
> Voted for by:
>
> 14. the act of crashing a plane into a naval vessel. [Jap. sl.]
> Submitter: Barrs Vote: DQ DQ + 0 = 0
> Voted for by:
>
> 15. sunk in sorrow, sleep, indolence, etc.; exhausted with trouuble,
> travel, etc.; worn out with fatigue or weariness. [obs.]
> Submitter: Shepherdson Votes: 6 & 9 0 + 4 = 4
> Voted for by: Lodge; Heimerson; Stevens; Widdis
>
> 16. a large, very smooth bulge in the otherwise sheer, vertical cliff
> face of a mountain, which is very difficult to traverse in any
> direction.
> Submitter: Crom Votes: 2 & 3 0 + 1 = 1
> Voted for by: Scott
>
> 17. a school of abstract art characterized by the use of geometric shapes
> and brilliant colors to create optical illusions, as of motion, and
> free the art of all but visual associations.
> Submitter: Widdis Votes: 2 & 15 0 + 0 = 0
> Voted for by:
>
> * * * * *
>
> Player Def# Voted for Points
> ------------------------------ ---- ----------- ---------------
> Abell ........................ 1 3 & 10 0 + 2 = 2
> Barrs ........................ 14 DQ DQ + 0 = 0
> Carson ....................... 6 11 & *12* 2 + 1 = 3
> Crom ......................... 16 2 & 3 0 + 1 = 1
> Cunningham ................... 8 3 & 7 0 + 1 = 1
> Dictionary (Random House)..... 12 N/A D1
> Emery ........................ 3 N/V 0 + 6 = 6
> Heimerson .................... 7 3 & 15 0 + 2 = 2
> Hirst ........................ 9 3 & 4 0 + 1 = 1
> Lodge ........................ 2 1 & 15 0 + 2 = 2
> Madnick ...................... 5 1 & 3 0 + 0 = 0
> Savage ....................... 4 N/V 0 + 1 = 1
> Scott ........................ 11 7 & 16 0 + 1 = 1
> Shefler ...................... 10 N/V 0 + 1 = 1
> Shepherdson .................. 15 6 & 9 0 + 4 = 4
> Stevens ...................... 13 8 & 15 0 + 0 = 0
> Widdis ....................... 17 2 & 15 0 + 0 = 0
>

Chuck Emery
May 29th, 2007, 02:38 AM
This round is not off to a very auspicious start.

To begin with, I've spent over an hour trying to download and install
Coryphæus on a new XP Pro SP2 machine. The zips download, they unzip, but
SETUP.EXE does not run. No error message or indication of why, it just
doesn't run. Repeating yields the same results, again.

So here, in any case, is the new word:

LORICA

This is my first deal not on Tapcis, at least it seems like it. Not sure
how it will go from here, but please send me defs or DQs to chuck_tdi_ca
with at and dot in the usual places. Deadline for definitions is about 35.5
hours from now or 3PM Eastern North American time next Wednesday, or adjust
to suit your own local situation and temperment.

Hopefully I will either get things running on this machine or else move
everything onto my old Windows 2000 setup. Time will tell.

I'm not sure where the rules are anymore, but wherever they are they're
there should you wish to consult them.

dixonary@siam.co.uk
May 29th, 2007, 02:51 AM
> The true def is #12, the holy-water basin.
>
Sorry I missed your round, Dodi, as I was busy singing at
our annual barbershop convention. As it happens, I would
have been DQ anyway! Stoups are quite common in older
churches.

Best wishes,

Tim B