Nancy Shepherdson
June 11th, 2008, 02:56 PM
Hi all --
Well, if the OED could be the dealer, it would be. It's localized
heron gathered five votes, the top vote-getter.
Three of you followed at four votes each. The new dealer, with his
"late"-submitted delta definition is Chuck Emery with 4 natural
points. I must be psychic...I predicted that would get him the deal.
Real winners are Jim Hart, who also had 4 natural but is behing in
rolling scores, with his rope and Dave Cunninham with 4 unnatural.
Many other players also garnered points as there was a bit of
confusion about what part of speech this was. (Not enough confusion,
but some.)
So here are your results, which I'm hoping are correct after all the
problems with this round.
Take it away, Chuck!
Nancy
1. crafty; subtle.
Russ Heimerson
Votes: Shefler, Stevens, Crom 3 + 0 = 3
2. a kind of basket.
Tim Bourne
Votes: Schultz 1 + 2* = 3
3. a local name for the heron.
OED
Votes: Bourne, Savage, Barrs, Cunningham, Keating D5
4. to complain bitterly [obs].
Tony Abell
Votes: Bourne, Crom 2 + 0 = 2
5. a trough for dipping sheep.
Bill Hirst
Votes: Hart 1 + 0 = 1
6. worn out; no longer usable.
Scot Crom
Votes: 0 + 0 = 0
7. (Archaic) to fasten with a bolt.
Dan Widdis
Votes: Carson 1 + 0 = 1
8. to rough-cast a wall with lime.
John Barrs
Votes: Hart 1 + 2* = 3
9. a game of chance, similar to roulette.
Guerri Stevens
Votes: Schultz 1 + 0 = 1
10. a grassy area suitable for playing sports
Dick Weltz
Votes: Stevens, Carson 2 + 0 = 2
11. a short but heavy javelin, usually barbed.
Dodi Schultz
Votes: Widdis 1 + 0 = 1
12. _obs._ a herald [Spenser; rhyming form]
Paul Keating
Votes: Shefler 1 + 2* = 3
13. an East Anglian word for a river delta or estuary.
Chuck Emery
Votes: Weltz, Barrs, Cunningham, Keating 4 + 0 = 4
14. steel link with clip on side used in mountaineering.
Judy Madnick
Votes: 0 + 0 = 0
15. _var_ bustle; din; confusion [Shakes. _herle-berle_, see also
_hurly_].
Dave Cunningham
Votes: Hirsch, Emery 2 + 2* = 4
16. having a reddish or bluish gray coat streaked or speckled with
black. Used of certain dogs.
Chris Carson
Votes: Savage, Hirsch 2 + 0 = 2
17. a batik technique in which the cloth is bleached in the sun after
the application of the pattern.
Mike Shefler
Votes: Madnick 1 + 0 = 1
18. a braided rope, usually of hemp or sisal, with a twisted core and
an outer sheath or mantle of woven fibers
Jim Hart
Votes: Weltz, Madnick, Widdis, Emery 4 + 0 = 4
No def: Toni
Savage
0 + 2* = 2
Well, if the OED could be the dealer, it would be. It's localized
heron gathered five votes, the top vote-getter.
Three of you followed at four votes each. The new dealer, with his
"late"-submitted delta definition is Chuck Emery with 4 natural
points. I must be psychic...I predicted that would get him the deal.
Real winners are Jim Hart, who also had 4 natural but is behing in
rolling scores, with his rope and Dave Cunninham with 4 unnatural.
Many other players also garnered points as there was a bit of
confusion about what part of speech this was. (Not enough confusion,
but some.)
So here are your results, which I'm hoping are correct after all the
problems with this round.
Take it away, Chuck!
Nancy
1. crafty; subtle.
Russ Heimerson
Votes: Shefler, Stevens, Crom 3 + 0 = 3
2. a kind of basket.
Tim Bourne
Votes: Schultz 1 + 2* = 3
3. a local name for the heron.
OED
Votes: Bourne, Savage, Barrs, Cunningham, Keating D5
4. to complain bitterly [obs].
Tony Abell
Votes: Bourne, Crom 2 + 0 = 2
5. a trough for dipping sheep.
Bill Hirst
Votes: Hart 1 + 0 = 1
6. worn out; no longer usable.
Scot Crom
Votes: 0 + 0 = 0
7. (Archaic) to fasten with a bolt.
Dan Widdis
Votes: Carson 1 + 0 = 1
8. to rough-cast a wall with lime.
John Barrs
Votes: Hart 1 + 2* = 3
9. a game of chance, similar to roulette.
Guerri Stevens
Votes: Schultz 1 + 0 = 1
10. a grassy area suitable for playing sports
Dick Weltz
Votes: Stevens, Carson 2 + 0 = 2
11. a short but heavy javelin, usually barbed.
Dodi Schultz
Votes: Widdis 1 + 0 = 1
12. _obs._ a herald [Spenser; rhyming form]
Paul Keating
Votes: Shefler 1 + 2* = 3
13. an East Anglian word for a river delta or estuary.
Chuck Emery
Votes: Weltz, Barrs, Cunningham, Keating 4 + 0 = 4
14. steel link with clip on side used in mountaineering.
Judy Madnick
Votes: 0 + 0 = 0
15. _var_ bustle; din; confusion [Shakes. _herle-berle_, see also
_hurly_].
Dave Cunningham
Votes: Hirsch, Emery 2 + 2* = 4
16. having a reddish or bluish gray coat streaked or speckled with
black. Used of certain dogs.
Chris Carson
Votes: Savage, Hirsch 2 + 0 = 2
17. a batik technique in which the cloth is bleached in the sun after
the application of the pattern.
Mike Shefler
Votes: Madnick 1 + 0 = 1
18. a braided rope, usually of hemp or sisal, with a twisted core and
an outer sheath or mantle of woven fibers
Jim Hart
Votes: Weltz, Madnick, Widdis, Emery 4 + 0 = 4
No def: Toni
Savage
0 + 2* = 2