Dodi Schultz
January 13th, 2008, 11:22 PM
I am pleased to announce that the dealer for Round 1875 will be Russ
Heimerson, with four votes for his MEDRICK def--#4, the picklike brick
trimmer (try to say THAT six times, fast).
He actually tied with Toni Savage's lower loft (#3) and Nancy Shepherdson's
clumsy conjurer (#9), but he ranks higher in the rolling scores. (We don't
actually HAVE the latest rolling scores yet--did Mike say he was going to
be away?--but I figured it out from what we did have plus Chris's
last-round report.)
And Johnny Barrs, who spoiled my D0, scored an unnatural 4. Only he tagged
the medrick as a bird; #8 is the real definition.
The details are below.
--Dodi
1. A two-wheeled wheelbarrow.
Submitter: Abell Vote: N/V 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
2. _Obs._ To cheat; to deceive.
Submitter: Lodge Votes: 7 & 14 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Keating
3. _Obs._ The lower loft of a barn.
Submitter: Savage Votes: 15 & 16 0 + 4 = 4
Voted for by: Heimerson; Hirst; Bourne; Cunningham
4. A small, picklike tool for trimming brick.
Submitter: Heimerson Votes: 3 & 9 0 + 4 = 4
Voted for by: Crom; Carson; Shepherdson; Madnick
5. A kind of undersheriff in Restoration England.
Submitter: Crom Votes: 4 & 12 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Shepherdson
6. A contrivance for compressing raw cotton into bales for shipment.
Submitter: Hirst Votes: 3 & 7 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Carson; Madnick
7. A small anchor, especially one made of a stone in a wooden frame.
Submitter: Carson Votes: 4 & 6 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Lodge; Hirst; Keating
8. A small gull or tern; esp., the Bonaparte's gull or the Wilson's
tern.
Submitter: Merriam-Webster Intl II Vote: N/A D1
Voted for by: Barrs
9. A conjurer or magician, especially one not particularly skilled in
his craft.
Submitter: Shepherdson Votes: 4 & 5 0 + 4 = 4
Voted for by: Heimerson; Widdis; Cunningham; Stevens
10. A cable-laid rope with a circumference of less than 10 inches (25
centimeters).
Submitter: Widdis Votes: 9 & 12 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Barrs
11. A minor part in some folios of Shakespeare's _Hamlet_, a gravedigger,
assistant to Yorick.
Submitter: Bourne Votes: 3 & 16 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
12. _Crim. sl._ A person who thinks he is aiding someone else in a
sting, while himself the object of the sting (q.v.).
Submitter: Cunningham Votes: 3 & 9 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Crom; Widdis
13. A hoisting device consisting of two drums of different diameters on
the same axis and turning at the same rate, thus providing a
mechanical advantage in lifting.
Submitter: Stevens Votes: 9 & 15 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
14. Name given to a simple von Neumann architecture computer developed in
1965 with all of the basic features of a modern computer and still
widely used to introduce computer architecture concepts.
Submitter: Madnick Votes: 4 & 6 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Lodge
15. A folksong in which each verse introduces a new stanza and then
reprises all of the previous verses, for example, "Green Grow the
Rushes, O" or "Alouette"; also called _cumulative song_. [perh. from
ME _medrecal_, "madrigal"]
Submitter: Keating Votes: 2 & 7 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Savage; Stevens
16. 1. A hay rick made of alfalfa. (Alfalfa or lucerne, _medicago
sativa_, has the common name "blue medick.") 2. Any of several
creeping pea- flowered meadow plants of the genus _medicago_. Medrick
is often confused with medick (q.v.) and used in place of it.
Submitter: Barrs Votes: *8* & 10 2 + 2 = 4
Voted for by: Savage; Bourne
* * * * * *
Player Def# Voted for Points
------------------------------ ---- ----------- ---------------
Abell ........................ 1 N/V 0 + 0 = 0
Barrs ........................ 16 *8* & 10 2 + 2 = 4
Bourne ....................... 11 3 & 16 0 + 0 = 0
Carson ....................... 7 4 & 6 0 + 3 = 3
Crom ......................... 5 4 & 12 0 + 1 = 1
Cunningham ................... 12 3 & 9 0 + 2 = 2
Heimerson .................... 4 3 & 9 0 + 4 = 4
Hirst ........................ 6 3 & 7 0 + 2 = 2
Keating ...................... 15 2 & 7 0 + 2 = 2
Lodge ........................ 2 7 & 14 0 + 1 = 1
Madnick ...................... 14 4 & 6 0 + 1 = 1
Merriam-Webster .............. 8 N/A D1
Savage ....................... 3 15 & 16 0 + 4 = 4
Shepherdson .................. 9 4 & 5 0 + 4 = 4
Stevens ...................... 13 9 & 15 0 + 0 = 0
Widdis ....................... 10 9 & 12 0 + 1 = 1
Heimerson, with four votes for his MEDRICK def--#4, the picklike brick
trimmer (try to say THAT six times, fast).
He actually tied with Toni Savage's lower loft (#3) and Nancy Shepherdson's
clumsy conjurer (#9), but he ranks higher in the rolling scores. (We don't
actually HAVE the latest rolling scores yet--did Mike say he was going to
be away?--but I figured it out from what we did have plus Chris's
last-round report.)
And Johnny Barrs, who spoiled my D0, scored an unnatural 4. Only he tagged
the medrick as a bird; #8 is the real definition.
The details are below.
--Dodi
1. A two-wheeled wheelbarrow.
Submitter: Abell Vote: N/V 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
2. _Obs._ To cheat; to deceive.
Submitter: Lodge Votes: 7 & 14 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Keating
3. _Obs._ The lower loft of a barn.
Submitter: Savage Votes: 15 & 16 0 + 4 = 4
Voted for by: Heimerson; Hirst; Bourne; Cunningham
4. A small, picklike tool for trimming brick.
Submitter: Heimerson Votes: 3 & 9 0 + 4 = 4
Voted for by: Crom; Carson; Shepherdson; Madnick
5. A kind of undersheriff in Restoration England.
Submitter: Crom Votes: 4 & 12 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Shepherdson
6. A contrivance for compressing raw cotton into bales for shipment.
Submitter: Hirst Votes: 3 & 7 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Carson; Madnick
7. A small anchor, especially one made of a stone in a wooden frame.
Submitter: Carson Votes: 4 & 6 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Lodge; Hirst; Keating
8. A small gull or tern; esp., the Bonaparte's gull or the Wilson's
tern.
Submitter: Merriam-Webster Intl II Vote: N/A D1
Voted for by: Barrs
9. A conjurer or magician, especially one not particularly skilled in
his craft.
Submitter: Shepherdson Votes: 4 & 5 0 + 4 = 4
Voted for by: Heimerson; Widdis; Cunningham; Stevens
10. A cable-laid rope with a circumference of less than 10 inches (25
centimeters).
Submitter: Widdis Votes: 9 & 12 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Barrs
11. A minor part in some folios of Shakespeare's _Hamlet_, a gravedigger,
assistant to Yorick.
Submitter: Bourne Votes: 3 & 16 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
12. _Crim. sl._ A person who thinks he is aiding someone else in a
sting, while himself the object of the sting (q.v.).
Submitter: Cunningham Votes: 3 & 9 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Crom; Widdis
13. A hoisting device consisting of two drums of different diameters on
the same axis and turning at the same rate, thus providing a
mechanical advantage in lifting.
Submitter: Stevens Votes: 9 & 15 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
14. Name given to a simple von Neumann architecture computer developed in
1965 with all of the basic features of a modern computer and still
widely used to introduce computer architecture concepts.
Submitter: Madnick Votes: 4 & 6 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Lodge
15. A folksong in which each verse introduces a new stanza and then
reprises all of the previous verses, for example, "Green Grow the
Rushes, O" or "Alouette"; also called _cumulative song_. [perh. from
ME _medrecal_, "madrigal"]
Submitter: Keating Votes: 2 & 7 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Savage; Stevens
16. 1. A hay rick made of alfalfa. (Alfalfa or lucerne, _medicago
sativa_, has the common name "blue medick.") 2. Any of several
creeping pea- flowered meadow plants of the genus _medicago_. Medrick
is often confused with medick (q.v.) and used in place of it.
Submitter: Barrs Votes: *8* & 10 2 + 2 = 4
Voted for by: Savage; Bourne
* * * * * *
Player Def# Voted for Points
------------------------------ ---- ----------- ---------------
Abell ........................ 1 N/V 0 + 0 = 0
Barrs ........................ 16 *8* & 10 2 + 2 = 4
Bourne ....................... 11 3 & 16 0 + 0 = 0
Carson ....................... 7 4 & 6 0 + 3 = 3
Crom ......................... 5 4 & 12 0 + 1 = 1
Cunningham ................... 12 3 & 9 0 + 2 = 2
Heimerson .................... 4 3 & 9 0 + 4 = 4
Hirst ........................ 6 3 & 7 0 + 2 = 2
Keating ...................... 15 2 & 7 0 + 2 = 2
Lodge ........................ 2 7 & 14 0 + 1 = 1
Madnick ...................... 14 4 & 6 0 + 1 = 1
Merriam-Webster .............. 8 N/A D1
Savage ....................... 3 15 & 16 0 + 4 = 4
Shepherdson .................. 9 4 & 5 0 + 4 = 4
Stevens ...................... 13 9 & 15 0 + 0 = 0
Widdis ....................... 10 9 & 12 0 + 1 = 1